Parliament of Canada

PARLIAMENT of CANADA

Standing Committee - Legal and Constitutional Affairs


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June 19, 2003
10:00 AM*

  • Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Income Tax Act (political financing)
    • Mark Audcent, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel (Senate of Canada)
    • Michel Patrice, Deputy Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel (Senate of Canada)
    • Michèle René de Cotret, Senior Counsel (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)
    • James Sprague, Senior Practitioner and General Counsel
Room 160-S, Centre Block Link to the notice of this meeting
June 17, 2003
3:30 PM

  • Bill C-39, An Act to amend the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act and the Parliament of Canada Act
    • Aaron Allen, Manager, Program Management and Regulatory Policy
    • Matthew Lynch, Director, Democratic Reform (Privy Council Office)
  • Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Income Tax Act (political financing)
    • Diane R. Davidson, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer and Chief Legal Counsel and Regulatory Affairs (Elections Canada)
    • Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Chief Electoral Officer (Elections Canada)
    • Alexa McDonough, M.P. (From the House of Commons:)
    • Kathy O'Hara, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Machinery of Government) (Officials from the Privy Council Office:)
    • Stéphane Perrault, Senior Privy Council Officer (From the Privy Council Office:)
    • Michèle René de Cotret, Senior Counsel (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)
    • James Sprague, Senior Practitioner and General Counsel
    • Janice Vézina, Senior Director of Election Financing
Room 160-S, Centre Block Link to the notice of this meeting
November 5, 2003
4:20 PM

When the Senate rises but not before time shown above.
  • Examine and report on regulations made pursuant to An Act respecting firearms and other weapons, Statutes of Canada, 1995, Chapter 39, as contemplated by section 118(3) of that Act
  • Authorized to examine and report on the implications of including, in legislation, non-derogation clauses relating to existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada under s.35 of the Constitution Act, 1982
    • Clare Beckton, Assistant Deputy Attorney General (Officials from the Department of Justice Canada:)
    • Christine Cram, Director General, Strategic Policy, Planning and Intergovernmental Relations Branch, Policy and Strategic Direction Sector (Official from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development)
    • Charles Pryce, Senior Counsel (Justice Canada)
Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
October 30, 2003
11:02 AM

  • Bill C-45, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal liability of organizations)
    • Donald Piragoff, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister (Justice Canada)
    • Greg Yost, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada)
Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
October 29, 2003
3:38 PM

When the Senate rises but not before time shown above.
  • Examine and report on regulations made pursuant to An Act respecting firearms and other weapons, Statutes of Canada, 1995, Chapter 39, as contemplated by section 118(3) of that Act
    • The Honourable Wayne Easter, P.C., M.P., Solicitor General of Canada
    • William V. Baker, Commissioner (Officials from the Canadian Firearms Centre:)
    • Wally Butts (As an individual)
    • Wendy Cukier, President (Coalition for Gun Control)
    • Kathleen Roussel, Senior General Counsel and Executive Director, Legal Services (Environment Canada)
Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
October 2, 2003
11:05 AM*

  • Bill S-9, An Act to honour Louis Riel and the Metis People
    • The Honourable Thelma Chalifoux, Senator (Sponsor of the Bill) (From the Senate of Canada:)
Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
June 12, 2003
10:30 AM*

  • That the Senate concur in the amendment made by the House of Commons to its amendment 4 to the Bill C-10B, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals); That the Senate do not insist on its amendments 2 and 3 to which the House of Commons has disagreed
    • Paul Macklin, M.P.
    • Mark Audcent, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel (Senate of Canada)
    • Joanne Klineberg, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada)
    • Michel Patrice, Deputy Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel (Senate of Canada)
  • THAT the Message from the House of Commons concerning Bill C-10B, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals), be now referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
    • Paul Macklin, M.P.
    • Mark Audcent, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel (Senate of Canada)
    • Joanne Klineberg, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada)
    • Michel Patrice, Deputy Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel (Senate of Canada)
Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
June 11, 2003
3:30 PM

When the Senate rises but not before time shown above.
  • That the Senate concur in the amendment made by the House of Commons to its amendment 4 to the Bill C-10B, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals); That the Senate do not insist on its amendments 2 and 3 to which the House of Commons has disagreed
  • THAT the Message from the House of Commons concerning Bill C-10B, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals), be now referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
June 5, 2003
10:45 AM

  • Bill S-12, An Act to repeal legislation that has not been brought into force within ten years of receiving royal assent
    • John Mark Keyes, Director, Legislative Policy and Development
    • Katharine MacCormick, Chief Legislative Counsel, Office of the Chief Legislative Counsel (Officials from the Department of Justice of Canada:)
    • Daniel Ricard, Deputy Chief Legislative Counsel (From the Department of Justice Canada:)
Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
May 29, 2003
10:45 AM

  • Bill S-12, An Act to repeal legislation that has not been brought into force within ten years of receiving royal assent
    • The Honourable Tommy Banks, Senator (Sponsor of the Bill)
Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
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