Video Archive

02:01:06

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – December 11, 2025

Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act Witnesses Annetta Armstrong, Board Member (National Indigenous Healing Lodge Coalition) William David, Senior Legal Counsel (Assembly of First Nations) Maryana Kravtsenyuk, Board Member, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (As an Individual) Patricia Lazore Bova, Special Advisor, Justice (Assembly of First Nations) Savanna McGregor, National Women's Representative, Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (Assembly of First Nations) Marlene Orr, President (National Indigenous Healing Lodge Coalition) Pamela Palmater, Chair, Indigenous Governance, Toronto Metropolitan University (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

00:43:57

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – December 10, 2025

The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 30 and 31 of Part 5 of Bill C-15, Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 1 Consideration of a draft report Source: sencanada.ca

01:45:50

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – December 4, 2025

The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 30 and 31 of Part 5 of Bill C-15, Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 1 Witnesses Nicholas Bala, Professor, Family Law, Queen's University (As an Individual) Katherine Batycky, Member, Family Law Section (Canadian Bar Association) Hilary Book, President (The Advocates' Society) Edith Bramwell, Chairperson (Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board) Nick Covelli, Deputy Chief Administrator (Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada) Paolo De Buono, Lawyer, Family law (Family Law Association) Shelley Hounsell, Member, Family Law Section (Canadian Bar Association) Source: sencanada.ca

01:08:53

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – December 3, 2025

The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 30 and 31 of Part 5 of Bill C-15, Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 1 Witnesses Sacha Baharmand, Deputy Director General and General Counsel, Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section (Department of Justice Canada) Anna Dekker, Senior Counsel and Deputy Director, Judicial Affairs Section (Department of Justice Canada) Sarah Geh, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector (Department of Justice Canada) Jenna MacDonald, General Counsel, Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section (Department of Justice Canada) Marie-Josée Poirier, Counsel, Judicial Affairs Section (Department of Justice Canada) Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Source: sencanada.ca

01:52:26

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – November 27, 2025

Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act Witnesses Dr. Gary A. Chaimowitz, Board Member and Head of Service, Forensic Psychiatry, St. Joseph’s Healthcare (Canadian Psychiatric Association) Emilie Coyle, Co-Executive Director (Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies) Dr. Mathieu Dufour, Forensic Psychiatrist, Head of the Department of Psychiatry (Philippe-Pinel National Institute of Forensic Psychiatry) Catherine Latimer, Executive Director (John Howard Society of Canada) Frédérick Lebeau, National President (Union of Canadian Correctional Officers) Farhat Rehman, Co-Founder (Mothers Offering Mutual Support) Jeff Wilkins, National Vice President (Union of Canadian Correctional Officers) Source: sencanada.ca

02:04:42

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – November 26, 2025

Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act Witnesses Howard Sapers, Executive Director (Canadian Civil Liberties Association) Michael Spratt, Criminal Defence Lawyer, AGP LLP (As an Individual) Margo Watt, Professor and Licensed Clinical Psychologist (As an Individual) Sheila Wildeman, Professor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (As an Individual) Examine and report on the report on the Statutes Repeal Act for the year 2025 Consideration of a draft report Source: sencanada.ca

01:17:13

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – November 20, 2025

Examine and report on the report on the Statutes Repeal Act for the year 2025 Witnesses Daniel Burnett, Director, Crown Corporations and Currency, Funds Management Division (Department of Finance Canada) Jewel Cunningham, Vice-President, Strategic Policy, Business and Digital Services (Parks Canada) Linda DuPont, General Counsel and Director, Legislative Services Branch, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector (Department of Justice Canada) Jennifer Esdaile, Director, Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Crime Prevention Branch (Public Safety Canada) Karen Favereau, Director, Pension Program Management, Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat) Jake Kennedy, Director General, Policy and Partnerships Branch (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada) Tara Lang, Director General, Integrity Policy and Programs (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) Jonathan Leblanc, Director, Policy and Program Design Division (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) Nathalie Levman, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Georgina Lloyd, Assistant Deputy Minister, Northern Affairs (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada) Matt MacMillan, Director, Military Justice Implementation, Military Justice Modernization, Office of the Judge Advocate General (Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces) François Marier, Director, International Marine Policy (Transport Canada) Heather McCready, Director General, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs (Environment and Climate Change Canada) Korey McKinnon, Acting Director General, Temporary Workers Branch (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) Deidre Pollard Bussey, Director, Firearms Policy, Crime Prevention Branch (Public Safety Canada) Amanda Stringer, Director, Military Personnel Policy and Integration, Military Personnel Strategic, Chief Military Personnel, National Defence Headquarters (Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces) Kevin Wagdin, Director, Old Age Security Policy and Legislation (Employment and Social Development Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

01:52:00

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – November 19, 2025

Examine and report on the report on the Statutes Repeal Act for the year 2025 Witnesses Justine Akman, Director General, Sectoral and Supply Chain Policy Directorate (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Neil Brennan, Executive Director, Non-proliferation, Disarmament and Space (Global Affairs Canada) Samir Chhabra, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) Linda DuPont, General Counsel and Director, Legislative Services Branch, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector (Department of Justice Canada) Karen Favereau, Director, Pension Program Management, Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat) Josée Filion, Deputy Director and Senior Counsel, Legislative Services Sector (Department of Justice Canada) Marie-Claude Gervais, Senior Counsel and Deputy Director, Legal Services Division, Programs Branch (Department of Justice Canada) Stephen Irwin, Director, Pension and Social Programs, Military Personnel Command (Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces) Julie Lemieux, Director, Policy Development and Integration (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat) Georgina Lloyd, Assistant Deputy Minister, Northern Affairs (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada) Nicolas Marion, Senior Director, Payments Policy, Financial Services Division (Department of Finance Canada) Shawna Noseworthy, Senior Counsel, Agriculture and Food Inspection Legal Services (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Sean Rogers, Executive Director, Legislative, Regulatory and International Affairs (Transport Canada) Barbara Russell, Director, Framework Policy, Financial Sector Policy Branch (Department of Finance Canada) Marc-André Sénéchal, Senior Policy Advisor, Marketplace Framework (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) Ricardo Seoane, Executive Director, Procurement Branch, Strategic Policy Sector, Compliance and Integration Directorate (Public Services and Procurement Canada) Sarah Stinson, Director of Operations, Democratic Institutions (Privy Council Office) Fabien Vadnais, Legal Counsel, Legislative Services Branch (Department of Justice Canada) Kevin Wagdin, Director, Old Age Security Policy and Legislation (Employment and Social Development Canada) source: sencanada.ca

01:27:20

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – November 6, 2025

Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act Witnesses Debra Parkes, Professor and Chair in Feminist Legal Studies, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia(As an Individual) Ivan Zinger, Correctional Investigator of Canada (Office of the Correctional Investigator) Source: sencanada

02:06:52

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – November 5, 2025

Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act Witnesses Marie Doyle, Assistant Commissioner, Health Services (Correctional Service Canada) Emily Grant, Parliamentary Affairs Advisor The Honourable Senator Kim Pate, sponsor of the bill Jay Pyke, Assistant Commissioner, Correctional Operations and Programs Sector (Correctional Service Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

01:15:16

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 30, 2025

Examine and report on such issues as may arise relating to legal and constitutional matters generally Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Source: sencanada.ca

01:33:44

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 29, 2025

Bill S-209, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material Witnesses Julie Inman Grant, Commissioner (Australia e-Safety Commissionner) Tobias Schmid, Director of the Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia and Commissioner for European Affairs of the German Media Authorities (German Media Authorities) Source: sencanada.ca

01:12:03

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 23, 2025

Bill S-209, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material Witnesses Iain Corby, Executive Director (Age Verification Providers Association) Julie Dawson, Chief Regulatory and Policy Officer (Yoti) Jean-Michel Polit, Chief Business Officer (Needemand) Source: sencanada.ca

02:14:20

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 22, 2025

The committee continues considering Bill S-209, an Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material. Appearing as witnesses are William Darryl Kingston (Executive Director, Digital Governance Standards Institute, Digital Governance Council), Jeanette Patell (Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google Canada), Michael Geist (Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law and Full Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa), Emily Laidlaw (Canadian Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law and Associate Professor, University of Calgary) and Janine Benedet (Professor of Law, University of British Columbia).

02:06:22

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 9, 2025

The committee continues its consideration of Bill S-209, an Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material. Appearing as witnesses are James Bethell (former British politician, House of Lords), Laurence Pécaut-Rivolier (Member, Arcom France), Monique St. Germain (General Counsel, Canadian Centre for Child Protection), Natalie Campbell (Senior Director, North American Government and Regulatory Affairs, Internet Society), Tamir Israel (Director, Privacy, Surveillance and Technologies Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association) and Penelope Mary Rankin (President, National Council of Women of Canada).

02:09:02

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 8, 2025

The committee continues considering Bill S-209, an Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material. Appearing as witnesses are Alison Boden (Executive Director, Free Speech Coalition), Solomon Friedman (Partner, VP Compliance, Ethical Capital Partners), Matt Kilicci (VP Trust and Safety, Risk and Compliance, Aylo Freesites), Julie Dawson (Chief Regulatory and Policy Officer, Yoti), Pierre Trudel (Professor at the Centre for Research in Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Montréal) and Victoria Nash (Director and Associate Professor, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford).

02:03:43

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 2, 2025

The committee continues its consideration of Bill S-209, an Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material. Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Philippe Dufresne makes a statement and answers questions. Appearing as witnesses are Lara Ives (Executive Director, Policy, Research and Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada), Christiane Saad (Chair, Executive of the Privacy and Access Section, Canadian Bar Association) and Brian Hurley (Criminal Defence Lawyer and Director, Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers).

02:01:32

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 1, 2025

CPAC broadcasts all televised committee meetings from Parliament's upper house, the Senate, as senators meet on various committees to examine legislation through discussions, presentations, expert panels and more.

01:27:42

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – September 25, 2025

The committee continues considering Bill S-228, that intends to amend the Criminal Code to clarify that a sterilization procedure is an act that wounds or maims a person for the purposes of subsection 268(1). Appearing as witnesses are Dr. Diane Francoeur (CEO, The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada), Dr. Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck (President, The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada) and Dr. Margot Burnell (President, Canadian Medical Association).

01:51:50

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – September 24, 2025

The committee starts its consideration of Bill S-228, an Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures). Appearing as witnesses are Senator Yvonne Boyer, who is sponsoring the bill, Morna Boyle (Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section Department of Justice Canada) and Nathalie Levman (Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section Department of Justice Canada).