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02:47:29

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – May 7, 2026

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.

03:21:40

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – May 6, 2026

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.

02:00:45

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – April 30, 2026

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.

02:07:00

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – April 29, 2026

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.

02:00:49

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – April 23, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - April 23, 2026 Bill C-14, Bail and Sentencing Reform Act Witnesses Jacqueline Beisel-Cobb (As an Individual) Paul Brandt, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (Not In My City) Brett Broadfoot (As an Individual) Marilie Cormier Gaudet, Executive Director, Centre-du-Québec (Crime Victims Assistance Centre) Sophie Gasse, Chief Executive Officer (Crime Victims Assistance Centre) Scott Gillingham, Mayor (City of Winnipeg) Kathy Valentino, Second Vice-President (Federation of Canadian Municipalities) Source: sencanada.ca

02:23:27

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – April 22, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - April 22, 2026 Bill C-14, Bail and Sentencing Reform Act Witnesses Darlene Bowen, Board Member and Secretary (Native Women’s Association of Canada) Catherine Latimer, Executive Director (John Howard Society of Canada) Victoria S.B. Perrie, Vice President (Indigenous Bar Association) Shakir Rahim, Director, Criminal Justice Program (Canadian Civil Liberties Association) Madeleine Redfern, Chief Executive Officer (Native Women’s Association of Canada) Jonathan Rudin, Special Projects Director (Aboriginal Legal Services) Paul Wilson (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

01:56:42

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – April 16, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - April 16, 2026 Bill C-14, Bail and Sentencing Reform Act Witnesses Ian Bulmer, Vice-President, Collective Bargaining (Ontario Crown Attorneys' Association) David Cole, Retired Judge, Ontario Court of Justice (As an Individual) Ari Goldkind, Criminal Defence Lawyer (As an Individual) Lesley Pasquino, President (Ontario Crown Attorneys' Association) Cassandra Richards, Criminal Lawyer (Criminal Lawyers’ Association) Francis Savaria, Member, Criminal Law Expert Group (Barreau du Québec) Sabrina Shillingford, Member, Criminal Justice and Police Reform Committee (Canadian Association of Black Lawyers) Eva Sikora, Lawyer, Secretariat of the Order and Legal Affairs (Barreau du Québec) Nicholas St-Jacques, Member, Criminal Law Expert Group (Barreau du Québec) Melanie J. Webb, Chair, Criminal Justice Section (Canadian Bar Association) Source: sencanada.ca

02:10:25

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – April 15, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - April 15, 2026 Bill C-14, Bail and Sentencing Reform Act Witnesses Anthony Doob, Professor Emeritus of Criminology, Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto (As an Individual) Danardo S. Jones, Associate Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor (As an Individual) Chloé Leclerc, Full professor, School of Criminology, Université de Montréal (As an Individual) Nicole Myers, Criminologist and Associate Professor, Queen's University (As an Individual) Debra Parkes, Professor and Chair in Feminist Legal Studies, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia (As an Individual) Justin Piché, Full Professor, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

02:03:18

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – March 26, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - March 26, 2026 Bill C-14, Bail and Sentencing Reform Act Witnesses Thomas Carrique, Commissioner (Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police) Jennifer Dunn, Executive Director (London Abused Women's Centre) Benjamin Roebuck, Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime (Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime) Tom Stamatakis, President (Canadian Police Association) Source: sencanada.ca

02:01:24

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – March 25, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - March 25, 2026 Bill C-14, Bail and Sentencing Reform Act Appearing The Honourable Sean Fraser, P.C., M.P, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (Department of Justice Canada) Witnesses Claire Farid, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Family Law and Youth Justice Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Samantha Reynolds, Legal Counsel, Youth Criminal Justice Division (Department of Justice Canada) Owen Ripley, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector (Department of Justice Canada) Matthew Taylor, Senior General Counsel and Director General, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Joanna Wells, Acting Senior Counsel and Team Lead, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Myriam Wills, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

00:22:35

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – March 12, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - March 12, 2026 Bill S-209, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material Consideration of a draft report Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act Clause-by-clause consideration Source: sencanada.ca

01:56:17

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – February 26, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - February 26, 2026 Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act Witnesses Dr. John Bradford, Doctor and Professor of Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Universities of Ottawa, McMaster and Saskatchewan (As an Individual) Alison Craig, Criminal Defence Lawyer (Canadian Prison Law Association) Victoria S.B. Perrie, Vice President (Indigenous Bar Association) Dr. Alexander Simpson, Professor and Chair, Forensic Psychiatry Research, University of Toronto (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) Nana Yanful, Lawyer and Member, Criminal Justice and Police Reform Committee (Canadian Association of Black Lawyers) Source: sencanada.ca

02:05:12

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – February 25, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - February 25, 2026 Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act Witnesses Bonnie Brayton, Chief Executive Officer (DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada) Paula Marshall, Executive Director (Mi'kmaw Legal Support Network) Mervin Thomas, Chief Executive Officer (Circle of Eagles Lodge Society) Joseph Tsannie, Vice Chief (Prince Albert Grand Council) Kory Wilson, Chair (BC First Nations Justice Council) Source: sencanada.ca

03:50:49

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – February 12, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - February 12, 2026 The subject matter of Part 4 of Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure Consideration of a draft report Witnesses Michael Bisson, Deputy Commissioner, Operations (Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections) Philippe Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner of Canada (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada) Michael Harvey, Commissioner (Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia) Stéphane Perrault, Chief Electoral Officer (Elections Canada) Caroline Simard, Commissioner of Canada Elections (Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections) Josée Villeneuve, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Regulatory Affairs (Elections Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

02:01:09

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – February 12, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - February 12, 2026 The subject matter of Part 4 of Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure Witnesses Matthew Alexander Hatfield, Executive Director (OpenMedia) Carmela Allevato, Senior Counsel, Allevato Quail and Associates (New Democratic Party of Canada) Elizabeth Denham, Former Information and Privacy Commissioner of the United Kingdom and British Columbia (As an Individual) Tamir Israel, Director, Privacy, Surveillance and Technologies Program (Canadian Civil Liberties Association) Alexis Levine, Outside Counsel, Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP (Federal Liberal Agency of Canada) Michael Wilson, Outside Counsel, Goodmans LLP (Conservative Fund Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

01:59:08

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – February 12, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - February 12, 2026 The subject matter of Part 4 of Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure Witnesses Jim Balsillie, Founder (Centre for Digital Rights) Sara Bannerman, Professor and Canada Research Chair of Communication Policy and Governance (As an Individual) Cathy Hawara, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Machinery of Government and Democratic Institutions (Privy Council Office) Bill Hearn, Principal, HearnLaw, External General Counsel to Centre for Digital Rights (Centre for Digital Rights) Rachel Pereira, Director, Electoral and Senatorial Policy Unit, Democratic Institutions (Privy Council Office) Jason Woywada, Executive Director (BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association) Source: sencanada.ca

02:10:46

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – February 5, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - Date Bill S-209, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material Clause-by-clause consideration Source: sencanada.ca

02:03:38

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – February 4, 2026

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - February 4, 2026 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 Appearing The Honourable Sean Fraser, P.C., M.P, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (Department of Justice Canada) Witnesses Sacha Baharmand, Deputy Director General and General Counsel, Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section (Department of Justice Canada) Anna Dekker, Acting 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) Marie-Josée Poirier, Counsel, Judicial Affairs Section (Department of Justice Canada) Bill S-209, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material Witnesses Noni Classen, Director of Education and Support Services (Canadian Centre for Child Protection) Dr Maria Hernandez-Mora Ruiz del Castillo, Clinical Psychologist, Hospital Marmottan, Centre francophone de ressources et accompagnement de l’addiction à la pornographie (As an Individual) Tracy Vaillancourt, Full Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, University of Ottawa (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

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