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00:22:35

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – March 12

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.

01:56:17

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

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