Justice Committee on Nov. 22nd, 2011

Evidence of meeting #13 for Justice and Human Rights in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was clause.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-10, An Act to enact the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act and to amend the State Immunity Act, the Criminal Code, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and other Acts

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Catherine Kane Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice

Daryl Churney Director, Corrections Policy, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

1:40 p.m.

NDP

Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL

Oh, okay.

1:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dave MacKenzie

Just so that everybody understands, it's impossible for the chair or for the clerk to keep track of your time when both sides are using time. We have only one clock. There is another difficulty in this whole situation.

Mr. Churney, if you have an answer, I'd be pleased to hear from you.

1:40 p.m.

Director, Corrections Policy, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Daryl Churney

Are the additions to the schedule doing anything else? The answer is no. The list is still essentially the list in the schedule. But we can provide a more complete response to the committee. There's no substantive change being made to the function of the schedule. The schedule is being updated to ensure that it's consistent with the offences in the Criminal Code. That's it.

1:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dave MacKenzie

Thank you.

(Clause 103 agreed to)

(On clause 104)

On clause 104, Mr. Harris.

1:40 p.m.

NDP

Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL

This is an addition to the schedule as well? Why would that not be included in the previous section? Is something different happening here?

1:40 p.m.

Director, Corrections Policy, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Daryl Churney

No, it was through a drafting convention that it was put in a different clause. There's no particular reason why it was set out separately or couldn't have been included. It was just the way the amendment was drafted by the drafters.

1:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Dave MacKenzie

Thank you.

(Clause 104 agreed to)

We will now suspend until 3:30, for question period. We will reconvene in Room 306 of La Promenade.