Mike Wallace at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On July 7th, 2014. See this statement in context.

July 7th, 2014 / 9:35 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Mike Wallace

I call to order this meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Our friends from the media with the cameras have to leave now. This is a televised event and we don't need the extra cameras.

This is meeting 32 on Monday, July 7. The orders of the day are pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, June 16, 2014, Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code in response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

Our first witness today is the Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. He is here with us for an hour, and then we have the officials afterwards.

Perhaps you'd like to introduce your colleagues with you today, Minister, and then the floor is yours for 10 minutes.

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