Public Safety Committee on May 8th, 2012

Evidence of meeting #38 for Public Safety and National Security in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was restitution.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-350, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (accountability of offenders)

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Howard Sapers Correctional Investigator, Office of the Correctional Investigator

Marie-France Kingsley Director of Investigations, Office of the Correctional Investigator

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

Elissa Lieff Director General and Senior General Counsel, Family, Children and Youth Section, Department of Justice

5 p.m.

Conservative

Candice Bergen Conservative Portage—Lisgar, MB

Mr. Chair, unless we're going to...this is not a point of order—

5 p.m.

NDP

The Vice-Chair NDP Randall Garrison

Can I get far enough to hear it?

5 p.m.

NDP

Rosane Doré Lefebvre NDP Alfred-Pellan, QC

I just want to know whether the entire committee can ask to have a constitutional expert brought in. I am really not comfortable with the constitutionality of this legislation.

5 p.m.

NDP

The Vice-Chair NDP Randall Garrison

Madame Doré, I'm going to rule that we have a session coming up on committee business, which would be the appropriate place to raise this point.

5 p.m.

NDP

Rosane Doré Lefebvre NDP Alfred-Pellan, QC

Thank you.

5 p.m.

NDP

The Vice-Chair NDP Randall Garrison

All right.