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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 77
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights met in a televised session at 3:35 p.m. this day, in Room 253-D, Centre Block, the Chair, Andy Scott, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Chuck Cadman, Ivan Grose, Peter MacKay, Paul Harold Macklin, John McKay, Andy Scott.
Acting Members present : Robert Lanctôt for Michel Bellehumeur.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Philip Rosen, senior analyst.
Witnesses: From the Association of Canadian Review Board Chairs: Bernd Walter, Chair, B.C. Review Board; Maureen Forestell, Counsel to Ontario Review Board and alternate chair of Ontario and Nunavut Review Boards; Lucien Leblanc, Member and President, Quebec Review Board. From the Quebec Defence Attorneys Association: Me Lucie Joncas, Lawyer.
Pursuant to the Order of Reference of the House of February 26, 2002, the Committee resumed its statutory review of the mental disorder provisions of the Criminal Code.
Bernd Walter, Lucien Leblanc and Lucie Joncas each made a statement and, with Maureen Forestell, answered questions.
At 5:20 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Jean-François Pagé / Marie Danielle Vachon
Clerks of the Committee