JUST Committee Report

Extract from the Journals of the House of Commons of June 7, 2005

Pursuant to Order made Friday, June 3, 2005, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Marceau (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), seconded by Mr. Côté (Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier), — That the House denounce the recent remarks made by Mr. Justice Michel Robert stating that it is acceptable to discriminate on the basis of political opinion when appointing candidates to the federal judiciary and that it call on the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to create a special subcommittee with the mandate to examine the process for appointments to the federal judiciary and make recommendations for reform, with the primary goal of eliminating political partisanship from the process, by October 31, 2005.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division: YEAS: 157, NAYS: 124

ATTEST

WILLIAM C. CORBETT
Clerk of the House of Commons

Extract from the Journals of the House of Commons of June 27, 2005

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness be authorized to continue its deliberations relating to the study of the process for appointments to the federal judiciary beyond October 31, 2005, and to present its final report no later than December 15, 2005.

ATTEST

AUDREY O'BRIEN
Acting Clerk of the House of Commons