Skip to main content
Start of content

JUST Committee Meeting

Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.

For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

Previous day publication Next day publication
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 61
 
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
 

The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights met at 3:31 p.m. this day, in Room 306, La Promenade Building, the Chair, Mike Wallace, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Dan Albas, Françoise Boivin, Hon. Irwin Cotler, Robert Goguen, Pierre Jacob, Hoang Mai, Kyle Seeback, Mike Wallace and David Wilks.

 

Acting Members present: Joe Daniel for Scott Armstrong, Richard M. Harris for Brent Rathgeber, Kellie Leitch for Scott Armstrong, Dany Morin for Wayne Marston and Francine Raynault for Pierre Jacob.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Cynthia Kirkby, Analyst; Dominique Valiquet, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: Institute of Marriage and Family Canada: Peter Jon Mitchell, Senior Researcher. Canadian Teachers' Federation: Paul Taillefer, President; Myles Ellis, Acting Deputy Secretary General. Bullying.org: Bill Belsey, President. Department of Justice: Normand Wong, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

 
Pursuant to the Order of Reference of Wednesday, June 6, 2012, the Committee resumed consideration of Bill C-273, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cyberbullying).
 

Peter Jon Mitchell, Paul Taillefer and Bill Belsey, by videoconference from Cochrane, Alberta, made statements and answered questions.

 

At 4:32 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:34 p.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Robert Goguen moved, — That the Committee, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, recommend that the House of Commons do not proceed further with Bill C-273, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cyberbullying), because:

Bill C-273 raises criminal policy and drafting concerns;

Parliamentary review of the bullying issue is still on-going and legislation to address this matter is pre-mature;

The overwhelming majority of witnesses appearing before the Committee have raised concerns with this legislation; and

That the Chair present the report to the House.

Debate arose thereon.

 

Françoise Boivin moved, — That the motion be amended by deleting the words “Parliamentary review of the bullying issue is still on-going and legislation to address this matter is premature;”.

 

The question was put on the amendment of Françoise Boivin and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 10; NAYS: 1.

 

The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 10; NAYS: 1.

 

The motion, as adopted, read as follows:

That the Committee, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, recommend that the House do not proceed further with Bill C-273, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cyberbullying), because:

Bill C-273 raises criminal policy and drafting concerns;

The overwhelming majority of witnesses appearing before the Committee have raised concerns with this legislation; and

That the Chair present the report to the House.

 

It was agreed, — That a proposed budget in the amount of $2,800, for the study of Bill C-273, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cyberbullying), be adopted.

 

At 5:14 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Jean-François Pagé
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
2013/03/13 1:25 p.m.