,. f;20 \UQ,,;:;,#No. Registry COURT OFBRITISH COLUMBIA INTHE MATTER OF: TheConstitutional Question Act R.S.B.C.1996, c.68 AND INTHE MATTER OF: The CanadianCharier of Rights and Freedoms AND INTHE MATTER OF: AReference by the Lieutenant Governor inCouncil set out inOrder inCouncil No.553 datedOctober 22,2009 concerning the constitutionality of s.293 of theCriminal Code of CanadaR.S.C.,1985, c.C-46 SECTION 293 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY BRIEF-SUBMITTED BY THE ATTORNEYSGENERAL OF BRITISHCOLUMBIA AND CANADA CRAIGE.JONES Ministry of Attorney General 1301- 865Hornby Street Vancouver,BeV6Z2G3 Telephone:604-660-3093 Facsimile:604-660-6797 SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS Volume 2 of 2 1 INDEX, VOL. 2 TAB7-A.Criminal Code,S.C.1953-54, c.51,s.243 B.Reportof RoyalCommissiononRevisionof CriminalCode(Ottawa,February22, 1952) at1-14, 42 C.Draft Bill, An Act respecting theCriminal Law,6thSession,21st ParI.,1952 D.House of Commons Debates (April 7,1952) at1192 E."SuggestionsIncorporatedintheDraftBill",MattersfortheCommission,R.G.13, Acc 89-901067,Box 22,File155002,Part II(National Archives) F."AppendixI",ReportoftheRoyalCommissionandAppendix,R.G.13,Acc.89-901067,Box 22,File155002,Part Vat 3 (National Archives) G.DebatesoftheSenate(May12,1952)at198(1r);(May13,1952) at 206(dist'nof copies);(May13,1952)at207-16(2r);(May14,1952)at217-19(2r);(May15, 1952)at 269-75(2r andref tocom);(May20,1952) at 288(commeeting);(May21, 1952) at 289 (repof com);(June 20,1952) at 479 (rep of com) H."MinutesofEvidence"inTheSenateofCanada:ProceedingsoftheStanding Committee onBanking and CommerceTowhom was referred theBill (H-8),intituled: An Act respecting theCriminal Law (June11,1952) at5-7and 35 I."ReCriminalCode- GeneralRemarks",Brief onthe1952Bill,R.G.13,Acc89-901067,Box 22,File155002, Part 2 at 34(National Archives) J.Debates ofthe Senate (November 24,1952) at 6-7(1r);(November 25,1952) at 21-23(2r andref tocom);(December 16,1952) at146-57(repof com);(December 17, 1952) at161-68 (rep of com concurred inand3r) K."MinutesofEvidence"inTheSenateofCanada:ProceedingsoftheStanding CommitteeonBankingand CommerceTowhomwasreferredtheBill (0),intituled: An Act respecting thflCriminal Law (December 15,1952) at 64and 89 L.Houseof CommonsDebates(January13,1953)at931(1r);(January23,1953)at 1272-78,1287-1303(2randreftospecialcommittee);(February5,1953)at1636 (1strepof specialcommittee);(May1,1953) at 4641(2drepof specialcommittee); (May 4,1953) at 4707(3drep of special committee) M."Minutes of Proceedings",Special Committee onBill No.93 (Letter 0of theSenate): 'AnAct respecting theCriminal Law' and all matters pertaining thereto (February 24, 1953) at 51 N.Houseof Commons Debates(November16,1953) at32(1r);(December 15,1953) at939-57(2r);(February26,1954)at2483-86(com,excerpt);(April8,1954)at 3920-27 (3r);(June15,1954) at5973-79(concurr inSenate amts) O.Debates of theSenate (May 4,1954) at 437(1 r);(May 5,1954) at 439-48(2r);(May 11,1954)at454-64(2r);(June10,1954)at584-86and604(repofcom-amts concurredin);(June10,1954)at586-87(3r);(June16,1954)at639(amts concurredinby Commons);(June 26,1954) at731(ra) P.Proclamation,October 2,1954,C.Gaz.1954.11.3297 TABa - Criminal Code,R.S.C.1970,c.C-34,s.257 TAB9-A.Criminal Code,R.S.C.1985, c.C-46,s.293 B.Criminal Code,R.S.C.1985, c.C-46asamended toMarch19,2010,s.293 ACTSOFTHE PARLIAMENTOFCANADA PASSEDINTHESESSIONHELDINTHE SECONDANDTHIRDYEARSOFTHEREIGNOFHERMAJESTY QUEENELIZABETHII aEING THE FIRSTSESSIONOFTHETWENTY-SECONDPARLIAMENT Begunandholden at Ottawa,on theTwelfth dayof November,1953, andproroguedonthe Twenty-sixth day of June,1954. HISEXCELLENCYTHERIGHTHONOURABLE VINCENTMASSEY GOVERNORGENERAL PARTI PUBLICGENERALACTS EDMONDCLOUTIER.C.M.G ..O.A .D.S.P. QUEEN'SPRiNTERANDCONTRbLLEROFSTATIONERY OTTAWA.1954 HeiIlOnline-- I1953-1954pt. I11953 2-3ELIZABETHII. CHAP.51. AnActrespectingtheCriminalLaw. [Assentedto261JtJune,19541 HER Majesty, by and withthe adviceandconsent ofthe SenateandHouseofCommonsofCanada,enacts asfoIlows:-SnORT TITLE. J..This Actmay becited asthe CriminalCode. INTERPRETATION. Shorttitle. 2.In thisAct,D.fioilions. (1)"Act" includes"Aol." (a)an Act oftheParliament ofCanada, (b)anActofthelegislatureofthelateprovinceof Canada, (c)an Act of the legislature of a province, and (d)anActorordinanceofthelegislatureofa province, territory or place in forceat the time that province,territoryorplacebecameaprovinceof Canada; (2)"AttorneyGeneral"meanstheAttorneyGeneral"Altcm.y or Solicitor Generalofaprovince in whichproceedingsG.o.rol.' towhichthisActappliesaretakenand,withrespect totheNorthwest Territories andthe YukonTerritory, meansthe Attorney GeneralofCanada; (3)"bank.note"includesanynegotiableinstrument" D . ~ ~ . (a)issuedbyoronbehalfofapersoncarryingonooto. the business of banking in or out ofCanada, (b)issuedunderthe authorityoftheParliament of Canadaorunderlawfulauthorityofthegovern-ment of a state other than Canada, 365intended HeinOnlillC~ .1 1953-1954 pt. I 3651953 66 Presumption. Corrobora-tion. Limitation. "Abandon." "Expose," Chap.51.CriminalCode.2-3ELIZ.II. (g)procuresa femalepersontoenterorleaveCanada, forthepurposeofprostitution, (h)forthepurposesofgain,exercisescontrol,direction orinfluenceoverthe movementsofafemaleperson in suchmannerastoshowthatheisaiding,abettingor compellinghertoengageinorcarryonprostitution withanypersonorgenerally, (i)appliesoradministerstoa femalepersonorcauses hertotakeanydrug,intoxicatingliquor,matter,or thingwithintent to stupefy or overpower her inorder therebytoenableanypersontohaveillicitsexual intercourse withher, (j)beingamaleperson,liveswhollyorinpart onthe availsofprostitution,or (k)beinga femaleperson,liveswholly orinpart onthe availsofprostitution ofanotherfemaleperson, isguiltyofanindictableoffenceandisliabletoimprison-ment forten years. (2)Evidence that a male person lives with or is habitually in the company ofprostitutes, or lives ina commonbawdy-hOmleorhouseofassignationisprimafacieevidencethat heUveson theavails ofprostitution. (3)Nopersonshallbeconvictedofanoffenceunder subsection(1),otherthananoffenceunderparagraph(j) ofthatsubsection,upontheevidenceofonlyonewitness unlesstheevidenceofthatwitnessiscorroboratedina material particular by evidencethat implicates the accused. (4)Noproceedingsforanoffenceunderthissection shallbecommencedmorethanoneyearafterthetime whentheoffenceisallegedto have beencommitted. PARTVI. OFFENCESAGAINSTTHEPERSONAND REPUTATION. INTERPRETATION. 1 Sli.In thisPart, (a)"abandon"or "expose"includes (i)awilfulomissiontotakechargeofachildbya person who is under a legal duty to do so,and (ii)dealingwithachildinamannerthatislikely to leavethat childexposedto risk without protec-tion:. (b)"child" Includes an adopted childand an illegitimate child; 430( 0) 1 1953-1954pt.14301953 1953-54.CriminalCode.Chap.1)1. 67 (c)"form ofmarriage"includes aceremony ofmarriage "Fo,m of that isrecognizedasvalidmania.e," (i)by the law of the place where it was celebrated, or (ii)bythelawoftheplacewhereanaccusedis tried,notwithstanding that it isnotrecognizedas validbythelawoftheplacewhereitwascele-brated; and (d)"guardian"includesapersonwhohasinlaworin"Guardln." factthe custody orcontrol ofa child. DUTIESTENDINGTOPRESERVATIONOFLIFE. 186.(1)Everyone isunderalegaldutyDuty of (a)asaparent,fosterparent,guardianorheadofa: : ~ r i ~ l ~to family, to provide necessaries of life for a child under the".,.... 10S2 -' dropped 1046} dropped 1047 1083 639 1048628 1084} 658 1085 1049629 10S>6} 1050630 1087 PartXXII 1051 1083 5(1)(b) 1089 1052(1) 6331090 (2)694(1) 1091 1092 1053dropped 1093 1094 1054621 1095 1096 (1) - (3)and(5)661 1097 (4)662 1098 (65 665(2) 1099 (7666 1100 (8)659 1101 1102 lO54B624 1103 1104 >> PartXXII 1055621 1105 1106 1056634 1107 1108 1057dropped 1109 1110 1058} 637 1111 1059 1112 1113 1050641 1114 1115 1061dropped 1116 1117J 1062642 1118 1119 1063643 1120631 , 1064644 1121} 632 1065} 1122 1066645 10671123 dropped 1068646 1124683 1069 1125634 1070648 1126685 1071650 1127686 Commissionon' CriminalCode Section Clause in Draft Bill Present Code Section 687 1142 682 "" I 1144 688 1145 1146 689 1147 1148 48(1) 1150 133,184(4) 48(2)1151 627 1152 / -' 29 Clause in Draft Bill 693(2) dropped dropped. dropped. 748. 30ReportofRoyalCommissiononCriminalCode CRIMINALCODEREVISION "B" TABLESHOWINGORIGINOFCLAUSESINDRAFTBILL Ottawa, January,1952. --Clause No.R.S. C. 1927. c. 36Clause No.R.S.C.1927.c. 36 PAR'!"I69 1 J7(IS new (2/16 . .2(1) 2(1) (2)(2)8new (3) (4) 913 (4)4)(0;). (5)(5)1015 new 7)newnnew m (17) 1217(7) (10)new 1m

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Hon;Mr.Roebuck:MayIhavetheindul-genceofthehousetoaddaword?If we nowgivethe bill second reading,Mr.Speaker willtakenote,andallhonourablesenators willobserve,thatwearedoingsowithout sufficientknowledgeofthemeasure,sothat whenitcomesbacktothehouseforthird readingnoruleswillbepleadedagainstus toprevent athoroughdiscussionat thattime. Hon.Mr.Vien:Thatwouldapplynotonly tothebillin thethirdreadingstagebutalso whileitisincommittee.Theruleisthat secondreadinghavingbeengiventoabill, ithasbeenadoptedinprinciple,andwe shouldthenaddressourselvestoitclause byclause.Assurariceshouldbegiventhat wewill notbeprecludedincommitteefrom discussingtheprincipleofthebill. Hon.Mr.Robertso.n:Honourablesenators, Iamentirelyinagreementwithwhathas beensaidastothelackoffacilitiesforthe proper tionofthisbillonse'cond readiI).g,andI' nowgiveassurancethatI shall'doeverythinginmypower.tosee. that fullopportunity.jsgiven for'adequate 'con-siderationofth,eme-lisure.Thisisalarge andanimportantl?UI,and'I' realizehow necessaryit isthatevery'opportunityshould be_givenfortheexaminationof itin-com-mittee,andforfurtherandperhapsamore enlighteneddiscussionofitonthirdreading. Somehonourablesenatorsmayrecallthat beforetheintrocluctionofthebin therewas somesuggestionthatwemightfollowthe precedent1914 theRail-way Act wasconsidered,and that,in moving thebilI tocommittee,1mightex.'tertdtothe otherplaceaninvitation.tohavesomeof itsmembersjoin'withusinconsidering themeasure.Iwould'havebeenrassedhadthatsuggestionbeenpressed,for Idonotthinkanyparticularbenefitwould haveaccrued;butaftersomediscussionit wasdropped. W9uldseemthatourcom-mitteecouldproceedmorerapidly,withits workifitdidnothavetowaitfromtime totimeonthe' convenienceofothers.How-ever,it isquitepossiblethatmembersfrom theotherplaceandotherinterestedparties wouldappreciatetheopportunityof ingsomethingofthebackgroundof.the connectedwiththematters underandC!urrecordsshOUldbe' a vaila)Jletowhowishtosee _them..'Itakeit. thatthegreaterpartofthe billwill.beadoptedwithoutmuchdiscus.. , sion,butoncertainspecificmatterssome debateislikelytoarise.Sonotonlywould Inotopposereferencetocommittee,butI wouldfacilitateitandindeedurge: it.By thiscourseaconsiderableamountofinfor_ mationwillbeforthcomingwhich.maybe usefulto- membersintheotherplace,par- 1 ticularlyif,becauseofthepressureof' otherbusiness,thebillcomesbeforethem: lateinthesession.Inthiswaywemight turn theothercheek and setagoodexample, becausesometimesbillsarereceivedby uslateinthesessionandwehavetodeal withthemwithoutthebenefitofanygreat amountofdiscussionintheotherhous,e .. Hon.- A.MarcoUe:Iwasofcourse,very much inte;rested in theadd.ressofthe ablesenatorfromToronto-Trinity(Hpn.Mr. Roebuck).1understandthatbyvotingfor thesecondreadingweare- notcommitted tothebillasitstands.It hasbeenstated morethanonceinthischamberthatour givingofsecondreadingtoabilldoesnot meanthatweareDbligatedtoadoptit untilwehavehadmoreenlightenmentOUi the Ishouldliketoknowwhetherthemittee'towhomthebillistobereferred will the' righttocallpeoplebeforeit togiveo:pinions -ontheseamendments? Thisisoneofthemostimportantmeasures i.vithwhichwehaveeverlJ,adtodeal.isnot11 matterofconferringmoreorless ordinarypowers;thehilldealsi,vUhhuman rightsandaffectshumanliberties;' under_. itsprovisionspersonscanbesenttojails, toreformatories,orotherwisedealtwith. This" morning-Ireceivedaletter'froma lawy'erinMontrealwhohaslongbeen interestedincriminaljustice.He saidhe thoughtthatheandotherswhowere mindedshouldhavetherighttobeheard.. Iask' thatthecommitteeshallhavethe powertosendforpeopleortoreceive-the ofthosewhowantto ;before -it.. Hon.Mr.Robertson:1doubtwhether anything1sayarrefrain -fromsayingwill clothethecommittee with more or less power. thanitriowhas.Myunderstandingisthat whenlegislationisreferred,toanyofour standingcommittee$,itisforthatcommittee todecidewhetheritshallexerciseanyor allofthepowersvestedinit;andif.it requiresextrapowers,thepropei'procedure, 1suppose,wouldbetoaskthe for MAY15,1952 275 thein.Butitismyimpressionthatthe c'ommitteeofitsownvolition_candowhat thehonourablesenatorhassuggested. Hon.Mr.Vien:Thosepowersaregivento allstandingcommitteeswhentheyare created,atthebeginningofthesession. Hon.Mr.Robertson:Ithink so.CertainlyI -wouldnotseektolimittheirpowersbyany statementofmine. Hon. Mr. Vien;When the bill is sent to com-mitteeit willprobablybedesirable-though -thatisforthecommitteetodetermine-that arec'ordbetaken,invie\vofthefactthat measurewasintroducedintheSenate. .Jion.Mr.Hugessen:Mayoffer' oneobser-'vat,ionon the discussionthat hastaken ,place? I.tseemstomethattheonlyprinciplefor whichwearevotingwhenwevoteforthe second readingof this bill is that the' Criminal 'CodeofCanada be recodified;and' that leaves us'Completelyfreetodiscussandsuggest 'amendmentsofanyone section.If that isthe understanding,Idonot seewhyanyhonour-ablemembercouldhaveanyobjecti'Onto approving second reading -atthistime. ,Themotionwasagreedto,and- thebill was read'thesecondtime. REFERREDTOCOMMITTEE TheHon.theSpeaker:Whenshallthi-sbill bereadthethirdtime? Hon. Mr.Robertson:Imove that this bill be referredtothe StandingCommittee 'On ingant;:1:Comm-erce. Hon.Mr.Roebuck:Inthatconnection 'may Imakeasuggestion,totheleader?Thereis noind-exinthebill.Tobe iJroper,lystudied, it Feedsanindex.Iamsurethatonemust havebeenprepared.AmIright? Hon.Mr.Hugessen:Ithinkthat forabill ofthiskinditisnotthepracticetohavean indexwhenitisfirstintroduced"butthat whenitisfinallypublishedranindexis preparedinconjunctionwithit.Idonot think an index isproperly part ofabill when it isintroduced. Hon.Mr.Roebuck:No,Ididnot mean that. WhatIsayisthat"wesh'Ouldbeprovided withanindexinthecommitteewhenweare stud;yingthisbill.Nodoubtanind.exhas beenprepared.Iknowthatit isnotusually includedinabill,hutthereisnoearthly reasonwhytheofficerscouldnot produceon andgive' eachotusacopy.Mysuggestion isthattheleaderintimatetothemthatwe wouldlikeanindex. Hon.Mr.Robertson:Itismyimpression thattheminister,whetherpubliclyor privately,mentioned,thepreparationofan index,though it may not be the kind to which myhonourablefriendrefers.Iunderstand thatthedepartmentispreparing-alistof thesectionswhichhavebeenchanged',and soon. Hon.Mr.Haig:Wehavethat now.I think thehonourabl.esenatorfromInkerman(Han. Mr. Hugessen)wa'scorrect.We already have, inthereportof thecommissioners,atable ofthesectionsofthe -presentCodeandwhat hasbeendonewiththem.Mymemoryon thesemattersisthattheindexesarenever prepareduntilafterthebillsarepassedby parliament.Ithinkthat was the case incon-nectionwiththe Bankruptcy'Act.. It isquite possiblethatin committeewe may accept the suggestionofthehonourable.senatorfrom (Han.Mr.Roebuck),andthat would - necessitateachangeintheproposed definitioninthebillbeforeus.Further,the Senatemay takeactiontostrikeoutsome clausesandtorestoreothersthatarein thepresentCode.Ithinkwewouldrun intotroubleherewithanindex. Hon.Mr.Robertson:Honourablesenators, Ihope tohavethisbillbeforeourcommittee nextTuesdaymorning.Ifmy \-honourable colleaguefromToronto-Trinity(Hon.Mr. Roebuck)wouldgivemeamemorandum later thisafternoon astoexactly what he has inmind,Ishallreferit -totheMinisterof Justice. Themotionwasagreedto. INDUSTRIALDEVELOPMENT BANKBILL FIRSTREADING Hon.Mr.Robertsonpresented Y-8,an ActtoamendtheIndustrialDevelopment Bank Act. Thebinwasreadthefirsttime. TheHon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, whenshan thisbill beread thesecondtime? Mr.Robertson:Mondaynext. NATIONALRAILWAYS AUDITORSBILL ANSWERTOINQUIRIES Onthemotiontoadjourn: Hon.Mr.Robertson:Honourablesenators, on the m-otion.toadjourn,may Ianswer three questionswhichwereaskedonthe.second readingoftheNationalRailwaysAuditor.s MAY20,1952287 grantacertificatespecifyingthatacertain examination hasbeen passedandthat certain approvalhasbeenextended.Thatisasfar asitcango.Theboardmay,however, induceprovincialgovernmentstopasslegis-lationwhichwillmakeitsdecisionslawin thoseprovinces.Withoutthat legislation,the decisionof' theNationalDentalExamining BoardofCanadawillhavenolegalconstitu-tionalvalidityinanyprovince.Whiler1 wouldreadthislegislationwithgreatcare andwithsomesuspicionforfearthatit infringesonprovincialauthority,atthe momentIdonotseethat it does. Han.Mr.Paterson:Willthehonourable senatorreadsection7aswell? Hon.Mr.Roebuck:It reads: 7.TheBoardshallhavepowerto (a)estabItshaqualificationindentistrysuch thatitwillberecognizedbytheappropriate licensingbodiesinalltheprovincesofCanada; Iseenothingwrongwiththat.It justsays theboardshallhavepowertoestablisha qualificationindentistrythatwillbe recognized. Hon.Mr.Euler:Mustitberecognized? Hon.Mr.Roebuck:No. Hon. Mr.Euler: Iwas wondering about that, becauseIthinkitwassaidamomentago that when adentisthasthisdentalcertificate hecangoandpractise inanyprovinceupon payingthelicensefee. Hen.Mr.Roebuck:Thatistheidea,but it IsnotInthebill. Hon.Mr.Euler:Mustaprovincialbody grantadentisttherighttopractiseifhe holdsanationaldentalcertificate? Hon.Mr.Roebuck:Itakeitthatthatis notso. . Hon.Mr.Euler:Well,thatconstitutesan interference. Hon.Mr.Roebuck:It saysthattheboard shallhavethepowerHtoestablishaquali-ficationindentistrysuchthatitwillbe re'cognized",notthatitshallberecognized. Hon. Mr.Howden:Use theword "accepted" insteadof"recognized". Hon. Mr. Roebuck:It means about the same thing.Itistheir,desire,nottheirlegal authority. Hon.Mr.Vien:ItsaysUtheBoardshall havepower." Hon.G.Lacasse:Honourablesenatorsmay beinterestedtohearfromamanwhoisa product ofthefirstyear of operationofwhat was known as t h ~Roddick Bill.Itookadvan-tageofthatlegislationrightafteritsenact-ment,andIunderstandfromwhathasbeen saidby the honourable senator from St. Boni-face(Hon.Mr.Howden),thatthebillbefore usismoreorlessareplicaoftheRoddick Bill. The Roddick Bill had todo with the medical profession,andwasenactedin1913.It has thereforebeenin forq.efor fortyyears;and it isbecauseof that billthat T,although born in QuebecandagraduateofLavalUniversity, in Montreal, have beenpractising medicinein Ontario forthe lastthirty-eight years.Iwas oneofthefirstbeneficiariesofthatlegisla-tion.But beforebeing allowedtopractisein OntarioIhadtohavethedegreeofM.D. frommyownprovince,an,dthenIwas requiredtosubmittoanadditionalexamina-tionundertheauspicesofwhat isstillcalled todaythe' MedicalCouncilofCanada,which wastheoffspringoftheRoddickBill.After havingsuccessfullypassedthatexamination Ihad tobe accepted by the provincial author-ities in Ontario, and topay the required regis-tration fee.Under theprovisionsof the Rod-dickBill,hadIbeenmorethantenyearsin practiceIwouldhavebeenfreetohangup myshingleinanyprovincewhereIchose togo,withoutanyfurtheradootherthan paymentoftheprovincialfee. AsIsay,Ithinkthisbillismoreorless acopyoftheRoddickBill.If thereareany differencesbetween-thetwo,thlssh-ould beanimprovementontheearlierone, becauseoftheexperiencethathasbeen gainedsince1913.Idonotthinkthebill presentsanychallengetoprovincialrights orprerogatives. As Isee it,the purpose ofthe bill is simply tohelpdentistswhowlshtomovefromone provincetoanoth-ertopractiseth-eirpro-fession.Thereisnothingofa-compulsory natureatallaboutthemeasure.Thosewho desire to takeadvantage of its provisionswill befreetodoso,uponcomplyingwiththe lawsoftheprovinceintowhichtheymove. Adentistwho intendstopractise in the prov-inceinwhichhe,gr-aduatesJwouldof,course notsubmit to the additional examlnationand paythefeerequired.ofonewhomovesto anotherprovince. ThisexplainsthehillasIunderstandit,' inthelightofmypersonalexperiencewith theRoddickBill,whichg,webirthtothe existingMedicalCouncilofCanada. TheHon.theActingSpeaker:Honour-able senaiors,thequestionisonthemotionfor theseconru readingofthehill.Isityour pleasuretocarrythemotion? SomeHon.Senators:Carried. Hon.Mr.Vien!No. Themotionwasagreedto,andthebill wasreadthe second- timeJondivision. 288SENATE REFERREDTOCOMMITTEE Hon.Mr.Gershawmovedthatthebillbe referred:totheStandingCommitteeonMis-cellaneousPrivateBills. Hon.Mr.Vien:Honourablesenators,may Isuggestthattheprovincially-constituted bodieswhichcontroltheseprofessionalmat-tersineachprovincebe ,notifiedofthedate atwhichthisbillwillbeconsideredincom-mitteeandinvited:toexpresstheirviewsto thecommittee? Hon.Mr.Roebuck:Itseemstome, honourablesenators,thatnoticeof'thedate ofthecommittee'shearing;onthebillshould besenttothe: AttorneysGeneralofallthe provinces,sothatif theyhaveanyobjection tothebillwemay hearof it. Hon..Mr.Vien:That is' agreeable 10me.I shouldUketohavethehouseexpressfor-malapprov.alofthatsuggestion,andif necessaryIwillmovethatthatbedone. Hon.Mr.Haig:Excuseme,butIdonot thinkthatisamatterforthehouse.That canbeattendedtoincommittee. Han.Mr.Roberfson:TheChairmanofthe MiscellaneousPrivateBillsCommittee(Hon. MrBouffard)ispresentandwillhavenoted thesuggestionthathasbeenmade.Iam surehe . willactaccordingly.If,whenthe billisreportedbackfromcommittee.any senatorsthinksthattheattorneysgeneralof theprovinceswerenotnotified,thatwould beaverypertinentquestiontor1l:isehereat that time.It seemstomethat,asstatedby theleaderopposite, (Han.Mr.Hatg),noticeof the committee's hearing on th,ebill is amatter forthecommitteetoconsider,andthat no formalactionbytheSenateisnecessary. Han.Mr.Roebuck:Thatissatisfactory to me. The'motionofHan.Mr.Gershawwas agreedtoandthebillwasreferredto committee. DIVORCEBILLS SECONDREADINGS Han.Mr.Haig,fortheChairmanofthe StandingCommitteeonDivor-ce,movedt h ~ secondreadingofthefollowingbills. BillZ-8,anActforthereliefofLeo Kendali. BillA-9,anActforthereliefofTom BarnardClaytonGould. BillB-9,anActforthereliefofHelene LauraSolomonWiseberg. BillC-9,anActforthereliefofJ o a ~ BorlandWhite. BillD-9,anActforthereliefofJohn LaurenceMcDonough. BillE-9,anActforthereliefofJean WisemanSchwartz. BillF-9,anActforthereliefofJudith SorelRivenGainsbury. Bill0-9,anActforthereliefofAgnesI BerthaBaughGuimont.. Bill H-9,an Act forthe reliefof Genevieve FloraAgathaBrown Smith. BillI-9,anActforthereliefofMarcelle AliceBeliveauMartin. BillJ -9,anActforthereliefofMarcel Despatis. BillK-9,anActfor.thereliefofJoseph WilfridErnestSenecal. Themotionwasagreedto,andthebills werereadthesecondtime,ondivision. CRIMINALCODEBILL NOTICEOFC.oMMITTEEMEETING Onthemotiontoadjourn. Han.Mr.Roberison:Honourablesenators) Iwishtoremindthehousethatthe Standing CommitteeonBankingandCommercewill meetassoonastheSenaterisestoresume considerationoftheCrhninalCodeBill. ,May Iaddthis:IassuredtheMinisterofJustice that asfaraslay within our power we would doallwecouldtosee thatthebill wasdealt with asexpeditiously asit ispossible to make athoroughstudyofthe measure. TheSenateadjourneduntiltomorrowf\t 3p.m. MAY21.1952 289 THESENATE Wednesday.May21.1952 TheSenatemetat3p.m.,theActing Speaker(Hon.J.H.King, 'p.e.)in theChair. Prayersandroutineproceedings. CRIMINALCODEBILL FIRSTREPORTOF COMMITTEE Hon.Mr.Haydenpresentedandmoved -concurrenceinthefirstreportofthelngCommittee on BankingandCommerceon an Act respectingthe Criminal Law. Thereport wasreadby theClerkAssistant asfollows: TheStandIngCommitteeonBankIng.andmercetowhomwasreferredBillH-S,anAct respectingtheCriminalLaw,begleavetoreport asfollows: 1.YourcommitteeI.ecommenq.thattheybe a4th6rtzedtosend forpersons,papersandrecords. '2.Yourcommitteealsorecommendthatleavebe themtosit - duringalladjournmentsofthe Senate,andalsoduringsittingsoftheSenate, ,3.Yourcommitteefurtherrecommendthat authoritybegrantedfortheprintingof800copies inEnglishand200copiesinFrenchofitsproceed-hlgsofthesaidbUl,andthat rule100be suspended in relationtothesaidprinting. Themotionwasagreedto. PRIVATEBILL REPORTOFCOMMITTEE Hon.Mr.Bouffardpresentedthereportof tlW'StandingCommitteeonMiscellaneous Private Bills ,on Billan Act to incorporate theEquitableInsurat:lceCompany. Thereportwas readby theCleTkAssistant asfollows: The Standing CommitteeonMiscellaneous Private Bills,. towhomwasreferredBill anActto the EqultableInsurance Company,have, inobediencetothe'order, ofreferenceofMay8, 1952,examinedthesaidb1I1andnowbegleaveto r.eport: thesamewiththefollowingamendments: .1:'Page1,line13:Delete"TheEquitable. Company"andsubstitute"EquitableFire Company,0Canada." Page1,line14:,Delete"LaCompagnie dAssuranceEquitable"andsubstitute"Compagnie Eq1,lita"bled'AssuranceIneendieduCanada." IntheTitle -':3.-Delete"TheEquitableI.nsuranceCompany" andSUbstitute"EquitableFireInsuranceCompany ofCanada.". Hon.theActingSpeaker:Honourable se,natOrs,whenshalltheseamendmentsbe into consideration.? "Hon.Mr.Bouffard:Nextsitting. 31-1952-H PRIVATEBILL REFUNDOFPARLIAM:ENTARYFEES Hon.Mr.Duffusmoved-: 'l'hattheparliamentaryfeespaiduponBlilanActrespectingTheSistersofCharityofthe HouseofProvidence,berefundedtoMessrs.derson,WilloughbyandCompany,Kingston,Onwtario, . solicitorsforpetitioners,lessprintingand translationcosts. The moti-onwas agreed -t-o. DIVORCEBILLS THIRDREADINGS Hon.Mr.Haig..fortheChairman'ofthe StandingCommitteeonDivorce,movedthe thirdreadingofthefollowingbills: BmZ-B,anActforthereliefofLeo Kendall. BillA-9,anActforthereliefofTom BarnardClaytonGOUld. BmB-9,anActforthereliefofHelene LauraSolomonWiseberg. Bill anActforthereliefofJoan BorlandWhite. Bill anActforthereliefofJohn LaurenceMcDonough. Bill anActforthereliefofJean WisemanSchwartz. BmF-9,anActforthereliefofJudith SorelRivenGainsbury. BillG-9,anActforthereliefofAgnes BerthaBaughGuimont. Billan Act forthe relief 'of .Genevieve Flora AgathaBrownSmith. Bill anActforthereliefofMarcelle AliceBeliveauMartin. BillJ-9,anActforthereliefofMarcel De.spatis. Bill anActforthereliefofJoseph WilfridErnestSeI1ecal. Themotionwasagreedto,andthebills werereadthethirdtime,andpassed,on division. CANADIANNATIONALRAILWAY(TER-RACETOKITIMATIBILL READING Hon.Gray Turgeon movedthe second read-ingofBill192,anActrespectingthecon .. structionofalineofrailwaybyCanadian National' RailwayCompanyfromTerrace to'Kitimat,in'theprovinceofBritish Columbia. Hesaid:Honourablesenators;itgivesme verymuchpleasure tomovethe second ingofthisbill,regardlessofthefactthat the bill!f passed will bring about an expendi-tureofmoney.It authorizestheCanadian NationalRailwayCompanytobuild,atan estimatedcostof$10million,46milesof railroadfromTerraceto!Gtimatinthe i I I JUNE20.1952479 THE SENATE Friday.June20.1952 TheSenatemetat 3p,m.,theSpeaker 'in theChair. androutineproceedings. TREATYOFPEACE(JAPAN)BILL REPORTOFC01'lMITTEE Hon.Mr.Lambertpresentedthereportof theStandingCommitteeonExternal tionson Bill210,an Act to provide for carry-,jngintoeffecttheTreatyofPeacebetween CanadaandJapan. Thereportwasreadby theClerkAssistant asfollows: The 'Standing Committeeon External Relations,to whomwasreferredBill210,anActtoprovidefor carryingintoeffecttheTreatyofPeacebetween CanadaandJapan,haveinobediencetotheorder of referenceof June18,1952,examined the saidbill, andnowbegleavetoreportthesamewithoutany amendment. THIRDREADING TheHon.theSpeaker:Honourable tors,whenshallthispiIlpereadthethird time? 'Hon.Mr.Robertson:Withleaveofthe Senate,now. The motionwas agreed:to,and.thebill was readthethirdtime,andpassed. CRIMINALCODEBILL REPORTOFCOMMITTEE Hon.J.W.deB.Farrispresented:the reportof the Standing Committeeon Banking .andCommerceon Bill H-8,an Actrespecting' theCriminalLaw. . ThereportwasreadbytheClerkAssistant asfoHqws: TheStandingCommitteeonBankingandCom-merce,towhomwasreferredBillH-B,anAct respectingtheCriminalLaw,haveinobedienceto theorderofreferenceofM.ay2,1952,considered thesaidbill,andnowbegleavetoreportas follows: Yourcommitteerecommendthatthebillbenot furtherproceededwithat the present session. TheHon.theSpeaker:Honourable tors,whenshallthisreportbeconsidered? Hon.Ml',Farris:Withleave,Imovethat thereportbeconcunedInnow. Themotionwasagreedto. 55708-32 CANADIANNATIONALRAILWAYS CAPITALREVISIONBILL PRINTINGOFCOMMITTEEPROCEEDINGS Hon.J.W.deB.Farrispresentedthe reportoftheStandingCommitteeon iugandCommerceonBill308,anActto revisethecapitalstructureoftheCanadian NationalRailwayCompanyandtoprovide forcertainotherfinancialmatters, Thereport wasreadby theClerk Assistant asfollows: TheStandingCommitteeonBankIngandCom-merce,towhomwasreferredBill30B,anActto revise the capital structure of the Canadian National RaIlwayCompanyandtoprovideforcertainother financialmatters,begleavetoreportasfollows: Yourcommitteerecommendthattheybe izedtoprint500copiesinEnglishand200copies inFrenchofitsproceedingsonthesaidbill,and thatRule100be'suspendedinrelationtothesaid printing. TheHon.theSpeaker:Honourable tors,whenshallthisreportbeconsidered? Hon.Mr,Farris:Withleave,IImovethat thereportbeconcurredinnow. Themotionwasagreedto. IMMIGRATIONBILL NOTIC,EOFMOTION Hon.Mr.Robertson:Honourablesenators, Ibegtogivenoticethatatthenextsitting 1shallmove: Thatthe Standing Committeeon Immigrationand Labour beauthorizedtoexaminethe subject-matter of Bill 105,an Actrespecting Inunigration, presently beforeparliament,inadvanceofsuchbillreaching the Senate,andthatthe saidcommitteebe izedtosendforpersons,papersandrecords, Honourablesenators,by Mondayafternoon Ishallhaveascertainedwhatprogresshas beenmadewiththisbillandwhethera practicalpurposewouldbeservedbysideringit incommitteeinaccordancewith the noticewhich Ihavegiven.Ishall advise the houseatthattime. CANADIANSHIPSANDSEAMEN INQUIRY Onthenoticeofinquiryby' Han,Mr. DuffrespectingCanadianshipsandseamen:. Hon.Mr.Robe:dson:Honourablesenators, thisinquiryhasbeenontheOrderPaper forsometime.Itisadifficultoneto answer,buttheinformationwillbegivenas soonasIcanpossiblyobtainit. l(OR'rHWESTTERRITORIESBILL SECONDREADING Hon.F.W.Gershawmovedthesecond readingofBill337,anActrespectingthe NorthwestTerritories. I I I , 22STANDINGCOMMITTEE agreewithitsprinciple.Theeffectofitwillbetoendeavourtodriveout privateenterprise altogetherandgiveusapurelysocialisticstate,andIdonot intendtovoteforthat. Hon.Mr.ABBOTT:Insofarasittendstodoanything,ittendstominimize thedangerofsocialism. Hon.Mr.HAIG:Ithinknot. Hon.Mr.ABBOTT:It maynotgofarenough,butitatleastreducesthe dangerofpublicownership. Hon.Mr.HAIG:Thatismymotion. Hon.Mr.ABBOTT:Yourmotion,ifitwereaccepted,wouldincreasethe theincentivetosocializethesecompanies. Hon.Mr.HAIG:Well,itwillbeonthetableandIthinkthegovernment wantsthislegislation., Hon.Mr.ABBOTT:It isnotmylegislation.Iamheretoraisemoneys forthe government., Hon.Mr.HAIG:It doesnotaffectyourmoneyraising. Hon.Mr.ABBOTT:Yes,it does. Hon.Mr.HAIG:No,youarecuttingdownhere. TheCHAIRMAN:Theeffectoftablingthisbillwouldbetocontinuethe ratespresentlyinforce,andtheyarehigherthantherateshere. Hon.Mr.HAIG:Thatmaybeso. TheCHAIRMAN:YouarepenalizingallthepeopleinCanada. Hon.Mr.HAIG:ThisistheonlyinstrumentIhavegottouse,andI mustuse theinstrument Ihave. TheCHAIRMAN:Aslongasthehonourablesenatorsunderstandtheeffect oftablingthebillistoinflictahigherratethanthegovernmentthinksis necessaryforraisingtherevenuesforthiscountrythisyear.Areyouready forthequestion? SomeHon.SENATORS:Question. TheCHAIRMAN:Thosein favourofSenator Haig'smotiontotable the bill pleaseraisetheirhands.Thoseopposed?Ideclarethemotionlost.Shall Ireportthebillwithoutamendment? SomeHon.SENATORS:Carried. The committee thereupon adjourned. ;' . I i.'!i-' KA 3b A32..1 I qS?, c.1 . ~ 1952 THESENATEOFCANADA PROCEEDINGS OFTHE STANDINGCOMMITTEEON BANKINGANDCOMMERCE TowhomwasreferredtheBill(H-8),intituled: AnActrespectingtheCriminalLaw. The HonourableSALTER A.HAYDEN,Chairman WEDNESDAY,JUNE11,1952 APPENDICES "A"Clauseswherecorroborationisnowrequiredandwheretherequire-')mentofcorroborationhasbeendropped,replacedoradded. "8."DispositionofSections ofthe, Criminal' CodeintheBiII. 'z.',EDMONDCLOUTIER,C.M.G ..O.A..n.s.p. QUEEN'SPRINTERANDCONTROLLEROFSTATIONERY onAWA.1952' BANKING ANDCOMMERCE THEHONOURABLESALTERADRIANHAYDEN,CHAIRMAN TheHonourableSenators Aseltine Baird Beaubien Bouffard Buchanan Burchill Campbell Crerar Daigle David Davies Dessureault Emmerson Euler Fallis Farris Fogo * ex otJicio member. Gershaw Gouin *Haig Hardy Hawkins Hayden Horner Howard Howden Hugessen King Kinley Lambert MacKinnon MacLennan Marcotte McDonald ORDEROFREFERENCE McGuire McIntyre McKeen McLean Nicol . Paterson Pirie Pratt Quinn Raymond *Robertson Roebuck Taylor Vaillancourt Vien Wilson Wood ,ExtractfromtheMinutesofProceedingsoftheSenateforThursday. 15th May,1952. "PursuanttotheOrderoftheDay,theSenateresumedtheadjourned debateon themotionforthesecondreadingoftheBill(H-8),intituled:"An ActrespectingtheCriminalLaw". The question being put on the said motion, It wasresolved in the affirmative. ThesaidBillwasthenreadthesecondtime,and-Afterfurtherdebate,it was-ReferredtotheStandingCommitteeonBankingandCommerce." L.C.MOYER, Clerk ofthe Senate .. I , I -1" :; MINUTESOFPROCEEDINGS WEDNESDAY,June11,1952. PursuanttoadjournmentandnoticetheStandingCommitteeonBanking andCommercemetthisday 'at4.15p.m. ;Present: The Honourable Senators:-Hayden, Chairman;Beaubien,Davies, Dessureault,Emmerson,Farris,Fogo,Gouin,Howard,McDonald,McIntyre, Robertson,Vaillancourt,VienandWilson.15. Mr. John F. MacNeill,Q.C.,Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel,andthe officialreporters of theSenate, were in attendance. TheChairmanpresentedtotheCommitteeaninterimreportofthe sub-committeeappointedtoconsiderBillH-8,intituled:"AnActrespecting theCriminal Law". It wasorderedthattheinterimReportbeincorporatedintheprinted proceedings of the Committee.' At6.15p.m.thecommitteeadjournedtothecallofthechairman. Attest. JAMESD.MAcDONALD, ClerkoftheCommittee. 3 lI96M-li 1 c;;!I I MINUTES OF EVIDENCE THESENATE OTTAWA,Wednesday, June 11,1952. ; The Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce,to whom was referred Bill H-8,anAct respectingtheCriminalLaw,metthisdayat4.30p.m. .'.'Hon. Mr. HAYDENin the Chair. ..... The CHAIRMAN: . Gentlemen, some weeks ago when the Criminal Code came us we tried our handat,it incommitteeforhalfaday,andwedidnot very far.Thenweappointedasubcommittee, thissubcomnUtteehas sittingfairlysteadilyin theinterim, ,and it wasfeltatthistime,astp.e seSsion is getting to aclose,that we should mrute an interim report on the work tbatwehave, done.ThatisthepurposefOr'callingtogetherthegeneral committeetoday.Whenthesubcommitteestartedinonthisworkitwas providedwith. anumberoflists.Wewereprovidedwithalistpreparedby DepartmentofJusticepurportingtobealistofthesectionsinthebill inClQrporated without any change other than achange in formfromthe present then.alistpurporting,the inthebillwhich ,werebroughtInfromtheCode,butmrespectofwhichtherewerechanges no{\!smlyin formbut in substance.;, Then w;eha4 a, third listof sectionswhich dropped,and wehadafourthlistofwhatwecalled"NewSections Now"then,when:wegotthatmaterialinthefirstplaceitwas "anditwasonlyaweekagothatwegotthebalanceofthelists rightdowntosection748,whichisthelastsectioninthebill. westartedoutincommitteewe ,tookarunat thefirst124sections in)he bill,just toseewhatprocedureweshopldfollow,andtomakeacheck thesevariousliststhatweregiventous.Inthecourseofthefirst124 sectionsweranintosectionswhichwereinourlistashavingbeenchanged andinto .sectionswhichwerein ourlistashavingbeenchanged iJjrJorm,butnotchangedinsubstanceandweranintosomenewsections. Wefoundinconnectionwithsomeofthesectionswhereourlist.hadbeeni changedinformonly,thattheyhadbeenchangedinsubstanceaswell. concluded that if we were goingtodoaproperjobin dealing withtheCriminalCode,thatultimatelywewouldhavetoexamineeverY" sectionofthebill.Now,that;isaterrificjob,sowedecidednexttodeal the ,listcontainingthesectionssoughttobechangedinsubstancj '" aswell as in form,andwehavecoveredthatlisttotheextentoftheoriginal .'ilistsuppliedus.Wehavenotasyet .dealt\yiththelistsuppliedusafew daysago.; Duringpartofourhearingsasasubcoll)lllitteewehadofficialsfromthe Department of Justicein withus, discussedthesesectionswith them.Youcanunderstandhowlaborious'itwasbecausethebillisnot annotated,andthereforewehadtoopenupthebill,considerasection,open uptheCode,lookatthesectionfromwhichitwastaken,andthenlookat theseliststoseewhatcategories, theycameunderandthenultimatelywe gotholdof'anannotation-whichwaspreparedforthepurposesofthe Minister-ofthesectionsofthebill,givingsomereasonsinsomeofthecases Whythe changes were made or why asection was dropped or why anew section }Vasadded.Thisannotationisjusta documentlikethis,asyou cansee,ofabout160pages.Whenwegotthisannotationwewereableto movealittlemorequicklyonsomeofthesectionsbecausewegotsomeidea ofthereasonsimpellingthemtomakethechanges. 5 6STANDINGCOMMITTEE ThereseemedtobesomepressureaboutgettingthisCodeintotheSenate andoutofcommitteeandovertotheCommonsforthemtodealwithitthis year.Asweappliedourselvestothisjobwefeltmoreandmoreconvinced thatit wasimpossibleforustogiveproperconsiderationtothis,andtofinish itintimeforanyacceptedconclusionofthesittingsofthehousethissession. Asaresultofthat,wehadseveralsessionswiththeminister.Firstofallthe membersofthesubcommittee,togetherwiththeleader,' wentoverandhad asession with Mr.Garson.We pointed out to him someof the difficultieswhich wewererunninginto,andtherevisionswehadtomake,asaresultofwhich we feltwe' could not do 'a goodjob unlesswetookthe time and examined' every section.InordertomakedoublysureIwentbacktoseetheMinisterthe next Iday,becausethereseemedtobeafeelinginsomequarters,asitwas communicatedtome,thatifweweretoapplyourselvesdiligentlywecould dothisjobwithinareasonabletime.Iwentbackanddispelledthatnotion, andhisfinalanswertomeasChairmanofthesubcommitteewasthatwhathe wantedfirstwasagoodbill,thebesthecouldget,andsecondly,thatifthat requiredcarryingoverfromthissession,thenthatwasallrightasfarashe wasconcerned.Thefirstthinghewantedwastobea'bletotelltheHouseof Commonsthatitwasthebestbillthatcouldbedrawn,andthatitcarried thebestjudgmentoftheSenate.Wetoldhimvery stronglythatwewere notpreparedtoputourrecommendationonanythingthatwehadnotlooked atinthelightofwhatwehadfoundwhenwecheckedthevarioussections. Thatisthebackgroundofthereportwhichyouhavebeforeyou; IthinkthisreportshouldbeincorporatedintotheMinutesofourPro-ceedingstoday.Therearesomeappendicesreferredto,whichmayalsobe printed,becauseinthatwaytheHouseofCommonswillhaveavailablethe workthat hasbeen done.Wehavenot finalizedallthesections.Asamatter offactwehaveleftanumberofthemfortheconsiderationof main committee.Withthisinmind,possiblythebestproceduJewouldbetoread thisreport.It willnottakeverylong,eventhoughitmaylookformidable, andexplainsomeofthethingsweranintosothatyouwillappreciatesome of the difficultieswe encountered.It isproposedthat weshallcontinue,within thelimitsofourtime,toreviewadditionalsectionsoftheCode,butsofar asthissubcommittee isconcernedwe are satisfiednowthat it isjust physically impossibletodothisjobin' timeforconsiderationbytheCommonsatthis session.Thereportreads: Yoursubcommitteewasappointedbyresolutionofthe20thdayofMay,' 1952,andconsistedofthefollowingmembersoftheCommitteeappointedby theChairmanpursuanttothesaidresolution:-TheHonourableSenators:-Bouffard,Hayden,Farris,Hugessen,Fogo, Roebuck,Haig, Vien,*Robertson. Themembersofyoursubcommitteehaveindividuallygivenconsiderable studytothebillindetailandhaveheldseveralsittingsofthesubcommittee atwhichofficersoftheDepartmentofJusticewerepresentandhavegiven explanationsofsomeofthechangesmadebythebillintheCriminallawas at presentunder theCriminalCode. Thelackofsatisfactoryexplanatorynotesappendedtothebillhasmade thetaskofyoursubcommitteemosttediousanddifficult,andhasdelayedthe Committee's progress.Agreat dealof time has been spent checking the clauses ofthenewbillasagainstthecorrespondingsectionsofthepresentCriminal Code. The billwould enact what wouldbe in many respectsanewCriminallaw forCanada.It proposesmanychangesinthelawwhichcallformostserious. andthoughtful consideration by members of the Senate and Houseof Commons I whoareunderourconstitutionresponsiblefortheenactmentoftheCriminal law. Exofficiomember. /, .ftt;,.. . ., '.'.;H iii,.";,I BANKING 'ANDCOMMERCE7 "'f.;, courseofits 'workonBillHe,yoursubc