Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
{{Short description|Standing committee of the Senate of Canada}}
The Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (LCJC) is a standing committee of the Senate of Canada. It has jurisdiction over legislation and matters relating to legal and constitutional matters generally, including: (1) federal-provincial relations; (2) administration of justice, law reform and all related matters; (3) the judiciary; (4) all essentially juridical matters; and (5) private bills not otherwise specifically assigned to another committee, including those related to marriage and divorce (Rule 86(1)(k)).[http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/Committee_SenMandate.asp?Language=E&Parl=39&Ses=1&comm_id=11]
Members
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Caucus !! Member !! Province {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row}} | Conservative | Bob Runciman, chair | ON
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row}} | Conservative | Denise Batters | SK
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row}} | Conservative | Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu | QC
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row}} | Conservative | Jean-Guy Dagenais | QC
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row}} | Conservative | Tom McInnis | NS
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row}} | Conservative | Paul McIntyre | NB
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row}} | Conservative | Vernon White | ON
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Independent Senators Group | Gwen Boniface | ON
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Independent Senators Group | Tony Dean | ON
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Independent Senators Group | Renée Dupuis | QC
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Independent Senators Group | Kim Pate | ON
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Independent Senators Group | Murray Sinclair | MB
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Independent Senators Group | André Pratte | QC
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Senate Liberal | George Baker, deputy chair | NL
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Senate Liberal | Mobina Jaffer | BC
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Senate Liberal | Serge Joyal | QC |
The Representative of the Government in the Senate and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate are both ex-officio members of the committee.
External links
- {{official|https://sencanada.ca/en/committees/lcjc/}}
{{Canadian Parliament Standing Committees}}