Freedom to speak and be heard

Submission of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, in opposition to Bill C-220 On October 1, 1997, Bill C-220 received the unanimous support of the House of Commons without any analysis or debate. It was then referred to the Senate. In the debate by the Senators preceding the motion to refer the Bill to Committee, the Honourable Noel A. Kinsella suggested that the Bill may have advanced through the House of Commons with "indecent haste" and, in addition to several other Senators, urged the Committee give the Bill "very careful analysis."