STANDING
COMMITTEE ON
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
MINUTE NO. 16
3:56 p.m. — māmawapiwin náyati room
(Room 8)
1. Present: Blaine McLeod in the chair and members Brad Crassweller, Hon. Jamie Martens, Don McBean,* Megan Patterson, and Nicole Sarauer.*
Substituting Members
Don McBean for Leroy Laliberte
Nicole Sarauer for Jacqueline Roy
2. The Chair presided over the election of a Deputy Chair. Jacqueline Roy was nominated for the position. There being no further nominations, it was moved by Nicole Sarauer:
That Jacqueline Roy be elected to preside as Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs and Justice.
The question being put, it was agreed to.
3. The committee considered Bill No. 56, The King’s Bench Amendment Act, 2026 / Loi modificative de 2026 sur la Cour du Banc du Roi.
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General and the following officials
appeared before the committee and answered questions:
Witnesses
Hon.
Tim McLeod, Minister
Rory
Jensen, Assistant Deputy Minister, Courts and Community Justice
Maria
Markatos, Director, Legislative Services
Kara Moen, Crown Counsel, Legislative Services
4. The questions being put on clauses 1 to 4, they were agreed to.
5. During consideration of clause 5, it was moved by the Hon. Jamie Martens:
[Le français suit.]
Amend section 3.1-2, as being enacted by Clause
5 of the printed Bill, by striking out subsection (2) and substituting the
following:
“(2) No person is eligible to be
appointed as an associate judge unless the person is a member in good standing
of the bar of one of the provinces or territories of Canada and has been such a
member for at least 10 years immediately preceding the day on which the person
is appointed.
“(3) The chief justice shall:
(a) review applications for the
position of associate judge; and
(b) make recommendations to the
minister regarding proposed appointments to the position of associate judge”.
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Modifier l’article
3.1-2 que vise l’article 5 du projet
de loi dans sa version imprimée, par suppression du paragraphe
(2) et son remplacement par ce
qui suit :
« (2) Ne peuvent
être nommés juges adjoints que les personnes
qui sont membres en règle d’un des barreaux provinciaux ou territoriaux du Canada depuis au moins les 10 dernières années.
« (3) Le juge
en chef :
a) étudie
les candidatures au poste de juge adjoint;
b) fait des recommandations
au ministre en vue de nominations éventuelles au
poste de juge adjoint ».
The question being put on the amendment, it was agreed to.
The question being put on clause 5 as amended, it was agreed to.
6. The questions being put on clauses 6 and 7, they were agreed to.
7. It was moved by Brad Crassweller:
That the committee report Bill No. 56, The King’s Bench Amendment Act, 2026 / Loi modificative de 2026 sur la Cour du Banc du Roi with amendment.
The question being put, it was agreed to.
8. The committee considered Bill No. 54, The Correctional Services Amendment Act, 2026.
The Minister of Community Safety and the following officials appeared before the committee and answered questions:
Witnesses
Ministry
of Community Safety
Hon. Michael Weger,
Minister
Denise Macza, Deputy
Minister
Scott Harron,
Assistant Deputy Minister, Custody
Michelle Straub,
Director, Strategic Policy and Legislation
Lindsay Tokarski,
Director, Operational Services
Ministry
of Justice and Attorney General
Maria Markatos, Director, Legislative Services
9. The questions being put on clauses 1 to 15, they were agreed to.
10. It was moved by Megan Patterson:
That the committee report Bill No. 54, The Correctional Services Amendment Act, 2026 without amendment.
The question being put, it was agreed to.
11. The committee recessed from 4:43 p.m. until 4:49 p.m.
12. The committee considered Bill No. 52, The Heritage Property Amendment Act, 2026.
The Minister of Parks, Culture and Sport and the following officials appeared before the committee and answered questions:
Witnesses
Hon. Alana Ross, Minister
Dan French, Assistant Deputy Minister,
Stewardship
Tom Richards, Executive Director, Heritage Conservation
13. The questions being put on clauses 1 to 5, they were agreed to.
14. It was moved by the Hon. Jamie Martens:
That the committee report Bill No. 52, The Heritage Property Amendment Act, 2026 without amendment.
The question being put, it was agreed to.
15. It was moved by Don McBean:
That this committee do now adjourn.
The question being put, it was agreed to.
16. The committee adjourned at 5:10 p.m. to the call of the Chair.
Blaine McLeod, Chair
Nadine Coderre, Committee Clerk
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