Justice Committee — Report 1 (2nd Legislature, 39th Session)

JUS 2-39-01

Manitoba — Committees

TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Your Standing Committee on JUSTICE presents the following as its First Report. Meetings Your Committee met on Monday, April 28, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Room of the Legislative Building. Matters under Consideration • Bill (No. 3) – The Highway Traffic Amendment Act/Loi modifiant le Code de la route • Bill (No. 4) – The Provincial Court Amendment Act (Family Mediators and Evaluators)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur la Cour provinciale (médiateurs et enquêteurs familiaux) • Bill (No. 5) – The Witness Security Act/Loi sur la sécurité des témoins • Bill (No. 7) – The Child and Family Services Amendment Act (Child Pornography Reporting)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les services à l'enfant et à la famille (obligation de s ignaler la pornographie juvénile) • Bill (No. 20) – The Gunshot and Stab Wounds Mandatory Reporting Act/Loi sur la déclaration obligatoire des blessures par balle et par arme blanche Committee Membership • Mr. BRIESE • Mr. CALDWELL • Hon. Mr. CHOMIAK • Mr. EICHLER • Mr. HAWRANIK • Mr. MAGUIRE • Ms. MARCELINO (Vice-Chair) • Mr. REID • Mr. SARAN • Hon. Mr. SWAN • Hon. Ms. WOWCHUK Your Committee elected Mr. REID as the Chairperson. Substitutions received during committee proceedings: • Mr. DYCK for Mr.

MAGUIRE Public Presentations Your Committee heard the following three presentations on Bill (No. 7) – The Child and Family Services Amendment Act (Child Pornography Reporting)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les services à l'enfant et à la famille (obligation de signaler la pornographie juvénile): Garry Boyachek Private Citizen Edward Lipsett Manitoba Association for Rights & Liberties Lianna McDonald & Signy Arnason The Canadian Centre for Child Protection Bills Considered and Reported • Bill (No. 3) – The Highway Traffic Amendment Act/Loi modifiant le Code de la route Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. • Bill (No. 4) – The Provincial Court Amendment Act (Family Mediators and Evaluators)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur la Cour provinciale (médiateurs et enquêteurs familiaux) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. • Bill (No. 5) – The Witness Security Act/Loi sur la sécurité des témoins Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. • Bill (No. 7) – The Child and Family Services Amendment Act (Child Pornography Reporting)/Loi modifiant la

Loi sur les services à l'enfant et à la famille (obligation de signaler la pornographie juvénile) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill, with the following amendments: THAT the proposed definition "child pornography", as set out in Clause of the Bill, be amended (

a) in clause (b), by striking out " or visual representation" and substituting " , visual representation or audio recording"; and (

b) by striking out " or" at the end of subclause (a)(ii) and adding the following after clause (b): (

c) any written material whose dominant characteristic is the description, for a sexual purpose, of sexual activity with a child that would be an offence under the Cri minal Code (Canada), or (

d) any audio recording that has as its dominant characteristic the description, presentation or representation, for a sexual purpose, of sexual activity with a child that would be an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada); THAT the proposed subsection 18(1.0.1), as set out in Clause 4(1) of the Bill, be amended by striking out "or material" and substituting ", material or recording". THAT the proposed clause 18.1(2)(b), as set out in Clause 5(1) of the Bill, be amended by striking out "or material" and substituting ", material or recording".

THAT the proposed subsection 18.7(1), as set out in Clause of the Bill, be amended by striking out "or material" and substituting ", material or recording". • Bill (No. 20) – The Gunshot and Stab Wounds Mandatory Reporting Act/Loi sur la déclaration obligatoire des blessures par balle et par arme blanche Your Committee agreed to report this Bill without amendment. Submitted by, _______________________________ Mr. Daryl REID, Chairperson April 28, 2008

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Collection	Manitoba — Committees
Citation	JUS 2-39-01
Type	committee
Volume / chapter	reports 39th 2nd jus01.pdf
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	24d084c1bfb209817dce6169f50b5b88bd3feeea

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