Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

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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)).

Members

As of the 45th Canadian Parliament:

CaucusMemberProvince
  Independent Senators Group David Arnot, chairSK
  Conservative Denise Batters, deputy chairSK
  Independent Senators Group Bernadette Clement ON
  Independent Senators Group Baltej Singh Dhillon BC
  Conservative Yonah Martin BC
  Progressive Senate Group Julie Miville-Dechêne QC
  Independent Senators Group Manuelle Oudar QC
  Independent Senators Group Kim Pate ON
  Canadian Senators Group Paul Prosper NS
  Independent Senators Group Raymonde Saint-Germain QC
  Independent Senators Group Paula Simons AB
  Canadian Senators Group Scott Tannas AB
  Progressive Senate Group Kristopher Wells AB

The Representative of the Government in the Senate and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate are both ex-officio members of the committee.

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