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Membership of the French Constitutional Drafting Committee

Notice to the reader: This document represents the recommendation of the Committee constituted under s. 55 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and has never been superseded by any other report under that section.

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Membership of the French Constitutional Drafting Committee

  • Mr. Jules Brière, of Hickson, Martin et Blanchard, Quebec City, Chairman of the Committee
  • The Honourable Gérald A. Beaudoin, Senator, O.C., Q.C., Professor, Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa
  • Mr. Robert C. Bergeron, Q.C., General Counsel, Legislation Section, Department of Justice
  • Mr. Alain-François Bisson, Professor, Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa
  • Mr. Alexandre Covacs, Jurilinguist, Legislation Section, Department of Justice
  • Mr. François La Fontaine, Senior Counsel, Legislation Section, Department of Justice, Secretary of the Committee

Former members of the Committee

  • Mr. Gérard Bertrand, Q.C., at the time Chief Legislative Counsel of the Government and Chairman of the Committee
  • Mr. Robert Décary, Q.C., at the time of Noël Décary, Aubry et associés, Hull
  • Ms. Christine Landry, at the time Legislative Counsel, Legislation Section, Department of Justice, and Secretary of the Committee
  • The Late Louis-Philippe Pigeon, a former member of the Supreme Court of Canada, at the time Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa
  • Mr. Gil Rémillard, at the time Professor at the Faculty of Law at Laval University
  • Mr. Michel Robert, Bâtonnier

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