Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Standing committee of the House of Commons of Canada
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| December 7 2019 | The committee presented Report 23 on Bill C-78 to the House of Commons, which included proposed amendments to the Divorce Act addressing child-specific needs, domestic abuse considerations, and mechanisms to help parents (primarily women) recover unpaid child support payments. |
| June 2019 | Conservative MP Michael Cooper was removed from the committee after reading a section from the New Zealand mosque shooter's manifesto during a hearing and confronting witness Faisal Khan Suri in an offensive manner. |
| June 4 2019 | Free speech activists Mark Steyn, John Robson, and Lindsay Shepherd appeared as witnesses before the committee. |
| May 2019 | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participated in meetings in Paris with social media companies and government leaders to discuss solutions to violent extremist content online. |
| April 11 2019 | The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights announced a study on online hate, inviting public participation and citing a 47% increase in violent hate crimes motivated by various identity factors. |
| February 27 2019 | Former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould provided extensive testimony to the committee about potential political interference in the SNC-Lavalin prosecution, explaining her roles as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. The committee voted to allow her public testimony. |
| 2018 | The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights began a study on remediation agreements and the Shawcross doctrine in connection with the SNC-Lavalin affair. |
| December 11 2018 | The Committee submitted a unanimous report to the House of Commons titled 'Moving Forward in the Fight Against Human Trafficking in Canada', characterizing human trafficking as a form of modern slavery and a grave violation of human rights. |
| December 5 2018 | The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST) voted in favour of progressing amendments to Bill C-78, An Act to amend the Divorce Act, through Report 23, focusing on child needs, domestic abuse impacts, and child support payment improvements. |
| May 22 2018 | JUST concluded its series of meetings on human trafficking, having gathered extensive evidence and perspectives on the issue. |
| February 15 2018 | JUST began holding meetings focused on investigating human trafficking, hearing testimony from over fifty witnesses and receiving approximately sixty written submissions. |
| June 8 2017 | The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST) unanimously agreed to conduct a comprehensive study on human trafficking in Canada, with the intention of presenting their findings to the House of Commons under Standing Order 108(2). |
| 2016 | Committee initiated a multi-part study on access to justice in Canada, focusing on the restoration of the Court Challenges Program (CCP) and examining access to legal aid. |
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