title: Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
text: # Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
  
  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
  
  | Caucus | Member | Province |
  | - | - | - |
  | Conservative | Bob Runciman, chair | ON |
  | Conservative | Denise Batters | SK |
  | Conservative | Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu | QC |
  | Conservative | Jean-Guy Dagenais | QC |
  | Conservative | Tom McInnis | NS |
  | Conservative | Paul McIntyre | NB |
  | Conservative | Vernon White | ON |
  | Independent Senators Group | Gwen Boniface | ON |
  | Independent Senators Group | Tony Dean | ON |
  | Independent Senators Group | Renée Dupuis | QC |
  | Independent Senators Group | Kim Pate | ON |
  | Independent Senators Group | Murray Sinclair | MB |
  | Independent Senators Group | André Pratte | QC |
  | Senate Liberal | George Baker, deputy chair | NL |
  | Senate Liberal | Mobina Jaffer | BC |
  | Senate Liberal | Serge Joyal | QC |
  
  The Representative of the Government in the Senate and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate are both ex-officio members of the committee.
  
  