Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001
Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBYWednesday, October 3, 2001
Issue No. 28
Fourth meeting on: Bill C-11, An Act respecting immigration to Canada and the granting of refugee protection to persons who are displaced, persecuted or in dangerWITNESSES:
From the Shipping Federation of Canada:Gilles Bélanger, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Anne Legars, Director, Policy and Government Affairs.
From the Organization of Professional Immigration Consultants:
Jill Sparling, President.
From LEXBASE:
Richard Kurland, Editor-in-Chief.
As Individuals:
Gordon Fairweather;
Jack Manion;
William Bauer;
Martin Collacott;
James Bissett;
Lorne Waldman;
Mendel M. Green.
From Canadians for a Fair and Just Immigration Policy:
Robin Seligman, Representative.
From the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:
Judith Kumin, Representative in Canada.
From the Canadian Council for Refugees:
Janet Dench, Executive Director;
Francisco Rico-Martinez, President.
As Individuals:
David H. Davis;
Paul D. Copeland, Member, Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers;
Marshall Drukarsh, Member, Criminal Lawyers' Association.
From The Getting Landed Project:
Hamdi Mohamed, Representative;
Louise Slobodian, Representative.
From the Federation of Canadian Municipalities:
John Burrett, Acting Director, Social and Economic Policy.
From the Association of Municipalities of Ontario:
Her Worship Ann Mulvale, Mayor, Town of Oakville; President, Association of Municipalities of Ontario; and Member of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities;
Pat Vanini, Director of Policy and Government Relations.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Michael Kirby, ChairThe Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Callbeck, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cook, Cordy, Di Nino, Fairbairn, P.C., * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Keon, Morin, Pépin, Robertson, Roche
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)