Proceedings of the Special Senate
Committee on the
Anti-terrorism Act
First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05
Chair: The Honourable JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, P.C.
Monday, May 2, 2005
Issue No. 9
Nineteenth and twentieth meetings on:
A comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of the Anti-terrorism Act (S.C. 2001, c.41)
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, Morning meeting (80K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, Afternoon meeting (116K)
WITNESSES:
Morning meeting
Canadian Bar Association:
Susan T. McGrath, President;
Greg P. DelBigio, Chair, Legislation and Law Reform Committee, and Vice-Chair, National Criminal Justice Section;
Tamra L. Thomson, Director, Legislation and Law Reform.
Afternoon meeting
As a panel:
Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers:
William M. Trudell, Chair.
Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association:
Ziyaad Mia, Former Director;
Faryal Rashid, Member.
Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights:
David Morris, Former Member of Board of Directors.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Chair
The Honourable John Lynch-Staunton, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Andreychuk, *Austin, P.C. (or Rompkey, P.C.), Day, Fraser, Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., *Kinsella (or Stratton), Smith, P.C.
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Kinsella is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cools (April 19, 2005).