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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, November 14, 2005

Issue No. 19

Forty-second, forty-third and forty-fourth meetings on:

A comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of the Anti-terrorism Act (S.C. 2001, c.41)

APPEARING:

Morning meeting

The Honourable Joe Volpe, P.C., M.P., Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

The Honourable Jean Lapierre, P.C., M.P., Minister of Transport

Afternoon meeting

The Honourable Anne McLellan, P.C., M.P., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness

The Honourable Irwin Cotler, P.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

WITNESSES:

Morning meeting

Citizenship and Immigration Canada:

Anne Arnott, Director General, Case Management;

Claudette Deschênes, Vice-President, Enforcement Branch, Canada Border Services Agency;

Daniel Therrien, Acting Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Legal Services.

Transport Canada:

Jacques Pigeon, Departmental General Counsel, Legal Services;

John Forster, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security.

Afternoon meeting

Canadian Air Transport Security Authority:

Jacques Duchesneau, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Marc Duncan, Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer;

Michael McLaughlin, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer.

Afternoon meeting

Justice Canada:

Bill Pentney, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector.

Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada:

Margaret Bloodworth, Deputy Minister.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Chair

The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), De Bané, P.C., Fraser, Joyal, P.C., Kinsella, *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Nolin, Smith, P.C., Zimmer

*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 Zimmer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Day (November 14, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C., substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Jaffer (November 14, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Fraser substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Harb (November 14, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Harb substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Fraser (November 14, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Johnson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator LeBreton (November 14, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator LeBreton substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kinsella (November 14, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Nolin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Stratton (November 10, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Stratton substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Nolin (November 3, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Smith, P.C., substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Chaput (November 1, 2005).

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