Past Session:

Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on
Anti-terrorism

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2007-08

Chair: The Honourable DAVID P. SMITH, P.C.

Monday, February 11, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Issue No. 4

First and second (final) meetings on:

Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (certificate and special advocate) and
to make a consequential amendment to another act

INCLUDING:
THE SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-3)

APPEARING:

Monday, February 11, 2008

The Honourable Stockwell Day, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety

WITNESSES:

Monday, February 11, 2008

Canadian Bar Association:

Lorne Waldman;

Tamra Thomson, Director, Legislation and Law Reform.

As an individual:

Craig Forcese, University of Ottawa;

Gordon Cameron.

Quebec Immigration Lawyers Association:

Johanne Doyon.

Canadian Auto Workers:

Raj Dhaliwal.

British Columbia Civil Liberties Association:

Amir Attaran, Professor, University of Ottawa.

American Association of Jurists, Canadian Branch:

William Sloan.

Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada:

Matthew Behrens.

Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui:

Adil Charkaoui.

Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee:

Christian Legeais, Spokesperson;

Mohamed Harkat.

Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association:

Ziyaad Mia.

Refugee Lawyers Association of Ontario:

Raoul Boulakia.

Arab Canadian Lawyers Association:

Dania Majid, President.

Lawyers Rights Watch Canada:

Paul Copeland.

Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations:

Sameer Zuberi.

Canadian Arab Federation:

James Kafieh, Legal Advisor.

Muslim Council of Montreal:

Salam Elmenyawi.

Human Rights Watch:

Julia Hall.

Amnesty International Canada:

Alex Neve, Secretary General.

International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group:

Roch Tassé, Coordinator.

Ligue des droits et libertés:

Dominique Peschard, President.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable David P. Smith, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Pierre Claude Nolin, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Baker, P.C., Day, Fairbairn, P.C., *Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Tkachuk

*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 Tkachuk is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Segal (February 7, 2008).

Anti-terrorism (Special)