Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence

Issue No. 42 - Minutes of Proceedings - May 6, 2019

OTTAWA, Monday, May 6, 2019
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence met this day at 11:01 a.m., in room W110, 1 Wellington Street., the chair, the Honourable Gwen Boniface, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Boisvenu, Boniface, Dagenais, Gold, Griffin, McIntyre, McPhedran, Oh, Pratte and Richards (10).

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, the committee continued its consideration of Bill C-59, An Act respecting national security matters. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 40.)

WITNESSES:

As an individual:

Jonatan Cotler, Israeli Intelligence Consultant.

Australia Strategic Policy Institute:

Isaac Kfir, Director, National Security Program and Head, Counter-terrorism Policy Centre (by video conference).

As an individual:

Richard Fadden, Former National Security Advisor and Director of CSIS.

Ligue des droits et libertés:

Alexandra Bahary, Lawyer, National Security;

Denis Barrette, Lawyer, National Security.

As an individual:

Mark Freiman, Former Lead Commission Counsel for the Air India Inquiry.

International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group:

Tim McSorley, National Coordinator.

Amnesty International Canada:

Alex Neve, Secretary General;

Justin Mohammed, Campaigner, Human Rights Law and Policy.

No Fly List Kids:

Dr. Ruby Alvi, Parent and Assistant Professor, University of Toronto;

Jeff Matthews, Parent and Canadian Armed Forces Veteran.

Khalid Elgazzar, Counsel.

The National Council of Canadian Muslims:

Mustafa Farooq, Executive Director;

Leila Nasr, Communications Coordinator.

Canadian Muslin Lawyers Association:

Yavar Hameed.

The chair made a statement

Mr. Cotler and Mr. Kfir made statements and answered questions.

At 12:03 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 12:08 p.m., the committee resumed.

Mr. Fadden made a statement and answered questions.

At 12:57 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 1:04 p.m., the committee resumed.

Mr. Barrette and Mr. Freiman made statements and, together with Ms. Bahary, answered questions.

At 2:11 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 2:46 p.m., the committee resumed.

Mr. McSorley, Mr. Mohammed and Mr. Neve made statements and answered questions.

At 3:48 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 3:56 p.m., the committee resumed.

Dr. Alvi, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Farooq and Mr. Hameed made statements and, together with Mr. Elgazzar and Ms. Nasr, answered questions.

At 4:50 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mark Palmer
Clerk of the Committee