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45th Parliament,
1st Session
(May 26, 2025 - Present)
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Meeting Detail
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Partial In Camera
10:29 a.m. ET
Location:
Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, 2 Rideau Street, Ottawa ON, with videoconference
Clerk:
Ferda Simpson
(613) 698-0113
The subject matter of Parts 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Bill C-12, Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act
Consideration of a draft report
Appearing
- The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, P.C., M.P., Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
Witnesses
- Brett Bush, Director General, Immigration and Asylum Policy Directorate (Canada Border Services Agency)
- Kelti Cameron, Senior Officer, International Solidarity (Canadian Union of Public Employees)
- Carl Desmarais, Director General, Intelligence and Enforcement Branch (Canada Border Services Agency)
- Julia Green, Humanitarian Immigration Lawyer (Quebec Association of Immigration Lawyers)
- Jason Hollmann, Director General, Asylum (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
- Pablo Irribarra, Barrister and Solicitor (Battista Migration Law Group)
- Tamir Israel, Director, Privacy, Surveillance and Technologies Program (Canadian Civil Liberties Association)
- Harjit Kaur, Executive Director (Vancouver and Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services Society)
- Harpreet S. Kochhar, Deputy Minister (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
- Tara Lang, Director General, Integrity Policy and Programs (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
- Anna Lillicrap, Senior Counsel (Department of Justice Canada)
- Latoya Nugent, Chief Communications and Advocacy Officer (Rainbow Railroad)
- Aaden Pearson, Staff Lawyer and Trans Rights Legal Fellow (Canadian Civil Liberties Association)
- Joanie Roy-Craswell, Acting Senior Counsel, Legal Services (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
Meeting with interpretation and transcription