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SOCI - Standing Committee

Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Meeting Detail

Videoconference
Televised live on PTN
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Partial In Camera
9:00 a.m. ET
Location: * Room W120, 1 Wellington St., 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
Witnesses
  • Basel Abou Hamrah, Vice President (Canadian Council for Refugees)
  • Adam Bercovitch Sadinsky, Vice President (Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers)
  • Karen Cocq, Co-Executive Director (Migrant Rights Network)
  • Nadine Edirmanasinghe, Lawyer (Community Legal Services of Ottawa)
  • Joshua Eisen, In-house Counsel (FCJ Refugee Centre)
  • Katie Lay, Staff Lawyer (Immigration and Refugee Legal Clinic)
  • Timothy McSorley, National Coordinator (International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group)
  • Alina Murad, Director of Federal Government Relations (The Refugee Centre)
  • Jessica Ranger, Legal Administrator (The Refugee Centre)
  • Julia Sande, Strategic Litigation, Refugee and Migrant Rights Campaigner (Amnesty International Canada)
  • Gauri Sreenivasan, Co-Executive Director (Canadian Council for Refugees)
  • Azadeh Tamjeedi, Senior Legal Officer, UN Refugee Agency, in Canada (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
  • Anne Woolger, Founding Director (Matthew House Refugee Services Toronto)
  • Ardeshir Zarezadeh, Lawyer and Human Rights Activist (International Center for Human Rights)
Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)
Meeting with interpretation and transcription
* Please note meeting changes.
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