RIDR - Standing Committee

Human Rights

45-1 45th Parliament, 1st Session (May 26, 2025 - Present)
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Meeting Detail
Videoconference
Televised live on PTN
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
12:01 p.m. ET
Location: * Room W110, 1 Wellington St., Ottawa ON, with videoconference
Clerk: Caroline Woodward (343) 597-0602
Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)
Witnesses
  • Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director, Fundamental Freedoms Program (Canadian Civil Liberties Association)
  • Stephen Camp, Project Director, Hate Crime Centre (The Organization for the Prevention of Violence)
  • Nicole Chapdelaine, Deputy Chief, Investigations and Support Services Bureau (Edmonton Police Service)
  • Kenneth Grad, Assistant Professor and Lead Jurist of the Winograd Initiative for the Study of Hate Speech & Antisemitism, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba (As an Individual)
  • David Haskell, Social Scientist & Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University (As an Individual)
  • Vijaykumar Jain, Director (Canadian Hindus For Harmony and Vishwa Jain Sangathan Canada)
  • Robert Johnson, Deputy Chief and Co-chair of the Special Purpose Committee on Hate-Motivated Crime (Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police)
  • Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy (Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center)
  • Kyla Lee, CBA Criminal Justice Section (Canadian Bar Association)
  • Richard Marceau, Senior Vice-President Stategic Initiatives and General Counsel (Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs)
  • Timothy McSorley, National Coordinator (International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group)
  • Shawna Y. Paris, Chair (Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission)
  • Richard Robertson, Director, Research and Advocacy (B'Nai Brith Canada)
  • Mark Sandler, Chair (Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism)
  • Balpreet Singh, Legal Counsel (World Sikh Organization of Canada)
  • Katherine Stephenson, Chief Superintendent, Investigative Support Command (Toronto Police Service)
  • Ali Toghrol, Staff Sergeant, Community Safety Services (Ottawa Police Service)
  • Justin Yuen, Lawyer (Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic)
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