SOCI - Standing Committee

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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBY

Monday, October 1, 2001

Issue No. 26

First meeting on: Bill C-11, An Act respecting immigration to Canada and the granting of refugee protection to persons who are displaced, persecuted or in danger

WITNESSES:

From the Department of Citizenship and Immigration:

Joan Atkinson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Program Development;

Dick Graham, Director, Legislative Review, Enforcement;

Mark Davidson, Director, Economic Policy and Programs, Selection;

Jennifer Lutfallah, Senior Advisor, Asylum, Refugees Branch;

David Dunbar, Senior Counsel, Legal Services.

From the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS):

Ward Elcock, Director.

From the Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

William Lenton, Assistant Commissioner;

Ray Lang, Superintendant.

From the Immigration and Refugee Board:

Peter Showler, Chairperson;

Christiane Ouimet, Executive Director;

Krista Daley, Senior General Counsel, Director--Legal Services.

From the Canada Employment and Immigration Union:

Janina Lebon, National Vice-President;

Robin Kers, National Vice-President.

From the Canadian Police Association:

David Griffin, Executive Officer.

From the Canadian Chamber of Commerce:

Benjamin J. Trister, Chair, Immigration Law and Policy Task Force;

Michael Murphy, Senior Vice-President, Policy.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Michael Kirby, Chair

The Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Christensen, Cook, Di Nino, Fairbairn, P.C., Finnerty, Keon, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Morin, Poulin, Robertson, Roche

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Pearson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C. (September 27, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Morin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Graham, P.C. (September 27, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Finnerty substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (September 27, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Di Nino added (September 27, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Léger substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Pépin (September 28, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Poulin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Callbeck (September 28, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Pépin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Léger (September 28, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Christensen substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Pépin (September 28, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C., substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Pearson (October 1, 2001).