The Anti-terrorism Act
By an order of reference adopted on December 9, 2004, the House of Commons mandated the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to undertake a review of the Anti-terrorism Act. The Committee delegated this task to the Subcommittee on Public Safety and National Security. This review will give effect to section 145 of the Anti-terrorism Act. On February 24, 2005, the Subcommittee adopted a motion to undertake a review of Section 4 of the Security and Information Act and a study of the use of security certificates, and report on each.
Please refer to the committee website for official transcripts and more information. To date, the following witnesses have testified before the Subcommittee (in order of appearance):
22 February, 2005
Jim Judd, Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS); Dale Neufeld, Deputy Director, Operations, CSIS.
22 March, 2005
Hon. Anne McLellan, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada;
Paul Kennedy, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; Bill Pentney, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Gérard Normand, General Counsel and Director, National Security Group, Department of Justice
23 March, 2005
Hon. Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada; Douglas Breithaupt, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice; Stanley Cohen, Senior General Counsel, Human Rights Law Section, Department of Justice; Gérard Normand, General Counsel and Director, National Security Group, Department of Justice; Daniel Therrien, Senior General Counsel, Office of the Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice
13 April, 2005
Horst Intscher, Director, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC); Sandra Wing, Deputy Director, External Relationships, (FINTRAC); Josée Desjardins, Senior Counsel, (FINTRAC)
20 April, 2005
Paul Kennedy, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of Emergency Management and National Council, Department of the Solicitor General, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; Carolyn Melis, Director General and Intelligence Directorate, Canada Border Services Agency; Daniel Therrien, Senior General Counsel, Department of Justice; Daniel Jean, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
4 May, 2005
Mrs. Julie Dickson, Assistant Superintendent, Regulation Sector, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada; Brian Long, Director, Compliance Division; Alain Prévost, General Counsel, Legal Services Division
Keith Coulter, Chief, Communications Security Establishment; David Akman, Director and General Counsel, Communications Security Establishment, Legal Services; John Ossowski, Director General, Policy and Communications; Barbara Gibbons, Deputy Chief, Corporate Services, Communications Security Establishment
18 May, 2005
Mr. Michel Dorais, Commissioner, Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA), Elizabeth Tromp, Director General, Charities Directorate, Policy and Planning Branch, Maurice Klein, Senior Advisor, Anti-Terrorism, Charities Directorate, Policy and Planning Branch, Donna Walsh, Director, Special Compliance Initiative Division, Charities Director, Policy and Legislation Branch
1 June, 2005
Giuliano Zaccardelli, Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Mark Scrivens, Senior Counsel, Royal Canadian Mounted Police;
Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada; Raymond D'Aoust, Assistant Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Patricia Kosseim, General Counsel, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
8 June, 2005
J. Alan Leadbeater, Deputy Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada; Daniel Brunet, General Counsel, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
Timothy Farr, Associate Executive Director, Security Intelligence Review Committee; Sharon Hamilton, Senior Researcher, Security Intelligence Review Committee; Marian McGrath, Senior Counsel, Security Intelligence Review Committee
Shirley Heafey, Chair, Commission for Public Complaints Against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Steven McDonell, Senior General Counsel, Commission for Public Complaints Against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
15 June, 2005
The Right Honourable Antonio Lamer, Commissioner, Office of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) Commissioner; Joanne Weeks, Executive Director, Office of the CSE Commissioner; Colette Davignon, Legal Counsel, Office of the CSE Commissioner
Mary Gusella, Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission; Robert W. Ward, Secretary General, Canadian Human Rights Commission; Ian Fine, Director, Policy, Canadian Human Rights Commission
20 September, 2005
Riad Saloojee, Executive Director, CAIR-CAN; Faisal Joseph, Legal Counsel, Canadian Islamic Congress; Ziyaad Mia, Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association; Omar Alghabra, President, Canadian Arab Federation
Mark Freiman, Legal Counsel (Ontario Region), Canadian Jewish Congress; Salam Elmenyawi, President, Muslim Council of Montreal; David Matas, B'nai Brith Canada
Peter Broder, Corporate Counsel and Director Regulatory Affairs, Imagine Canada; Kathy Vandergrift, Director of Policy, World Vision Canada
Alan Borovoy, General Counsel, Canadian Civil Liberties Association; Alexi Wood, Director of Public Safety Project, Canadian Civil Liberties Association; David Gollob, Vice-President Public Affairs, Canadian Newspaper Association; Tony Campbell, Acting Executive Director, Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies; Craig Forcese, University of Ottawa
21 September, 2005
Christian Legeais, Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee; Matthew Behrens, Campaign to Stop Secret Trials; Janet Dench, Canadian Council for Refugees
Alex Neve, Amnesty International; Paul Copeland; Warren Allmand, International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
André Barrette, Member, La Ligue Des Droits et Libertés; James Turk, Executive Director, Canadian Association of University Teachers; Maureen Webb, Legal Counsel,
Canadian Association of University Teachers
Greg DelBigio, Vice-Chair, National Criminal Justice Section, Canadian Bar Association
George Hunter, Vice-President, Federation of Law Societies of Canada
5 October, 2005
John Thompson, President, MacKenzie Institute; Gavin Cameron, Professor Department of Political Science, University of Calgary
26 October, 2005
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, Director, American Center for Democracy; John Thompson, President, MacKenzie Institute
1 November, 2005
Clive Walker, Professor, University of Leeds, School of Law; Hon. Lord Carlile of Berriew
2 November, 2005
Vince Bevan, Vice-President, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police; Bill Blair, Chief, Toronto Police Service, Canadian Association of
Chiefs of Police; Vincent Westwick, Co-Chair, Law Amendments Committee, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police; Professor Boaz Ganor;
Professor Martin Rudner
16 November, 2005
Maureen Basnicki; Bal Gupta, Chair, Air India 182 Victims Families Association; Nicola Kelly, National Spokesperson, Air India 182 Victims Families Association
Hon. Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice; Hon. Anne McLellan, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
