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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Second Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1999-2000

Chair: The Honourable LORNA MILNE

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 (a.m.)
Tuesday, September 26, 2000 (p.m.)
Wednesday, September 27, 2000

Issue No. 21

Third, fourth and fifth meetings on: Bill C-16, An Act respecting Canadian citizenship

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 (Morning sitting)

From the Monarchist League of Canada:

John Aimers, Dominion Chairman.

From B'nai Brith Canada Institute for International Affairs:

David Matas, Senior Counsel.

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 (Afternoon sitting)

From the Canadian Bar Association:

Benjamin J. Trister, Vice-Chair, National Citizenship and Immigration Law Section;

Gabriela Ramo, Member, National Citizenship and Immigration Law Section;

Tamra L. Thomson, Director, Legislation and Law Reform.

From the Quebec Bar Association:

Hugues Langlais, Counsel, Chair, Cultural Communities Committee;

Noël St-Pierre, Counsel, Member, Cultural Communities Committee;

Carole Brosseau, Counsel, Secretary, Cultural Communities Committee.

From the Canadian Chamber of Commerce:

Benjamin J. Trister, Counsel.

From the Canadian Jewish Congress:

Jack Silverstone, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel;

Eric Vernon, Director of Government Affairs.

From the Hellenic Canadian Congress:

Nicholas Katsepontes, Counsel.

From the Canadian Arab Federation:

Jehad Aliweiwi, Executive Director;

Linda Tabar, Volunteer.

From the Latvian National Federation in Canada:

Harold Otto, Historian.

From the Ukrainian-Canadian Congress:

Eugene Czolij, National President;

Peter Doody, Counsel.

From the Canadian Polish Congress:

Andrzej Garlicki, Senior Vice-President.

From the German-Canadian Congress:

Dietrich Kiesewalter, Director;

Joachim Moskou, Representative.

Wednesday, September 27, 2000

From the University of New Brunswick:

Professor Alan M. Sears.

From the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy:

Raymond Blake, Director.

From the University of Ottawa:

Professor André Braen.

From The Coalition of Concerned Congregations on the Law Relating to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Including Those of the Holocaust:

Kenneth M. Narvey, Legal Researcher and Chief Operating Officer.

From the Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre:

Vera Golini, Board Member.

From the Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic:

Victor Wong, Representative.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lorna Milne, Chair

The Honourable Gérald-A. Beaudoin, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, *Boudreau, P.C. (or Hays), Buchanan, P.C., Cools, Finestone, P.C., Fraser, Grafstein, Joyal, P.C.,*Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Moore, Nolin, Pearson

* 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 Losier-Cool substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (September 25, 2000).

The name of the Honourable Senator Finestone substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Maheu (September 25, 2000).

The name of the Honourable Senator Grafstein substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool (September 27, 2000).

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