Past Session:

Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on
Subject Matter of Bill C-36

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable JOYCE FAIRBAIRN

Wednesday, October 24, 2001

Issue No. 3

Eighth, ninth and tenth meetings on: The Subject Matter of Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Official Secrets Act, the Canada Evidence Act, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act and other Acts, and to enact measures respecting the registration of charities, in order to combat terrorism

APPEARING:

The Honourable Arthur C. Eggleton, M.P., P.C., Minister of National Defence

WITNESSES:

Morning Sitting

As individuals:

Wayne MacKay, President, Mount Allison University;

Professor Joseph Magnet, University of Ottawa.

From the Canadian Civil Liberties Association:

Alan Borovoy, General Counsel.

As individuals:

Professor Anne F. Bayefsky;

Professor Paul Wilkinson, Chairman of University of St. Andrews' Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence;

David Matas, Lawyer.

Afternoon Sitting

From the Canadian Bar Association:

Eric Rice, Q.C., President;

Greg DelBigio, Member, Legislation and Law Reform Committee and National Criminal Justice Section.

From the Communications Security Establishment:

Keith Coulter, Chief.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Chair

The Honourable James F. Kelleher, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Bacon, Beaudoin, *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Finestone, P.C., Fraser, Jaffer, Kenny, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Murray, P.C., Stollery, Tkachuk

* 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 Finestone, P.C. substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Furey (October 24, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Furey substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Finestone, P.C. (October 23, 2001)

The Special Senate Committee on Bill C-36