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

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, P.C.

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Wednesday, December 5, 2001

Issue No. 8

Seventeenth and eighteenth meetings on: 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

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (Morning Sitting) (152K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (Afternoon Sitting) (153K)

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WITNESSES:

Morning meeting:

From the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law:

Mr. Errol P. Mendes, Professor.

From the University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law:

Mr. Don Fleming, Professor.

From the Urban Alliance on Race Relations:

Mr. Julian Falconer, Senior Counsel;

Ms Tam Goossen, Chair;

Mr. Mel Watkins, Professor Emeritus, Economics and Political Science, University of Toronto.

From the Coalition of Muslim Organizations:

Mr. Ziyaad E. Mia, Muslim Lawyers Association, Member of the Coalition;

Mr. Khalid Baksh, Muslim Lawyers Association, Member of the Coalition.

Afternoon meeting:

From the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law:

Ms Lorraine Weinrib, Professor;

Mr. Kent Roach, Professor.

From Queen's University, Faculty of Law:

Mr. Don Stuart, Professor.

As an individual:

Mr. Patrick J. Monahan, Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School.

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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, Beaudoin, Bryden, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Finestone, P.C., Fraser, Furey, Jaffer, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Murray, P.C., Poulin, Tkachuk

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

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

The name of the Honourable Senator Tkachuk substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton (December 5, 2001).

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