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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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Thursday, December 6, 2001

Issue No. 9

Nineteenth and twentieth 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) (178K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (Afternoon Sitting) (133K)

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WITNESSES:

Morning meeting:

From the Canadian Arab Federation:

Dr. John Asfour, President;

Ms Amia Sherazee, Legal Counsel.

From the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers:

Mr. William M. Trudell, Chair.

From the Canadian Civil Liberties Association:

Mr. Alan Borovoy, General Counsel.

From the Federation of Law Societies of Canada:

Mr. Peter Royal, Q.C., Board member for Alberta and Northwest Territories;

Ms Katherine Corrick, Director, Policy and Legal Affairs, Law Society of Upper Canada.

From the Information Commissioner of Canada:

Hon. John Reid, P.C., Commissioner;

Mr. J. Alan Leadbeater, Deputy Information Commissioner of Canada;

Mr. J.G.D. Dupuis, Director General, Investigations and Reviews;

Mr. Daniel Brunet, General Counsel.

Afternoon meeting:

From the Canadian Bar Association:

Mr. Eric Rice, Q.C., President;

Mr. Simon V. Pottr, Q.C., First Vice-President.

From the National Organization of Imigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada:

Ms Anuradha Bose, Executive Director.

From the National Association of Women and the Law:

Ms Andrée Côté, Director Legislation and Law Reform.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Chair

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

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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)

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