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Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on the
Anti-terrorism Act

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05

Chair: The Honourable JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, P.C.

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Monday, May 30, 2005

Issue No. 12

Twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh meetings on:

A comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of the Anti-terrorism Act (S.C. 2001, c.41)

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Morning meeting (63K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Afternoon meeting (117K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Evening meeting (74K)
• Appendix A - Remarks to Senate Special Committee on the Anti-terrorism (Review of the Anti-terrorism Act) presented by Hon. John M. Reid, P.C.

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APPEARING:

The Honourable Reg Alcock, P.C., M.P., President of the Treasury Board

WITNESSES:

Morning meeting

Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada:

John Reid, Information Commissioner;

Alan Leadbeater, Deputy Information Commissioner of Canada;

Dan Dupuis, Director General, Investigation and Reviews;

Daniel Brunet, General Counsel.

Afternoon meeting

Canadian Council for Refugees:

Andrew Brouwer, Member of the Executive Committee.

Canadian Bar Association:

Lorne A. Waldman, Member, National Citizenship and Immigration Law Section.

As an individual:

Barbara Jackman.

Evening meeting

Treasury Board of Canada:

Helen McDonald, Chief Information Officer;

Donald Lemieux, Senior Director.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Chair

The Honourable John Lynch-Staunton, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, *Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Day, Fraser, Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Smith, P.C.

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

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