Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable KELVIN KENNETH OGILVIE
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Issue No. 17
Third and fourth meetings:
Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act
APPEARING
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, P.C., M.P., Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
WITNESSES
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
As individuals:
Robert D. Watt, former citizenship judge from British Columbia;
Lorne Waldman, Lawyer.
B.C. Civil Liberties Association:
Josh Paterson, Executive Director.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada:
Paul MacKinnon, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic and Program Policy;
Alec Attfield, Director General, Citizenship Branch;
Teny Dikranian, Director, Legislation and Program Policy;
Mary-Ann Hubers, Director, Citizenship Program Delivery.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada:
Alec Attfield, Director General, Citizenship Branch;
Mary-Ann Hubers, Director, Citizenship Program Delivery.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, Chair
The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Cormier, Fraser, Frum, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Hartling, Jaffer, Mégie, Meredith, Neufeld, Omidvar, Petitclerc, Seidman, Stewart Olsen, Unger
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Fraser replaced the Honourable Senator Merchant (March 2, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (March 2, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (February 28, 2017).