Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think we have to be clear that we need evidence regarding people, you know? We need to deal with them on the basis of evidence. If you have evidence, then certainly deportation is one possibility. One of the obligations we have, if they have not been convicted, is to prosecute

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think there's the obligation to correct the bad information. The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario recently published an article to recognize how bad information creeps into data. She recommends that people be able to trace where the information comes from to ensu

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If it's the correct information, I have no problem with it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's always room for improvement, certainly. That's not the position. I think we have to continue to improve regimes to ensure we have correct information and that we have procedural fairness attached to it so that we are certain we are acting in the best interests. It's not i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, I draw direction from the privacy commissioners, who suggest that people have the ability to challenge information about themselves and to know where it comes from. In that context you need to have some procedural norms around this. I think that's where we're going: ensurin

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The obligation is to prosecute people at the place where there are the resources to prosecute them. At times, it could be that you need to send them to the place where they are ready to prosecute them. It's the reverse of what you're saying. It's not bringing them back, it's bri

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You have both options.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I suggested that the government have both options. The idea is that people are presumed innocent. You have to have evidence.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's a difference. Extraditing someone is sending them to another country where they can be tried and charged.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If we have the resources to do that—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will conclude on that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association wants to thank the committee for inviting us. I will begin my remarks in French and will then continue in English. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that was founde

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In our view, I think we have always taken the position that it's dangerous to politicize too much this safe country list. An impartial advisory group that makes recommendations is a good idea. Why prevent the minister from getting good advice prior to making a decision? It seem