Okay.
Evidence of meeting #28 for Public Safety and National Security in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was gps.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #28 for Public Safety and National Security in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was gps.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Immigration and Refugee Lawyer, As an Individual
Let me make it clear. These guys were already found to be at risk. These people were refugees. They were not claimants.
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Conservative
Wai Young Conservative Vancouver South, BC
If that's the case, and it came down to a situation of having to choose between detention, as we said earlier, and electronic monitoring, and given that you said that the electronic monitoring is invasive and they have to report to government officials, etc., wouldn't you say that if they were in detention they would also have to be interfacing with government officials?
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Immigration and Refugee Lawyer, As an Individual
Before my clients were put on GPS, I would have said that yes, it's preferable. The Supreme Court of Canada even said that in the Charkaoui case.
Having gone through five years with the problems my clients have experienced because of the conditions—not just GPS, but the other house arrest conditions and things like that. I wouldn't say it's any better. It's not. I'm sorry. You might think it's better, but I don't.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
Thank you very much.
Ms. Jackman, our hour is up. We appreciate your testimony and your answers to the questions.
We have bells ringing here, which means that our committee must get to the House for a vote.
Thank you very much for your input. If you would like to submit other answers to some of the questions that maybe you feel you could have answered in a different way, or if there is something you could add, please feel free to contact our clerk with those answers, and we'll see that members get them. Thank you very much.
Ladies and gentlemen, the meeting is adjourned.