Evidence of meeting #53 for Public Safety and National Security in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was muslim.
A recording is available from Parliament.
5:25 p.m.
Liberal
René Arseneault Liberal Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
In a few words, what potential solutions can you or Mr. Leuprecht suggest that would allow us to put in place the kind of security an independent monitoring organization could provide?
5:25 p.m.
Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada
We would suggest that the framework exists in the proposal that was made by Justice Dennis O'Connor 10 years ago as part of the Maher Arar inquiry. He was asked to do that. He did it thoroughly. He put in front of the nation a very comprehensive recommendation as to what the model could look like, and in doing so looked at what existed in other countries and drew from the very best.
Now, that was 10 years ago. It doesn't need to be adopted exactly as what was proposed 10 years ago, but certainly the framework is there.
5:25 p.m.
Liberal
René Arseneault Liberal Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
You are referring to a proposal which was made by Judge O'connor.
I'd like to go back to the question I put to your colleague. Are there any examples anywhere on the planet of countries that have that kind of service or that kind of organization?
Mr. Leuprecht, do you want to answer my question?
5:30 p.m.
Professor, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada, As an Individual
Yes, thank you.
I invite you to take a look at my study on Bill C-22, in which I compare several countries. This study will be published in a few weeks and will provide a precise answer to that question, and explain why the bill in its current form has not reached its objective.
5:30 p.m.
Liberal
René Arseneault Liberal Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
Could we get a scoop on its content? Is there a country somewhere that merits a gold medal?
5:30 p.m.
Professor, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada, As an Individual
I will eventually share all of that with you.
5:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Rob Oliphant
That's it, so thank you.
Before I thank the witnesses, I want to remind folks that we'll meet on Wednesday. In the first hour we have two witnesses on one panel, the National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Bar Association. The second hour is an in camera meeting to give instructions to the analysts so that they can start to draft our national security framework report. We'll see how far we can get. We'll also receive the minutes from the subcommittee meeting that Mr. Miller brought up.
I hope everyone has a good Valentine's Day.
Thank you to both our witnesses. Your testimony was very helpful today.
The meeting is adjourned.