Mr. Speaker, as I have indicated before in the House, under section 3(2) of the United Nations Act we do have the power to commence civil forfeiture proceedings, but what we are doing in the anti-terrorism legislation is putting in place a strengthened and more formal process by which we have the power to seize, to restrain and to seek civil forfeiture. Let me make it absolutely plain that under section 3(2) of the United Nations Act that presently exists we do have the power to seek civil forfeiture of frozen assets.
In the House of Commons on October 16th, 2001. See this statement in context.