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Public Safety committee Again, as the chair said, the government made a decision to put the act into the budget....
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee That's right.
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee Thank you. The Prime Minister decides.
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee I'm not sure we can answer that. Maybe it would be a stand-alone act.
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee That's correct. In regard to national security decisions, the Minister of Public Safety will be making the decisions on passports.
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee Not that I'm aware of.
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee Yes. I think we're again talking about cancellation of the passport. You're correct. If they get a notification, they will have 30 days to apply for administrative review and then there's a reconsideration process. There's a back and forth exchange with the individual. They have
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee That individual would receive a summary of the information against them for sure.
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee The existing situation is that the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration makes the decision on national security grounds. The change here is that the Minister of Public Safety will be making those decisions. Similar to the Minister of Public Safety's role in the passenger prote
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee No, the Minister of Public Safety now assumes the power.
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee Yes, for national security reasons only. That's contained in the Canadian passport order that was made public a few weeks ago. That's one issue.
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee That's right.
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies
Public Safety committee The passport order does not spell out in detail the definition of national security. That definition is pretty much the same as it has been since 2003. There are a lot of definitions for national security in various acts—in the CSIS Act, in the security of Canada information shar
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
John Davies