Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Chairman Reid. Just in terms of a time check, Chairman Reid, how long would you like my testimony to go, just to give members an opportunity?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, sir. Thank you for your kind invitation and providing me with the opportunity to share with the committee my analysis of human rights developments in Iran. Almost two years into the presidency of Dr. Rouhani, and almost two years after the beginning of th

Finance committee  Good morning. Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee, thank you for giving me this opportunity to appear before you to discuss terrorist financing. In short, terrorist attacks do not require much capital. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula once touted how its failed plot to

Finance committee   and then two by video conference. We have, first of all, from Carleton University, Mr. Martin Rudner. We also have, from the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, Mr. Kevin Stephenson, and from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Mr. Yaya Fanusie. Welcome to all. We also

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. It's an honour to be here. What I want to talk about is what ISIL's strengths are and what their weaknesses are. Right now, we as western polities and those involved in counterterrorism efforts combatting militancy are very much focused on ISIL, as we should be. It's

Foreign Affairs committee   with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Welcome to all. We'll start with Ms. Laipson. We'll work our way around the room for our opening statements. Once we've had your opening statements, we'll go back and forth around our room to ask you questions over the next hour and a half or so

Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act   that there's no rationale or way to reconcile Canadian citizenship with that kind of activity. Sheryl Saperia, from the Foundation of Defense of Democracy, said: Bill C-24 suggests that Canadian citizenship, whether bestowed by birthright or naturalization, is predicated on a most basic

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I was reading a quotation when I was interrupted. I was wondering whether I could read that quotation. It was by Ms. Sheryl Saperia from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Here is the quote again: I understand from last week’s hearing

Citizenship and Immigration committee   to look at witness testimony from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. It was by Ms. Saperia. She said: I understand from last week’s hearing that Minister Alexander envisions a two-step process in his ministerial discretion. The first step would be to examine the substance

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for providing me with this opportunity to share my analysis with you. Allow me in particular to express my gratitude to you because you do something that most politicians and statesmen in the west do not: you ma

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   our subcommittee. Today we have as witnesses two individuals from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. One is Mark Dubowitz, who has been here before. It's good to see you back again. The other is Ali Alfoneh. Gentlemen, I assume that our ever-efficient clerk has explained

Citizenship and Immigration committee   the technological issues squared away. In the meantime, we'll have the two witnesses here with us start things off with their presentations. We have, from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Sheryl Saperia, director of policy for Canada. Welcome. We also have, from the Alliance

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting me here today. I want to give credit; many of the ideas I'll be discussing today were formulated with my friend Danny Eisen, who's with the Canadian Coalition Against Terror. I just wanted to mention him by name.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   of public international law at McGill University, in place of Dr. Shaheed; and that on May 13, the clerk invite Mr. Ali Alfoneh, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an expert on Iran, to testify alongside Mr. Mark Dubowitz, who is already confirmed.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   situation in Iran, we have two witnesses: Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; and Matthew Levitt, who is attached to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Gentlemen, you already know that you have about 10 minutes each for your