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Public Safety committee Good morning. I will be speaking French. I would like to begin by thanking you for giving me this opportunity to address honourable members of the Committee. Before I actually discuss Bill C-3, I would like to introduce myself. If you read the CSIS report, you will see that I am
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee I will be quick; thank you. In terms of the evidence, I was given CSIS reports and report summaries. The absurd part of all of this is that the Crown attorney admitted in court that part of the secret evidence had been destroyed. They kept me in detention for 21 months on the ba
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee Thank you for your patience.
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee Thank you for your question. There is no doubt that Canada, like every other country in the world, has to protect itself from terrorism. That is why we have laws like the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Criminal Code. It is equally clear that Canada, like any other country in the worl
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee Coming back to my own life, there is no doubt that travel broadens the mind. I was almost conceived in Malaga, Spain. As you know, Morocco is located south of Spain, and only the Mediterranean Sea separates us from Spain. At the end of every month, we would take a trip together.
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee The coalition that was founded following my arrest, by my parents and activists in Montreal who are part of the Muslim, old-stock Quebecker, Jewish and other communities, is called the Justice Coalition for Adil Charkaoui. What I am seeking most is justice. I cannot adequately d
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee In order to answer your question, I would like to refer to an Immigration Canada ruling. In 2004, when I was in prison, an officer with the Border Services Agency gave me the PRRA ruling. An Immigration Canada officer believed I would be tortured in Morocco and that my life was i
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee There is a ruling from Immigration Canada certifying that.
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee Personally, I cannot leave Canada to go to any other country until I have cleared my name. If I end up somewhere else in the world… If I go to the United States, I will end up in Guantanamo. If I go to Morocco, there are secret prisons there for alleged terrorists. So, wherever I
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee We'll answer in French, I'm sorry. I was never harassed, but my problems began after my initial contact with CSIS, when I applied for Canadian citizenship. In 2000, I was getting ready to travel to Morocco with my wife, who was three months' pregnant at the time. I was stopped a
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee If you're dealing with a dangerous terrorist, he should be tortured, burnt alive and you should re-establish the Inquisition. I find it quite incredible that people can ask those kinds of questions in the 21st century. I am absolutely outraged. What should be done with a dangerou
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee It is a well-known fact that the countries of the Middle East and the Maghreb are not democracies. Everybody knows that. I don't have to prove that in these countries, the rule of law does not apply. But, what is worse, after 9/11, the world changed. We know that there is a proce
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee I have two points to make. My first point is this. The secret services in these countries are not filled with a bunch of crazy people who jump on the first person they see and torture him just for the fun of it. At the same time, we are dealing here with what I call a “terrorist
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee For 21 months, that was a decision made jointly with my lawyers, the Coalition and my family. I felt that the whole process was a travesty of justice. By testifying, the Attorney General could simply stand up and say that I wasn't credible. And if I lost all credibility, I was fi
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui
Public Safety committee No, not at all.
December 6th, 2007Committee meeting
Adil Charkaoui