Public Safety committee  It's my Christmas gift to you.

Public Safety committee  It would be my first point about the language and counselling as I expressed in my testimony, ensuring that there is an ability to not limit it to a very specific dialogue, instruction, or relationship between a promoter and a recipient, but rather to recognize that the promoter

Public Safety committee  Mindful of the time, I'll be very brief. It is, I think, the reverse. “Counselling” is the new language that's introduced in Bill C-59. For me, it's less about the language that's used as it is about establishing who it's directed toward. Bill C-59 requires a direct link betwee

Public Safety committee  Counter-radicalization is a very tough nut to crack, because by definition you're targeting groups that are almost inherently suspicious of and resistant to efforts of outreach by any agents or elements of government. Just the very issue of building up a level of trust is somethi

Public Safety committee  I have nothing to add.

Public Safety committee  I'm not entirely familiar with that particular aspect of the case. It is good practice, and I believe, frankly, that Canada already undertakes consultation with all its like-minded allies on a routine and regular basis looking for best practices, those that we can share with othe

Public Safety committee  I think there's always a tension when you have competing imperatives. As you noted, on the one hand, we all want to ensure maximum freedom and individual rights. However, on the other hand, we recognize that there's an equally important imperative to ensure the collective safety

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Chair, for the opportunity to present to the members of this committee on behalf of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the advocacy agent for the Jewish Federations of Canada. We are a national, non-partisan, non-profit organization representing more than 150,0

Canadian Heritage committee  I have just three very quick but important points. The first is that I think we will succeed at nothing going forward without an expression of political will to do so. This place doesn't just have legislative authority; it also has moral authority. I recall that in the last Par

Canadian Heritage committee  Madam Chair, you're going to lose an opportunity for a great story, which I'll fill you in on afterwards, but I'll go to the punch line. The punch line is that the other element that will determine the success of any national strategy is the ability and the willingness for law en

Canadian Heritage committee  It goes back to the notion of the quality of the partnership between law enforcement and the affected communities. There has to be a level of confidence that sharing that information is going to be treated in a respectful and constructive way. However, I also, frankly, have to

Canadian Heritage committee  Very briefly, I think the U.K. is struggling with that right now. It has done a lot of work in that area. It would be worth our while to take a look at its experience and best practices, to see what to do and what not to do. I'm not aware of any country currently that has a succe

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question and for your gracious comments. I'll be very quick and concise, Madam Chair. I think that the tools for gathering information and data already exist. As B'nai Brith noted, they've been doing this for quite a number of years. The challenge, I think, is

Canadian Heritage committee  My rabbi gave me a few more minutes.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll be the exception to the rule.