Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. I'd like to thank the committee for the invitation to appear again before you about the proposed legislation, Bill C-51. Our written submission will be provided to the committee in short order, by March 23, as per my instructions from the clerk. The Nationa

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much for your question, Ms. Ablonczy. First and foremost, I'll say on the record that NCCM has condemned violent terrorism and extremism in all of its forms regardless of who perpetrates it for whatever reason. However, the premise of your question is false and i

Public Safety committee  In terms of how Canadian youth, and I would say all vulnerable Canadians, can be protected against the ideology of violent extremism—because I think we've seen that there's no particular profile of an individual who is more or less susceptible to radicalization, when we have indi

Public Safety committee  Thank you for that question. The idea of a chill and the idea of a sense of alienation are certainly matters of concern. In terms of how this threat is described, it's critical that we are discussing it. Our view is that it's important. The language we use to talk about this i

Public Safety committee  Okay. In terms of the language used, yes. We certainly have a concern about the rhetoric and the language that has been part of the public discourse recently. We feel it's a corrosive approach that casts a pall of suspicion over all Muslims, or anybody perceived to be Muslim, by

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon, honourable Chair, and respected members. On behalf of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, I'm pleased to have this opportunity to offer the committee our organization's perspective on Bill C-6 and the Citizenship Act. Briefly the NCCM is an independent, no

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —are part of that slippery slope. In closing, the NCCM strongly supports the removal of the grounds for citizenship revocation as related to national security under Bill C-6. By repealing these measures, the government can reinforce its commitment to rebuilding the trust of Cana

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I was only here for part of the last hearing, so unfortunately I would not be in a position to comment on the mechanism appropriately.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I mentioned in my opening statement, the NCCM does not take a position on the other elements of the bill itself. The positions we took were in relation to the citizenship revocation elements.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No. That is correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would repeat my answer, honourable member, that we take no position on the other elements of the bill. Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, I would repeat that we take no position on the other aspects of the bill. Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In terms of the impact, many immigrants to the country from the Muslim community are dual citizens and they're citizens of another country by birth. They may not even want to keep the citizenship. They may not even have the option of revoking that citizenship. So this previous bi

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much for the invitation to appear today. Like my colleague here, I will start with a brief overview of the NCCM and what we do. The National Council of Canadian Muslims is Canada's only full-time, professional, independent, non-partisan, and non-profit grassroots

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much for the question. In terms of implementing legislative improvements to prevent or mitigate the possibility of such future such horrific actions, I would argue that the existing provisions within the Criminal Code are sufficient. I think our organization has p