Justice committee  With the translation I understood the question to be: do I think that Canadians who are victimized outside the borders of our country still should be classified as victims? Absolutely. Certainly, perpetrators of crimes are still demanding their rights as Canadian citizens when t

Justice committee  Yes. The numbers are small. You'll hear that 24 Canadians were killed in 9/11. Most of them lived in the United States, so they came under a different umbrella. There's only a handful of us, and I'm the outspoken one. Most of them are too traumatized. They were just shocked that

Justice committee  I must say I was scheduled to be here in October, the day after the terrorist attacks in Ottawa, so that was a real trigger for me. Today I come here after the attack in Jerusalem. The co-founder of CCAT, the Canadian Coalition Against Terror, is in Israel at this moment in time

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Collacott has just said what I would like to reinforce. It has been my experience, certainly, that I can't go after the terrorists. In my case, they committed suicide. But I look at other accused terrorists with Canadian citizenship, and in my lens it has been very painful to

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My name is Maureen Basnicki, and my family is one of 24 Canadian families who lost a loved one on 9/11. As co-founder of the Canadian Coalition Against Terror, I would like to express my support for the broad principles of Bill C-425. Some of Canada's closest allies have enacted

Public Safety committee  I've been very proactive in that area. In fact the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act that was recently passed was part of the omnibus bill. I agree, victims don't want to go after a federal tax purse per se. How good would it be to actually be able to litigate in civil court a

Public Safety committee  There are a number of ways. We have a lotto in Canada. It doesn't matter what your status is. Suddenly, if your number is up, you win the jackpot—huge amounts of money, tax-free money. But I would suggest that if for whatever horrible reason your number is not up, it's the worst

Public Safety committee  The short answer is, yes, I agree to the provisions of Bill S-7, and I'm optimistic that the committee will find it's the right thing to do. I want to be proud of my country. It seems when we talk about the economy, it's certainly the topic of concern. Canada prides itself on t

Public Safety committee  Let me consult the many legal minds that are helping C-CAT. I'm sure there are more things. I hope this is the first step. Personally I don't have the expertise in creating legislation. I'm encouraged by this piece, but I do know there are many more things that we need to look at

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. I never want to be a fearmonger. Terrorism’s method in the past has been to use airplanes. I was a flight attendant for over 30 years. I fly, and I continue to encourage people to fly. I continue to tell people to live their lives, and to not let terrorism, or the thr

Public Safety committee  What would it mean? We're unanimous in wishing to do everything possible to prevent future acts of terrorism. If you have even a remote suspicion that a Canadian citizen, and in this case a non-Canadian, is attempting to murder fellow Canadians, then it becomes common sense. You

Public Safety committee  Not all family members agree on all matters relating to terrorism in the process that they go through, but I can say with conviction that there is a consensus, and a majority feel that these proposed counterterrorist measures are more than appropriate. In the past, there seems

Public Safety committee  Thank you for having me. Good afternoon. My name is Maureen Basnicki. I'm here as a co-founder of C-CAT, the Canadian Coalition Against Terror. C-CAT is a non-partisan advocacy body comprised of Canadian terror victims, counterterrorism professionals, lawyers, and other individ

Justice committee  Yes. Thank you for the opportunity. There are two more points to the amendments that I think are absolutely necessary. Number 3, if a foreign state funds a terrorist body that commits a terrorist act–-it is usually impossible to prove that those specific funds caused a specifi

Justice committee  You're welcome. Thank you.