Public Safety committee  The court said above all that section 7 of the Canadian Charter applies to people who are not Canadian citizens. That is very, very important and that is the context in which immigration decisions must be made.

Public Safety committee  Actually the problem is secret evidence, of course, but you know, in protecting these fundamental values that now are part of the international law that Canada adheres to through different conventions and treaties, we are protecting every single individual around this table. Thes

Public Safety committee  We are here because Mr. Almrei has been deprived of his liberty for over six years, does not know the case against him, has no way of defending himself, and could possibly have his detention last for a lifetime. That's what we're here for; we're claiming that this is against all

Public Safety committee  If there are very serious matters that we can reproach these people with, I would be confident that the police and information services are going to do what is required to charge them if they have to be charged, or whatever. With regard to the credibility, may I just point to t

Public Safety committee  May I just go back to the intention that we had in coming before this committee? The question was, is Bill C-3 an answer to the objections that the Supreme Court saw to the process? We say no. This is why we are here.

Public Safety committee  We don't have any information on that.

Public Safety committee  To answer your question, we have no evidence—

Public Safety committee  This we don't know. We don't know about the day-to-day practices.

Public Safety committee  Yes, sure.

Public Safety committee  —but I do appreciate the fact that you come out with information. I had not looked closely at the six cases that are presently subjected to certificates, and it is quite true that some of them were before 9/11. There can be a short-circuit sometimes when we deal, because one of o

Public Safety committee  I would like it to be clearly understood that I am making this remark based on the fact that the league is against secret evidence. As soon as a government decides to deprive an individual of his or her liberty, it must tell this individual why and what it is accusing him or her

Public Safety committee  The named person can still be incarcerated indefinitely, without trial, whereas in a criminal trial he/she would know the criminal charges, would be able to present a defence, and would be either acquitted or sentenced to a finite prison term. That's precisely what the Supreme Co