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Public Safety committee That's correct.
October 27th, 2010Committee meeting
Nathalie Des Rosiers
Public Safety committee Okay. I'll just conclude briefly on this. Basically, on the fence, we are inviting a prioritization. The weaponry is the same, and I think for the entire legal structure.... I want to conclude with two things. You have now the terms of reference that we're suggesting, which we
October 27th, 2010Committee meeting
Nathalie Des Rosiers
Public Safety committee Thank you for your invitation. I am here on behalf of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. I am accompanied by Graeme Norton. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has been in existence since 1964 and is a rights and liberties advocacy agency in Canada. My predecessor is
October 27th, 2010Committee meeting
Nathalie Des Rosiers
Transport committee I think racial profiling has several drawbacks. The first one is that it has a lot of false negatives. It's not appropriate because it is indeed targeting many people who are not likely to be terrorists at all. So to start with, it's not efficient. It also has the drawback of b
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Nathalie Des Rosiers
Transport committee That's right.
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Nathalie Des Rosiers
Transport committee Yes. Certainly I think proportionality is the essence of our civil liberties and democratic regime. It requires an assessment what the costs will be to the civil liberties of the individual. My point today is simply to say that if you're going to do a cost assessment of all thes
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Nathalie Des Rosiers
Transport committee No system is perfect. In our view, the intelligence continues to be...if it's evidence-based and if it's well done, I think should be and will continue to be part of the system. Because airport security is not the only security issue in the country. I mean, the bombing in Times S
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Nathalie Des Rosiers
Transport committee Well, simply, it's not the right calculation to think that it's a zero-sum game, that if you increase security you decrease human rights, and that's okay. I think you need the enhancement. That's how I was going to finish. And I'll just read my last sentence for you, which is tha
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Nathalie Des Rosiers
Transport committee I would like to thank you for having invited me. My name is Nathalie Des Rosiers, and I am here on behalf of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. The first part of my presentation will be in French, and the second in English. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is a no
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Nathalie Des Rosiers