Citizenship and Immigration committee  It seems to me the irregular arrivals make no sense in the long run. If you look at what the bill says, it says two things about irregular arrivals. First is that they are going to be detained mandatorily. I have said several times that I think that's wrong for many reasons. Seco

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Is enough—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think, certainly not in terms of.... There are some improvements that could be made. More people could be processed, and certainly you want to ensure that there is more speed in the system. I have no problem with some of the parts of it, but on this, I think there is absolutely

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it is a flaw. I think it's against the nature of what we should expect in a parliamentary democracy.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, in our view, it doesn't matter whether it works or not, because it is inappropriate to do it. It's an insult to all Canadians. Because the minute you start deciding that there could be mandatory detention of a group, which group will be next? That's the reason that I ask yo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, I think that's certainly one possibility. It's the duty of parliamentarians to prevent this from ever occurring. It has occurred before. It could occur again. I urge you to prevent this, to protect us, and to protect our reputation for the future.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it's also important to recognize that it's not true that refugees have not been good immigrants in Canada. They have contributed a lot to Canada. We should be proud to have accepted refugees in Canada. I think this is important to recognize. This is not about trying to be

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think there are certainly some ways in which the system has been applied at times that we would disagree with. But on the whole, I think that it does at least satisfy the interests of the minister. This section that imposes mandatory detention for 12 months without judicial r

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. That's one.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that was my submission, that on its face, 12 months without judicial review indeed contravenes what the Supreme Court said in 2007. There is no reason to justify this change. In my view, on its face it's going to be unconstitutional. Indeed, I think as parliamentarians it

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly I think the current statute, the current way in which we deal with group arrivals, is not inappropriate. In the statute it does say, to the extent there's some difficulty in doing identity checks and so on, people can be detained for short periods of time, but at least

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Invite me.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. The Canadian Civil Liberties Union has been in existence since 1964 and continues to work to protect civil liberties in Canada. It is in that context that the association comes before you today. We certainly appreciate the opportunity to share our

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  The example we had in mind, I think, is the one in which, for a perfectly legitimate reason, a family in Toronto with family in India says to them, “Oh, I'd really like to buy movies that I can't access here”, and the movies are sent with the digital locks. It will be impossible

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Solve this?