Public Safety committee  I would clarify here that I spoke not about oversight but review. I think that's an important differentiation. If you go back, the current, more comprehensive, rights-driven Constitution was enacted in 1982, so obviously we have a level of constitutional protection today that wou

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. I would agree with that, and I would also add that my family and I have been here for 30 years. My sons are brown. They have beards. They are Muslim. They fit the perfect profile of that particular Islamist terrorist, but we have never ever faced any racism, any issue

Public Safety committee  I am aware of some of the programs, and in speaking to law enforcement agencies, I have found that they have a great deal of difficulty in reaching out to the Muslim communities. They have said very clearly that doors are closed in their faces. I'll give you an example. A few ye

Public Safety committee  Have you actually ever told them where to go?

Public Safety committee  That's a privilege that grandmothers have.

Public Safety committee  Laws obviously do make a difference. They don't deter it entirely but legislation is important in every country in every situation. We need better monitoring of those who are leaving to fight the jihad, so to speak, especially if they are fellow countrymen. At the risk of saying

Public Safety committee  Yes. It's about caring for our children and the future generations. The question comes up of why I, as a pensioner, with a lot of other things I'd like to do, with books to read and movies to watch, spend 24-7 doing this work. It's because of the future of my children and my gr

Public Safety committee  I believe it was Golda Meir who said that, but I could be wrong.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely, I do believe that is true, because what we see today is unique in the sense that this is also an ideological war, as I said before, so tools are needed to understand where it's coming from. But our own law enforcement agencies have been quite cognizant of this. Agai

Public Safety committee  Yes, I do.

Public Safety committee  That it might not be able to be reversed.

Public Safety committee  I believe that the rise of extremism in Europe began around the same time that the Wahhabi Saudi ideology was being promoted on the backs of billions of petrodollars. The situation in Europe is different from North America because of colonization, socio-economic situations, wher

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I will do that.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the standing committee. Good evening—and I will be brief. I'm honoured by the privilege of being here tonight as president for the Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow. My organization supports the general drift of Bill C-51, and we thank

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would add that obviously the Canadian demographics have changed drastically in the last two decades. It is important for the training for front-line workers...definitely for that continuation of their training. The issues that we are talking about, like forced marriage, proxy m