Justice committee  I wouldn't want to put ourselves out there as having done that comparison to the degree of rigour that I would feel confident in giving an assessment to you. I think what we're seeing, and I think I heard remarks in the earlier panel about this, is that there is starting to be a

Justice committee  I will too, but I will certainly follow up on that. Obviously, we have global networks that I can access. I would be very surprised if I came back to the committee with the gold standard anywhere. I think this is a challenge, and it's a challenge that pretty well every government

Justice committee  I'll begin by picking up on some of the findings that have come out of the extensive research we've done with respect to Twitter. I highlight Twitter not because we think it's the worst—and it's certainly not the only platform of concern—but simply because that is where our resea

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Allow me to first make two very brief opening remarks. First, I very much want to acknowledge that we're gathering for this hearing today on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin territory. Given the degree to which online hate, amongst other things

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, I wasn't—

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, I wasn't blaming the committee. I was just making an observation. Obviously, the question in front of this committee brings into sharp focus two crucially important human rights matters. The first is the right to be free from discrimination, including the ugliest mani

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I am aware of the image that you've just shared. Of course, there are multiple other images that have circulated in Canada and around the world that which are disparaging and/or undermining refugee protection. To all of that, we would absolutely say “no”. There clearly is no plac

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Whether it's a plan, whether it's just the statements that government ministers, officials, journalists, any and all of us make, I think it is absolutely incumbent upon all of us to stop using the word “illegal” to refer to individuals who cross borders to make refugee claims. We

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I could echo that, I made the case as to why, from a human rights perspective in Amnesty International's view and many others', it's vital that the agreement be suspended. This is because by no measure does refugee protection in the United States meet the required standards of

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was all planned.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Amnesty International certainly welcomes the opportunity to appear as part of this study on irregular crossings of the Canada-U.S. border, a situation that absolutely must be understood from a human rights perspective. We do not agree that the sit

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm only aware of it. I actually don't know many of the details, so I'm really not able to add anything. I know that there are many who are very concerned about his plight.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We have heard those reports as well. While we have not yet been able to investigate them in such a way that we can confirm or corroborate them, I can assure you that's very live for us, including considering whether we may be able to get on the ground in some way to do some more

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That's regrettable that there was a one-year delay in that letter. Obviously, I think the Canadian government needs to be concerned about the totality and entirety of what's happening in Turkey right now, but there is a particular extra dimension when it comes to Canadians who ar

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It's important that Canada remains firmly seized of the cases, and I think that has happened in many instances. At fairly senior levels, concerns have been raised. I know Parliamentary Secretary Alghabra, for instance, has repeatedly raised the cases. That's very important. We ne