Justice committee  IHL, which governs humanitarian assistance and the work of humanitarian organizations, has already factored in a lot of that balance. There are a series of requirements placed on these organizations in order to lawfully provide aid inside an armed conflict, which is what we're ta

Justice committee  All listing regimes are political processes. In Canada, it's a decision by the Minister of Public Safety that recommends it to the GIC. It's not a legal decision, in a sense; it is a political process. It's the same within the United Nations. You're asking humanitarian organizati

Justice committee  It does, and that's another problem, because you're asking a humanitarian organization to apply contested facts to our Criminal Code definition and to come to a decision about whether or not they think that the organization controlling the area they're working in is a terrorist g

Justice committee  No. I would defer to Ms. Davis, especially on this point.

Justice committee  I would 100% agree with that. If you're going to provide a humanitarian exemption based on consistency with international law and then put domestic regulation on top of how you're interpreting international law, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. If it's going to be lawful be

Justice committee  I would say that the legislation would apply in those contexts, but then you're asking the humanitarian organizations to make that determination, which, as I think MSF mentioned, goes against their rule of remaining impartial and neutral.

Justice committee  Thank you for having me. I'd like to begin by saying that I am strongly in favour of amendments to the Criminal Code to facilitate the funding and delivery of humanitarian aid and development assistance in areas that may be controlled by entities listed by the international comm

Declaration of Emergency committee  I would say no. Having been a former Department of Justice lawyer, I would say that my client would be the government. Anyone within the government who needed to make that decision would have access to that opinion. If it was important for them to have Director Vigneault's opini

Declaration of Emergency committee  I would think that, with regard to anybody within government who is supporting the decision-making within cabinet, it would be justifiable for them to have access to that opinion. It wouldn't be a breach of solicitor-client privilege.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Any finding by the commission, this committee or the Federal Court that suggests that it was unreasonable or unjustified to invoke the act would form the foundation for potential charter claims. People could make the claim that their rights were unjustifiably infringed under the

Declaration of Emergency committee  I'm sorry. I don't hear your interpretation.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Was the question about giving apologies? Certainly, that would be one way of trying to repair any harm from an unjustifiable use of the Emergencies Act, but I suspect that findings in court might be more meaningful.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Usually it's the client, so in this case, it would be cabinet or the Prime Minister.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes.

Declaration of Emergency committee  As a starting point, I don't think there's anything wrong with retired service members and military members and police officers being part of a protest movement or helping lead that protest movement. The concerning part of it is if those members also have violent extremism goals.