Public Safety committee  Again, I thank my director of operations, Sean, for this. Part 1, section 9, speaks to education and information about the commission. It is my understanding that there already is a section to get the information out there. You're asking how we get to the disadvantaged groups. I

Public Safety committee  We've been calling it “Donna's rule”, the idea that in any time—war, trade, COVID, another pandemic—there must be something within, and entrenched within, Canadian policy to never allow the separation of family like what happened to the McCalls. If we are willing to have that dis

Public Safety committee  I'd like to publicly thank my director of operations, Sean Dillon, who read through that big pile of papers to make sure we understood it well. In part 1, there is talk about joint timelines being created between the commission and the CBSA and RCMP. The issue here is that, if

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Essentially, I would ask the legislators here to think about this: If, God forbid, that happened with John's family again today, would the system protect Donna McCall? If the answer is “no”, then the bill is not strong enough. Specifically, then, it would be an urge

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. I'm sorry I don't speak French. Faces of Advocacy at the time acted as the intermediary when complaints were coming in. When we won our exemptions—we very clearly and publicly won our exemptions—it was on the website, right next to the order in council wher

Public Safety committee  Thank you. If I can offer a bit of my time...the people who have helped with the exemptions I'm so grateful to. There are many in this room who did help us, but there were many who did not offer us the time that I thought was appropriate given the circumstances. Mr. McCall's w

Public Safety committee  The current Minister of Public Safety, Marco Mendicino, or the previous minister Bill Blair, have not spoken to us. We have reached out many times.

Public Safety committee  Yes. All public CBSA stations should be required to post these rules. A CBSA agent cannot be allowed to outright misinform. Finally, the appointed members should include not only indigenous representation but representation of international families as well.

Public Safety committee  Hello. My name is Dr. David Edward-Ooi Poon. Please call me David. I am the founder of Faces of Advocacy, a grassroots Canadian organization that was responsible for federal immigration policy changes for the safe reunification of multinational families during the COVID-19 pand