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October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
Citizenship and Immigration committee Later, yes.
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
Citizenship and Immigration committee Capital punishment per se is not torture, no.
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes, although the main reason a certificate will be used, as opposed to the normal removal proceedings where the individual sees all of the evidence, is that the person is inadmissible, point one; and point two, the state has classified information that it cannot disclose. That's
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
Citizenship and Immigration committee Because capital punishment where it is exercised in the other state is a lawful sanction.
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
Citizenship and Immigration committee That's correct.
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
Citizenship and Immigration committee The normal procedure essentially requires an immigration official to prepare a report stating why the person is inadmissible. That report is reviewed by a member of the Immigration and Refugee Board, the adjudication immigration division, in a hearing where the individual sees al
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
Citizenship and Immigration committee The procedure is such that the person cannot see all the evidence, but…
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
Citizenship and Immigration committee At all? The hearing is public in part. I don’t know if some persons availed themselves of their right to undertake anything publicly, but they are entitled to do so.
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
Citizenship and Immigration committee For no reason at all has never been Canadian policy. Whether that would be consistent with international law I cannot say, but certainly Canadian policy has always been to prescribe inadmissibility grounds by law.
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
Citizenship and Immigration committee Of the certificate cases, no, there have not been. They all come from countries where country reports by reputable organizations would say there is some risk of torture. But beyond this general analysis of the country conditions, there needs to be an individualized assessment of
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien
Citizenship and Immigration committee No, I think that's a complete answer.
October 26th, 2006Committee meeting
Daniel Therrien