Date / Time
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Committee
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Studies & Bills
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Location
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February 9, 2008
9:00 AM
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Transport and Communications
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- The containerized freight traffic handled by Canada's ports
- Charles Cirtwill, President and Chief Executive Officer (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies)
- James Frost, Executive Director (Halifax Gateway Council)
- Barrie Hebb, Research Economist (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies)
- Rob Pittman, Halifax Branch Manager (Consolidated Fastfrate)
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Prince George Hotel
Regency Room
1725 Market Street, Halifax NS
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February 11, 2008
12:00 PM
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Anti-terrorism (Special)
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- C-3, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (certificate and special advocate)
- The Honourable Stockwell Day, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety
- Professor Amir Attaran, Associate Professor in the Faculties of Law and Medicine (University of Ottawa)
- Matthew Behrens (Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada)
- Mohamed Boudjenane, Director General (Canadian Arab Federation)
- Raoul Boulakia (Refugee Lawyers Association of Ontario)
- Gordon Cameron, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (As an individual)
- Adil Charkaoui (Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui)
- Paul Copeland (Lawyers Rights Watch Canada)
- Raj Dhaliwal (Canadian Auto Workers)
- Me Johanne Doyon (Quebec Immigration Lawyers Association)
- Salam Elmenyawi (Muslim Council of Montreal)
- Craig Forcese, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa (As an individual)
- Mary Foster (Coalition Justice for Adil Charkaoui)
- Julia Hall (Human Rights Watch)
- Mohamed Harkat (Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee)
- James Kafieh, Legal Advisor (Canadian Arab Federation)
- Christian Legeais, Spokesperson (Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee)
- Dania Majid, President (Arab Canadian Lawyers Association)
- Ziyaad Mia (Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association)
- Alex Neve, Secretary General (Amnesty International Canada)
- Dominique Peschard, President (Ligue des droits et libertés)
- William Sloan (American Association of Jurists, Canadian Branch)
- Roch Tassé, Coordinator (International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group)
- Tamra Thomson, Director, Legislation and Law Reform (Canadian Bar Association)
- Lorne Waldman (Canadian Bar Association)
- Sameer Zuberi (Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations)
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Room 160-S, Centre Block
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February 11, 2008
12:36 PM
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Aging (Special)
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- Examine the implications of an aging society in Canada.
- Elsie Dean, Researcher (Women Elders in Action (by videoconference))
- Maxime Fougère, Assistant Director, Labour Market Research & Forecasting (Human Resources and Social Development Canada)
- Derek Hum, Professor of Economics, University of Manitoba (As an individual)
- René Morissette, Assistant Director, Research Business and Labour Market Analysis Division (Statistic Canada)
- John Myles, Canada Research Chair and Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto (As an individual)
- Garnett Picot, Director General, Socio-Economic and Business Analysis (Statistic Canada)
- Richard Shillington (Tristat Resources)
- Ted Wannell, Assistant Director, Labour and Household Surveys Analysis Division (Statistics Canada)
- Alice West, Chair (Women Elders in Action (by videoconference))
- Jan Westlund, Coordinator (Women Elders in Action (by videoconference))
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Room 9, Victoria Building
140 Wellington Street
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February 11, 2008
4:03 PM
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National Security and Defence
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- Examination of the national security policy of Canada
- David Hodgins, Managing Director (Alberta Emergency Management Agency)
- Jay Hope, Deputy Minister, Emergency Planning and Management (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services)
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Room 705, Victoria Building
140 Wellington Street
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February 11, 2008
4:03 PM
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Official Languages
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- Study on the application of the Official Languages Act
- The Honourable Josée Verner, P.C., M.P., Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages
- Raymonde Boulay LeBlanc, Chair of the Board (Fédération culturelle canadienne-française)
- Pierre Bourbeau, General Director (Fédération culturelle canadienne-française)
- Diane Côté, Director, Community and Government relations (Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada:)
- Hubert Lussier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Heritage (Canadian Heritage)
- Jérôme Moisan, Director General, Strategic Policy, Planning and Research Branch (Canadian Heritage)
- Lise Routhier-Boudreau, President (Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada:)
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Room 9, Victoria Building
140 Wellington Street
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February 11, 2008
5:05 PM
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Human Rights
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- Examination of Canada’s international national human rights obligations
- Adèle Dion, Director General, Human Security and Human Rights Bureau (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)
- Jean-Paul Hubert, Interim President (Rights and Democracy)
- Lloyd Lipsett, Senior Assistant to the President (Rights and Democracy)
- Alex Neve, Secretary General (Amnesty International Canada)
- Robert Sinclair, Deputy Director, Human Rights Section, Human Rights, Gender Equality, Health and Population Division (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)
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Room 2, Victoria Building
140 Wellington Street
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February 12, 2008
9:34 AM
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National Finance
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- Estimates laid before Parliament for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008
- Allan Darling, Senior Special Advisor, Parliamentary Budget Officer (Library of Parliament)
- Isabelle Deslandes, Senior Advisor (Office of the Procurement Ombudsman of Canada)
- Shahid Minto, Procurement Ombudsman Designate (Office of the Procurement Ombudsman of Canada)
- Jacques Sabourin, Acting Director General, Parliamentary Information and Research Services (Library of Parliament)
- William R. Young, Parliamentary Librarian (Library of Parliament)
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Room 9, Victoria Building
140 Wellington Street
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February 12, 2008
9:37 AM
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Aboriginal Peoples
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- Examine matters generally relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
- Michel Roy, Assistant Deputy Minister, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (Health Canada)
- Terry Sewell, Director General, Implementation Branch, Claims and Indian Government (Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development)
- Michael Wernick, Deputy Minister (Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development)
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Room 160-S, Centre Block
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February 12, 2008
9:40 AM
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Conflict of Interest for Senators
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- Consideration of matters relating to the Conflict of Interest Code for Senators.
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Room 356-S, Centre Block
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In Camera
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February 12, 2008
2:00 PM
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Anti-terrorism (Special)
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- C-3, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (certificate and special advocate)
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Room 256-S, Centre Block
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