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Bill C-36: An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Official Secrets Act, the Canada Evidence Act, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act and other Acts, and to enact measures respecting the registration of charities in order to combat terrorism Status of Legislation: House of Commons: Introduced and read the first time -- October 15, 2001 Debated at second reading -- October 16, 17 and 18, 2001 Bill read the second time and referred to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights -- October 18, 2001 Reprinted as amended by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at Report Stage and as reported to the House on November 22, 2001 Debated at Report Stage: November 26 and November 27, 2001 Concurred in at report stage with a further amendment -- November 27, 2001 Debated at third reading -- November 28, 2001 Third Reading of Bill C-36 as passed by the House of Commons on November 28, 2001. The House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights received evidence regarding bill c-36 on following dates: October 18, 2001 (meeting 29) October 23, 2001 (meetings 30, 31) October 24, 2001 (meetings 32, 33) October 25, 2001 (meeting 35) October 30, 2001 (meetings 36 and 37) October 31, 2001 (meeting 38) November 1, 2001 (meetings 40 and 41) November 20, 2001 (meeting 50) The full-text of the Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence from the above dates is available at the Committee's web site. Senate: The Special Senate Committee on the Subject Matter of Bill C-36 A special committee of the Senate has been appointed to examine the subject matter of Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Official Secrets Act, the Canada Evidence Act, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act and other Acts, and to enact measures respecting the registration of charities, in order to combat terrorism, in advance of the said Bill coming before the Senate. Evidence: Below are transcripts of the Evidence presented before the Committee between October 22-29, 2001. Please note that the following transcripts are in the language actually used during the meeting. The fully translated and edited copy of the evidence will be posted on the Committee's site (under "Committee Proceedings") within a few weeks of the hearing. If you wish to cite an unrevised transcript, please obtain the consent of the person who spoke. All transcipts are in PDF format. October 22, 2001: Evidence Presented by the Hon. Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and her staff Evidence Presented by: Ward Elcock, Director of CSIS The Hon. Lawrence MacAulay, Solicitor General of Canada and his staff Yvan Roy and Horst Intscher and Brian Ernewein from the Department of Finance Ray Jones, David Snider, and Donna Walsh from the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Evidence Prented by the Honourable Claude Bisson, Commissioner, The Communications Security Establishment October 23, 2001: Evidence Presented by the Honourable John Reid, Commissioner, the Information Commission of Canada Evidence Presented by: The Honourable Paule Gauthier and Honourable Gary Filmon, from the Security Intelligence Review Committee Evidence Presented by George Radwanski, Commissioner, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Giuliano (Zack) Zaccardeli, Commissioner, the Royal Mounted Police Evidence Presented by Patrick Johnston, President and CEO, the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy October 24, 2001: Evidence presented by: Wayne MacKay, President, Mount Allison University Joseph Magnet, University of Ottawa Alan Borovoy, General Counsel, Canadian Civil Liberties Association Prof. Anne F. Bayefsky Prof. Paul Wilkinson, Chairman, University of St. Andrews' Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence David Matas, Lawyer Evidence Presented by: Eric Rice, President; and Greg DelBigio, Member, the Canadian Bar Association Keith Coulter, Chief, the Communications Security Establishment October 29, 2001 Evidence Presented by the Honourable Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada December 3, 2001 Evidence Presented by the representatives of Barreau du Quebec Evidence Presented by George Radwanski, Commissioner, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada December 4, 2001 Evidence Presented by: Mr. Bevan and Mr. Westwick from the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Mr. Griffin and Mr. Niebudek from the Canadian Police Association The Hon. Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and her staff The Hon. Lawrence MacAulay, Solicitor General of Canada and his staff December 5, 2001 Evidence Presented by: Dr. Errol P. Mendes, University of Ottawa Prof. Don Fleming, University of New Brunswick Mr. Julian Falconer, Senior Counsel, and Ms. Tam Goossen, Chair, Urban Alliance on Race Relations Mr. Ziyaad Mia and Mr. Khalid Baksh, Coalition of Muslim Organizations Prof. Kent Roach, University of Toronto Prof. Lorraine Weinrib, University of Toronto Prof. Don Stuart, Queen's University Prof. Patrick J. Monahan, Osgoode Hall December 6, 2001 Evidence Presented by: Mr. Eric Rice, President, and Mr. Potter, Vice President, Canadian Bar Association Ms. Andrée Côté, Director, Legislation and Law Reform, National Association of Women and the Law Dr. Anuradha Bose, Executive Director, National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada Dr. John Asfour and Ms. Amina Sherazee Canadian Arab Federation Mr. Trudell, Chair, Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers Mr. Borovoy, Canadian Civil Liberties Association Mr. Royal, Federation of Law Socieities of Canada Ms. Corrick, Law Society of Upper Canada Hon. John Reid, Information Commissioner of Canada and Mr. Alan Leadbeater, Deputy Information Commissioner of Canada First Report: An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Official Secrets by the Special Senate Committee on the Subject-Matter of Bill C-36 -- November 1, 2001. (posted on the web site on Nov. 5, 2001) Second Report: to which was referred Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Official Secrets Act, the Canada Evidence Act, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act and other Acts, and to enact measures respecting the registration of charities, in order to combat terrorism, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Thursday, November 29, 2001, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment, but with the appended observations. Clause-by-Clause Review of Bill C-36 by the Special Senate Committee on December 10, 2001 Acts affected: (hyperlinks to the amended provisions can be found in the full-text of Bill C-36) Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1. Canada Evidence Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-5. Canada Post Corporation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-10. Canadian Human Rights Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. H-6. Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-23. Corrections and Conditional Release Act, S.C. 1992, c. 20. Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46. Federal Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-7. Firearms Act, S.C. 1995, c. 39. Identification of Criminals Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-1. Immigration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-2. Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.). National Defence Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. N-5. Official Secrets Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. O-5. Patent Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-4. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5. Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21. Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act, S.C. 2000, c. 17. Seized Property Management Act, S.C. 1993, c. 37. United Nations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. U-2. Visiting Forces Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. V-2. Related Bills: Bill C-11: An Act respecting immigration to Canada and the granting of refugee protection to persons who are displaced, persecuted or in danger. Legislative Summary. Bill C-15B: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act. Bill C-24: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (organized crime and law enforcement) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. Bill C-30: An Act to establish a body that provides administrative services to the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Court Martial Appeal Court and the Tax Court of Canada, to amend the Federal Court Act, the Tax Court of Canada Act and the Judges Act, and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts Press Releases, News Reports, and Backgrounders : From the Department of Justice: Highlights of Anti-terrorism Act Checks and Balances Under the Proposed Anti-Terrorism Act Canada's Proposed Anti-Terrorism Act: Working with our International Partners Notes for the Minister of Justice’s Appearance before the House of Commons Justice and Human Rights Committee, Bill C-36 – Anti-terrorism Act on October 18, 2001. Notes for the Minister of Justice’s Appearance before the Special Senate Committee on the Subject Matter of Bill C-36 Evidence, Bill C-36 Anti-terrorism Act (October 29, 2001). Notes for the Minister of Justice’s Appearance before the House of Commons Justice and Human Rights Committee, Bill C-36 – Anti-terrorism Act on November 20, 2001 Amendments to Bill C-36 (posted on November 20, 2001) Amendments to the Anti-terrorism Act: A Backgrounder (posted on November 20, 2001) Strengthening the Safeguards with Amendments to the Proposed Anti-terrorism Act: A Backgrounder (posted on November 20, 2001) From the CBC Web Site: What does the anti-terrorism bill propose to do? How is immigration going to change? Dhaliwal calls for revisions to anti-terrorism bill From the CBA web site: CBA calls for tighter definition of terrorism, true sunset clause in Bill C-36 CBA's submission to Parliament on Bill C-36 CBA calls for a sunset clause on Bill C-36 From the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Web Site: The testimony given by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, George Radwanski, concerning Bill C-36, the Anti-Terrorism Act, to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, on October 23, 2001

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