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Conference Programme

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The University of Toronto Faculty of Law presents:
The Security of Freedom:
A Conference on the Proposed Anti-Terrorism Act
November 9th and 10th, 2001

A video archive of the conference sessions is now available. In order to access these sessions, viewers must have Real Player installed on their computers. To view each session click on the "View Archive" link beside the session name.

Conference Programme

Friday, November 9th

8:30-9:30 a.m.

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Welcome and Conference Themes
Chair: Ronald J. Daniels
Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

The Dangers of a Charter-Proof, Crime-Based Response to Terrorism
Professor Kent Roach, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Terrorism, Insecurity and the Risk Society
Professor David Schneiderman, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

The Permanence of the Temporary: Can Emergency Powers Be Normalized?
Professor David Dyzenhaus, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

The Roots of September 11th - What Do We Really Know?
Professor Tom Naylor, Department of Economics, McGill University

 

9:30-10:30 a.m

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Terrorism Defined
Chair: Professor Andrew Petter
Acting Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria

What is the Threat?
Professor Janice Gross Stein, Director, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto

Terrorism's Challenge to the Rule of Law
Professor Lorraine Weinrib, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Emergency Powers and the Relationship of Rules and Exceptions
Professor Oren Gross, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

 

10:30-10:45 a.m.

 

Break

10:45-12:00 a.m

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Information Gathering
Chair: Hon. Ronald G. Atkey, P.C.
Q.C. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt

Police Powers in Information Gathering
University Professor Emeritus Martin Friedland, O.C., Q.C., Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Intelligence Requirements and Anti-Terrorism Legislation
Professor Wesley Wark, Department of History, University of Toronto

Governing Through Security
Professor Mariana Valverde, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto

 

12:00-1:00 p.m

 

Lunch

1:00-2:30 p.m.

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Enforcement and Application
Chair: A. Alan Borovoy
General Counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association

The Intersection of Administrative Law and the Anti-Terrorism Bill
Professor Lorne Sossin, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Associational Life and the Anti-Terrorism Bill
Professor Brenda Cossman, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Professor David Schneiderman, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Ethnic and Racial Profiling and the Charter
Professor Sujit Choudhry, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

 

2:30-2:45 p.m.

Break

 

2:45-4:00 p.m.

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Financial Instruments and the Response to Terrorism
Chair: Ronald J. Daniels
Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Financial Dimensions of International Terrorism?
Professor Tom Naylor, Department of Economics, McGill University

Cutting Off the Flow of Funds to Terrorists - Whose Funds? Which Funds? Who Decides?
Professor Kevin Davis, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Charitable Fundraising for Terrorist Organizations
Professor David Duff, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

 

4:00-5:15 p.m.

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International Dimensions of the Response to Terrorism
Chair: Allan E. Gotlieb O.C.
Stikeman, Elliot

The International Context: Responses to Terrorism, the United Nations Security Council and International Law?
Professor Jutta Brunnée, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Canada and its Obligations Under International Criminal Law
Professor Patrick Macklem, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Re-thinking Counter-Terrorism Law and Policy - Foundational Principles
Hon. Irwin Cotler, Member of Parliament, Canada

 

Saturday, November 10th

 

8:30–10:15a.m

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Terrorism and the Criminal Law
Chair: Nathalie DesRosiers
President, Law Commission of Canada

The Intersection of the New Terrorism Offences and the Criminal Law
Professor Kent Roach, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

The Dangers of Quick-Fix Legislation in the Criminal Law
Professor Don Stuart, Queen's University

The Anti-Terrorism Bill and Preventative Restraints on Liberty
Professor Gary Trotter, Queen's University

The Effectiveness of Anti-Terrorism Provisions
Professor Martha Shaffer, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

 

10:15–10:30 a.m.

 

Break

10:30–11:45 a.m.

The Effect of Bill C-36 on Information Rights
Chair: Michael Code
Sack Goldblatt Mitchell

The Rule of Law or Executive Fiat? The Effect of Bill C-36 on Disclosure in the Trial Process
Professor Hamish Stewart, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Is Privacy A Casualty of the War on Terrorism?
Professor Lisa Austin, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

 

11:45–1:15 p.m.

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Terrorism and Immigration
Chair: Professor Emeritus Peter Russell, O.C. Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

A Thousand and One Rights - "Secret Hearings" Provisions
Professor Ed Morgan, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Borderline Secure: Challenges to the Functionality of Borders.
Professor Audrey Macklin, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Challenges to the Conceptions of Citizenship
Professor Ayelet Shachar, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

 

 

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