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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 27
 
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
 

The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration met at 3:32 p.m. this day, in Room 7-52, 131 Queen St., the Chair, David Tilson, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Olivia Chow, Rick Dykstra, Nina Grewal, Robert Oliphant, Thierry St-Cyr, David Tilson, Justin Trudeau, Tim Uppal, Alice Wong, Borys Wrzesnewskyj and Terence Young.

 

Acting Members present: Louis Plamondon for Josée Beaudin.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Daphne Keevil Harrold, Analyst; Anna Gay, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: Canada Border Services Agency: Peter Hill, Director General, Post-Border Programs; Dale Brown, Acting Director, Criminal Investigations Division; Gregory Israelstam, Counsel, Justice Canada, Legal Services. Royal Canadian Mounted Police: C/Supt Joe Oliver, Director General, Border Integrity; Supt Shirley Cuillierrier, Director, Immigration and Passport Branch. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada: Sylvia Cox-Duquette, Senior General Counsel. As an individual: Sean Rehaag, Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.

 
Pursuant to the Order of Reference of Thursday, September 23, 2010, the Committee resumed consideration of Bill C-35, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
 

Peter Hill and C/Supt Joe Oliver made statements and, with Dale Brown, Gregory Israelstam and Supt Shirley Cuillierrier, answered questions.

 

At 4:37 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:41 p.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Sylvia Cox-Duquette and Sean Rehaag made statements and answered questions.

 

At 5:30 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Julie Lalande Prud'homme
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
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