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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 32

Monday, April 30, 2012

The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration met in a televised session at 8:46 a.m. this day, in Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street, the Chair, David Tilson, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Rick Dykstra, Alain Giguère, Sadia Groguhé, Roxanne James, Kevin Lamoureux, Chungsen Leung, Costas Menegakis, Ted Opitz, Jinny Jogindera Sims, Rathika Sitsabaiesan, David Tilson and John Weston.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Julie Béchard, Analyst ; Sandra Elgersma, Analyst . House of Commons: Julie Lalande Prud'homme, Procedural Clerk.

Witnesses: Department of Citizenship and Immigration: Les Linklater, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic and Program Policy; Jennifer Irish, Director, Asylum Policy and Programs; Marie Bourry, Executive Director and Senior General Counsel, Legal Services; Alain Desruisseaux, Director General, Admissibility Branch. Public Safety Canada: Michael MacDonald, Director General, National Security Operations Directorate. Canada Border Services Agency: Peter Hill, Director General, Post-Border Programs; Marie Estabrooks, Manager, Biometrics Policy, Program and Projects, Emerging Border Programs. Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Charles Walker, Director General, Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services; Joe Oliver, Director General, Border Integrity. David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights: Audrey Macklin, Representative, Professor, Faculty of Law and School for Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto; Sean Rehaag, Representative, Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. As an individual: Barbara Jackman, Immigration Lawyer.

Pursuant to the Order of Reference of Monday, April 23, 2012, the Committee resumed consideration of Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act, the Marine Transportation Security Act and the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act.

Les Linklater and Peter Hill made statements and, with Jennifer Irish, Michael MacDonald and Joe Oliver, answered questions.

At 9:47 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:51 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Les Linklater made a statement and, with Marie Estabrooks, Charles Walker and Alain Desruisseaux, answered questions.

At 10:52 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:56 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Sean Rehaag, Audrey Macklin and Barbara Jackman made statements and answered questions.

At 12:02 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Alexandre Roger
Committee Clerk

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