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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 40
 
Monday, May 7, 2012
 

The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration met in a televised session at 8:47 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.

 

Acting Members present: Don Davies for Rathika Sitsabaiesan.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Julie Béchard, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: As individuals: Catherine Dauvergne, Professor, Canada Research Chair in Migration Law, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law; Sharryn Aiken, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University. B. Refuge, McGill University: Karina Fortier, Student; Kelsey Angeley, Student. Amnesty International: Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada; Béatrice Vaugrante, Executive Director, Amnesty International Canada Francophone. Delegation of the European Union to Canada: His Excellency Bernhard Matthias Brinkmann, Ambassador; Jose-Antonio Torres Lacas, First Counsellor; Terri-Ann Priel, Advisor on Political and Public Affairs. European Commission: Elfa Balina, Policy Officer, Directorate General Home Affairs, Large Scale IT-Systems and Biometrics Unit; Joanna Beczala, International Relations Officer, Directorate General Home Affairs, International Affairs Unit; Pawel Busiakiewicz, International Relations Officer, Directorate General Home Affairs, International Affairs Unit; Angela Martini, Policy Officer, Directorate General, Home Affairs, Border Management and Return Policy Unit; Ioana Patrascu, Legal Officer, Directorate General, Home Affairs, Asylum Unit; Salvatore Petronella, Policy Officer, Directorate General Home Affairs, Immigration and Integration Unit; Gabriela Szmidt, Policy Officer, Directorate General Home Affairs, Asylum Unit; Laurent Bonansea, Policy Officer, Directorate General Home Affairs, Large Scale IT-Systems and Biometrics Unit; Gregor Pelzl, Policy Officer, Directorate General Home Affairs, Large Scale IT-Systems and Biometrics Unit. Federal Government of Germany: Anja Klabundt, Counsellor, of European Harmonization Unit, Ministry of the Interior; Roland Brumberg, Counselor of Unit Immigration Law, Ministry of the Interior; Christoph Ehrentraut, Counselor, European Harmonization Unit, Ministry of the Interior.

 
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.
 

Catherine Dauvergne and Sharryn Aiken made statements and answered questions.

 

At 9:45 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:50 a.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Karina Fortier, Kelsey Angeley, Alex Neve and Béatrice Vaugrante made statements and answered questions.

 

At 10:51 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:57 a.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Roland Brumberg, by videoconference from Berlin, Germany, and His Excellency Bernhard Matthias Brinkmann made statements and, with Angela Martini and Ioana Patrascu, by videoconference from Brussels, Belgium, and Christoph Ehrentraut, by videoconference from Berlin, Germany, answered questions.

 

At 12:04 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Julie Lalande Prud'homme
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
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