SECU Committee Report
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THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC SAFETY AND
NATIONAL SECURITY
has the honour to present its
SEVENTH REPORT
During the Thirty-Eighth Parliament, the review of the Anti-terrorism Act and related matters was begun by the Subcommittee on Public Safety and National Security of the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. The Subcommittee did not complete its review before the Thirty-Eighth Parliament was dissolved in November 2005.
In the Thirty-Ninth Parliament, the review of the Anti-terrorism Act was then referred to this Committee, pursuant to the Order of Reference made by the House of Commons on May 19, 2006. Then, on May 29, 2006, pursuant to its mandate under Standing Order 108(1), your Committee established a Subcommittee with the mandate, pursuant to the Order of Reference, to review the Anti-terrorism Act and, as part of that review, to also undertake a review of Section 4 of the Security of Information Act and the use of security certificates, and prepare a report on these matters.
The Subcommittee completed its study on February 20, 2007 and presented its report to the Standing Committee on March 20, 2007. After considering the report of the Subcommittee, the Standing Committee adopted the report on March 20, 2007 and agreed to report the following: