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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 17
 
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
 

The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration met in a televised session at 3:31 p.m. this day, in Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street, the Chair, David Tilson, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe, Joe Daniel, Chungsen Leung, Hon. John McCallum, Costas Menegakis, Ted Opitz, Jasbir Sandhu and David Tilson.

 

Acting Members present: Raymond Côté for Rathika Sitsabaiesan and Cheryl Gallant for Devinder Shory.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Julie Béchard, Analyst; James Gauthier, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: Girls Action Foundation: Saman Ahsan, Executive Director. Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes: Amel Belhassen, representative, Women's file. S.U.C.C.E.S.S.: Queenie Choo, Chief Executive Officer. Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI): Debbie Douglas, Executive Director. Collectif des femmes immigrantes du Québec: Marie-Josée Duplessis, Executive Assistant. As an individual: Claudia Andrea Molina, Lawyer, Cabinet Molina Inc.

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, February 6, 2014, the Committee resumed its study on strengthening the protection of women in our immigration system.
 

Debbie Douglas, Queenie Choo and Amel Belhassen made statements and answered questions.

 

At 4:30 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:35 p.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Marie-Josée Duplessis, by videoconference from Montréal, Québec, Claudia Andrea Molina and Saman Ahsan made statements and answered questions.

 

At 5:32 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Julie Lalande Prud'homme
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
2014/05/15 10:24 a.m.