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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 76
Thursday, October 5, 2017, 8:45 a.m. to 10:49 a.m.
Presiding
Hon. John McKay, Chair (Liberal)

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• Cheryl Gallant for Pierre Paul-Hus (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Tanya Dupuis, Analyst
• Dominique Valiquet, Analyst
Bill C-21, An Act to amend the Customs Act
Department of Citizenship and Immigration
• Mieke Bos, Director General, Admissibility
• Marc-André Daigle, Director, Strategic Initiatives and Global Case Management System Coordination, Immigration Program Guidance
• Emmanuelle Deault-Bonin, Director, Identity Management and Information Sharing, Admissibility
As an individual
• Eric Jacksch
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
• Brenda McPhail, Director, Privacy, Technology and Surveillance Project
Pursuant to the Order of Reference of Wednesday, September 27, 2017, the Committee resumed consideration of Bill C-21, An Act to amend the Customs Act.

Brenda McPhail, by videoconference from Toronto, Ontario, and Eric Jacksch made statements and answered questions.

At 9:44 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:48 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Mieke Bos made a statement and, with Marc-André Daigle and Emmanuelle Deault-Bonin, answered questions.

At 10:38 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:40 a.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

Committee Business
The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.

It was agreed, — That the Eighth Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, which read as follows, be concurred in:

Your Subcommittee met on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:

1. That the draft calendar of activities be adopted.

2. That the list of selected witnesses for the study of Bill C-21, An Act to Amend the Customs Act, be adopted.

At 10:49 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Jean-Marie David
Clerk of the Committee