Warren Allmand has appeared before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) on Wednesday October 24, 2012 to present ICLMG’s position on Bill C-42, Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act.
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Summary of comment on Bill C-43: Reducing fairness for refugees and permanent residents
Bill C-43 contains a number of provisions of concern to the CCR because they will lead to less fairness, do not honour Canada’s international legal obligations and deny some people the right to appear before an independent decision-maker.
Less fairness for people inadmissible on grounds of security, human or international rights violations or organized criminality
These inadmissibility sections are extremely broad and catch people who have committed no crime and represent no danger to safety or security. Among those affected are people who are inadmissible simply because they worked against undemocratic or brutal regimes.
For details on these and other concerns, see the CCR submission.
Submission of Information by the ICLMG for Canada’s UN Universal Periodic Review
The ICLMG has sent its submission of Information to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in relation to the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Canada to take place in April 2013.