Parliamentary Committee Notes: Overview Note
You have been invited to appear at SECU for the Committee’s study of the arrest of two terrorism suspects in Toronto, subsequent to the adoption of the following motion:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee invite as soon as possible:
- the Minister of Public Safety,
- the Minister of Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada,
- Former Minister of Public Safety and current High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ralph Goodale,
- Commissioner of the RCMP, Michael Duheme,
- Interim Director of CSIS, Vanessa Lloyd,
- President of the CBSA, Erin O’Gorman,
- Deputy Minister of Public Safety Canada, Shawn Tupper,
- Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar and,
- and relevant departmental officials,
and have six meetings with two the week of August 26th, and priority be given to the Ministers appearances, to discuss the foiled terrorist plot in Toronto, the security screening process in place to review permanent residence and citizenship application to ensure that individuals who have engaged in acts of terror are unable to enter Canada, and how Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi was admitted to Canada and obtained citizenship.
SECU will hold its two first meeting on August 28, 2024, in Room 225-A, West Block. You will be appearing for the first hour of the first meeting.
Meeting 1 (10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
For your appearance, you will be supported by the following officials:
- Shawn Tupper, Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada
- Brian Larkin, Deputy Commissioner (Acting Commissioner), RCMP
- Ted Gallivan, Executive Vice-President (Acting President), CBSA
- Vanessa Lloyd, Interim Director, CSIS
Officials will remain for the second hour and will be joined by Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Meeting 2 (12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.)
For the second meeting, the following officials will appear for two hours:
- Vanessa Lloyd, Interim Director, CSIS
- Aaron McCrorie, Vice-President, Intelligence and Enforcement, CBSA
- Jennifer Gates-Flaherty, Director General, Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services, RCMP
- Acting Chief Superintendent Michael Saghbini, Acting Director General, Federal Policing National Security, RCMP
- Aiesha Zafar, Assistant Deputy Minister, Migration Integrity, IRCC
- Permi Gill, Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Passport, IRCC
At the time of writing, details and timing of subsequent Committee meetings as part of this study had not been confirmed to the Department.
Opening Remarks
At the onset of the meeting, the Chair will invite you to deliver opening remarks, to last approximately 5 minutes. Questions from Committee members will ensue.
Rounds of Questions
- First Round of Questions:
- Conservative Party, six minutes.
- Liberal Party, six minutes.
- Bloc Québécois, six minutes.
- New Democratic Party, six minutes.
- Second and Subsequent Rounds of Questions:
- Conservative Party, five minutes.
- Liberal Party, five minutes.
- Bloc Québécois, two and a half minutes.
- New Democratic Party, two and a half minutes.
- Conservative Party, five minutes.
- Liberal Party, five minutes.
Supporting materials
At your convenience, Departmental and portfolio officials are available to go over the enclosed materials with you and discuss the approach to your appearance.
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