Canada has a right and a responsibility to tell Canadians and to advocate on their behalf to ensure innocent Canadians who are on the no-fly list see some kind of justice.

We have the capacity to be a shield for the defenceless and the innocent who today echo little Zina's plea, “Please, I'm still young and I want so much to live a while”.

In a war, it is always the defenceless and the innocent who have to pay the highest price.

However, this is mere detail compared with what is at stake. What the Senate must decide is whether it will agree to look into a subject matter with the intention of giving innocent Canadians an opportunity to lift the suspicions and answer the derogatory allegations to which they have been subject for far too long or accept the notion that this is all in the past, that there is no need to revisit anything the least unpleasant, that the Defence Department alone can bring whatever corrections are necessary to avoid repetition, et cetera.

61. Reaffirms its commitment to such universal legal principles as the principle of the independence of the judiciary, the principle of non bis in idem, the principle of presumption of innocence, respect for the rights of the defence and the principle that defendants shall not be required to prove their innocence but the state to establish guilt; is opposed to any limitations on the right to defence and stresses that, in the interests of genuine equality between prosecution and defence, evidence must be produced during the hearing an ...[+++]d not a result of confessions extracted during custody or, even worse, allegations by informers;

Hon. David Michael Collenette (Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs) moved: That a Special Joint Committee of the Senate and of the House of Commons be appointed to consider Canada's Defence Policy; That the document entitled ``Review of Canadian Defence Policy, Minister of National Defence Guidance Document'', be referred to the Committee; That the Committee be directed to consult broadly and to analyze the issues discussed in the above-mentioned document, and to make recommendations in their report concerning the objectives and conduct of Canada's Defence Policy; That eleven Members of the House of Commons a ...[+++]nd five Members of the Senate be Members of the Committee; That the Members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs be appointed to act on behalf of the House as Members of the said Committee; That the Committee have the power to sit during sittings and adjournments of the House; That the Committee have the power to report from time to time, to send for persons, papers and records, and to print such papers and evidence from time to time as may be ordered by the Committee; That the Committee have the power to retain the services of expert, professional, technical and clerical staff; That the Committee have the power to adjourn from place to place inside Canada and abroad and that, when deemed necessary, the required staff accompany the Committee; That a quorum of the Committee be nine Members, whenever a vote, resolution or other decision is taken, so long as both Houses are represented and that the Joint Chairmen be authorized to hold meetings, to receive evidence and authorize the printing thereof, whenever six Members are present, so long as both Houses are represented; That the Committee or its representatives meet on occasions it deems fitting with the parliamentary committee or its representatives charged with reviewing Canada's foreign policy; That notwithstanding the usual pr ...