On Clause 27, Irwin Cotler moved, That Bill C-19, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing lines 39 to 41 on page 17 with the following: of sections 5, 7, 16 to 23 and 28, or an offence in respect of an act or omission referred to in section 25 or 26; The question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.

On Clause 28, Irwin Cotler moved, That Bill C-19, in Clause 28, be amended by replacing lines 43 to 45 on page 18 with the following: of sections 5, 7, 16 to 23 and 27, or an offence in respect of an act or omission referred to in section 25 or 26; The question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.

1. Actions for infringement may be based only on facts referred to in Articles 7, 8 and 19.

10.1 (1) If the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that a person obtained, retained, renounced or resumed his or her citizenship by false representation or fraud or by knowingly concealing material circumstances, with respect to a fact described in section 34, 35 or 37 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act other than a fact that is also described in paragraph 36(1)(a) or (b) or (2)(a) or (b) of that Act, the person’s citizenship or renunciation of citizenship may be revoked only if the Minister seeks a declaration, in an action that the Minister c ...[+++]ommences, that the person has obtained, retained, renounced or resumed his or her citizenship by false representation or fraud or by knowingly concealing material circumstances and the Court makes such a declaration.

(Return tabled) Question No. 4 Hon. Irwin Cotler: With regard to international treaties and conventions dealing in whole or in part with human rights and with Canada’s international obligations in this regard: (a) does the government have any formal or informal procedures for regular review of those international human rights treaties that Canada has not yet signed, ratified, or otherwise accepted; (b) does the government have any formal or informal guidelines according to which it determines whether the specific obligations contained in a treaty or other international undertaking conflicts with the Constitution Act, 1867, and if so where can these guidelines be accessed; (c) do the guidelines referred to in (b) specify the standard accor ...[+++]ding to which the government determines if any obligation contained in a treaty or other international undertaking violates any section of the Constitution Act, 1867; (d) has the government engaged in any review of its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD); (e) does the government have any formal or informal guidelines according to which it determines whether the specific obligations contained in a treaty or other international undertaking require implementing legislation in order for Canada to be able to ratify or otherwise accept it, and if so where can these guidelines be accessed; (f) does the government have a position as to whether international agreements that establish a complaints mechanism or communications procedure for enforcement of the rights and obligations contained therein are necessarily unconstitutional; (g) does the government have a policy as to whether Canada will accept such agreements referred to in (f); (h) does the government undergo review of proposed international human rights agreements that would establish such a mechanism or procedure referred to in (f) on a case by case basis, (i) who is involved in this review, (ii) are the provinces and other inte ...

On Clause 2, Stephen Owen moved, That Bill C-36, in Clause 2, be amended: a) by replacing, in the French version, lines 17 to 20 on page 2 with the following: l'égard des poursuites ou procédures visées par la présente loi, le procureur général ou le solliciteur général de la province où ces poursuites sont intentées ou ces procédures engagées ou leur substitut b) by replacing, in the French version, lines 38 to 42 on page 3 with the following: f) à l'égard des procédures visées ...[+++] aux articles 83.13 ou 83.14, le procureur général du Canada ou le procureur général ou le solliciteur général de la province où ces procédures sont engagées ou le substitut After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted on division.