Video Archive

01:51:41

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights - June 15, 2026

Human Rights - June 15, 2026 Bill C-234, An Act respecting the establishment and award of a Living Donor Recognition Medal Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Witnesses Ziad Aboultaif, Member of Parliament for Edmonton Manning, sponsor of bill Shelley Hunt, Living Kidney Donor (As an Individual) Sylvie Lauzon, Registrar (Canadian Organ and Tissue Donors Association) Christopher McCreery, Expert on the Canadian Honours System and honours administration (As an Individual) Richard Tremblay, Founding President (Canadian Organ and Tissue Donors Association) Source: sencanada.ca

01:06:33

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights - June 8, 2026

Human Rights - June 8, 2026 Bill S-219, An Act to establish Judicial Independence Day Clause-by-clause consideration Witnesses The Honourable Clayton Conlan, Justice (The Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association) The Honourable Senator Judy A. White, sponsor of the bill Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Source: sencanada.ca

03:50:59

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights - June 1, 2026

Human Rights - June 1, 2026 Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places) Clause-by-clause consideration Consideration of a draft report Witnesses Kristen Ali, Manager and Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Marianne Breese, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Joanna Wells, Senior Counsel and Team Lead, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

02:57:43

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights - May 28, 2026

Human Rights - May 28, 2026 Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places) Witnesses Julia Beazley, Director (The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada's Centre for Faith and Public Life) Lisa Bildy, Lawyer and Executive Director (Free Speech Union of Canada) Nazila Ghanea, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief (United Nations) Philip Horgan, President and General Counsel (Catholic Civil Rights League) Mark Joseph, Director of Litigation (The Democracy Fund) James Manson, Senior Lawyer (Charter Advocates Canada) Joseph Wesley Richards II, Vice-president and General Counsel (Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada) Terry Teegee, Regional Chief (British Columbia Assembly of First Nations) Deina Warren, Director of Legal Affairs (Canadian Centre for Christian Charities) Source: sencanada.ca

04:02:59

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights - May 25, 2026

Human Rights - May 25, 2026 Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places) Witnesses Dr. Nehal Al Tarhuni, Doctor of Dental Surgery (Canadian Muslim Healthcare Network) Kristen Ali, Manager and Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Ahmad Al-Qadi, Government Affairs and Public Policy Officer (National Council of Canadian Muslims) Bonnie Brayton, Chief Executive Officer (DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada) Marianne Breese, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Wesley Crichlow, Professor of Criminology, Black LGBTQ Critical Race Theory Scholar (Black LGBTQ Justice Canada) Anuradha Dugal, Executive Director (Women's Shelters Canada) Mustafa Farooq, Consultant (National Council of Canadian Muslims) Nora Fathalipour, Legal Counsel (Canadian Muslim Lawyer’s Association) Eric Freeman, Senior Staff Lawyer (Egale Canada) Imam Sikander Hashmi, Executive Director (Canadian Council of Imams) Dr. Romesa Khalid, Doctor, Family Physician (Canadian Muslim Healthcare Network) Sophie Xiaoyi Liu, PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of British Columbia (As an Individual) Dwight Newman, Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Rights, Communities, and Constitutional Law, University of Saskatchewan (As an Individual) Joanna Wells, Senior Counsel and Team Lead, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

04:01:35

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights - May 21, 2026

Human Rights - May 21, 2026 Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places) Appearing The Honourable Sean Fraser, P.C., M.P, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (Department of Justice Canada) Witnesses Reverend Andrea Anderson (African United Baptist Association) Abram Benedict, Ontario Regional Chief (Chiefs of Ontario) Marianne Breese, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Linda Debassige, Grand Council Chief (Anishinabek Nation) Reverend Cheri DiNovo, Former Member of the Provincial Parliament and Clergy (As an Individual) Victoria Pruden, President (Métis National Council) Owen Ripley, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector (Department of Justice Canada) Kevin Robertson, Bishop (Diocese of Toronto, Anglican Church of Canada) Deborah-Zita Somakoko, President and Founder (Black-Manitobans Chamber of Commerce) Craig Wellington, Chief Executive Officer (Black Opportunity Fund) Joanna Wells, Senior Counsel and Team Lead, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) Ryan Weston, Lead Animator, Public Witness for Social and Ecological Justice (Anglican Church of Canada) Source: sencanada.ca

06:24:48

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights - May 20, 2026

Human Rights - May 20, 2026 Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places) Witnesses Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director, Fundamental Freedoms Program (Canadian Civil Liberties Association) Stephen Camp, Project Director, Hate Crime Centre (The Organization for the Prevention of Violence) Nicole Chapdelaine, Deputy Chief, Investigations and Support Services Bureau (Edmonton Police Service) Kenneth Grad, Assistant Professor and Lead Jurist of the Winograd Initiative for the Study of Hate Speech & Antisemitism, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba (As an Individual) David Haskell, Social Scientist & Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University (As an Individual) Vijaykumar Jain, Director (Canadian Hindus For Harmony and Vishwa Jain Sangathan Canada) Robert Johnson, Deputy Chief and Co-chair of the Special Purpose Committee on Hate-Motivated Crime (Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police) Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy (Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center) Kyla Lee, CBA Criminal Justice Section (Canadian Bar Association) Richard Marceau, Senior Vice-President Stategic Initiatives and General Counsel (Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs) Timothy McSorley, National Coordinator (International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group) Shawna Y. Paris, Chair (Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission) Richard Robertson, Director, Research and Advocacy (B'Nai Brith Canada) Mark Sandler, Chair (Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism) Balpreet Singh, Legal Counsel (World Sikh Organization of Canada) Katherine Stephenson, Chief Superintendent, Investigative Support Command (Toronto Police Service) Ali Toghrol, Staff Sergeant, Community Safety Services (Ottawa Police Service) Justin Yuen, Lawyer (Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic) Source: sencanada.ca

01:54:20

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights - May 4, 2026

Human Rights - May 4, 2026 Examine and report on the impact of artificial intelligence on human rights and economic security in Canada Consideration of a draft report Witnesses Suzie Dunn, Assistant Professor , Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (As an Individual) Tracy Luca-Huger, Executive Director (Mentor Canada) Katie Szilagyi, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba (As an Individual) Kristen Thomasen, Associate Professor and Senior Chair in Law, Robotics, and Society, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor (As an Individual) Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Source: sencanada.ca

02:02:44

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights - April 27, 2026

Human Rights - April 27, 2026 Examine and report on the impact of artificial intelligence on human rights and economic security in Canada Witnesses Jahanzaib Ansari, Chief Executive Officer (Knockri) David Nolan, Senior Investigative Researcher (Amnesty Tech) Audrey Tang, Taiwan Cyber Ambassador (As an Individual) Mohamad Yaghi, Vice President, Innovation Hub and AgExpert (Farm Credit Canada) Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Source: sencanada.ca

02:59:30

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights – April 20, 2026

Human Rights - April 20, 2026 Examine and report on the impact of artificial intelligence on human rights and economic security in Canada Witnesses Mark Daley, Chief AI Officer & Professor, Western University (As an Individual) Evelyn Forget, Distinguished Professor, University of Manitoba (As an Individual) Martin Kwan, Legal Scholar and Affiliate Member, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (As an Individual) David Lie, Professor, Canada Research Chair and Schwartz Reisman Institute Director, University of Toronto (As an Individual) Jennifer Pybus, Canada Research Chair in Data, Democracy and AI, Department of Politics, York University (As an Individual) Teresa Scassa, Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy, University of Ottawa (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

02:06:12

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights – April 13, 2026

Human Rights - April 13, 2026 Examine and report on the impact of artificial intelligence on human rights and economic security in Canada Witnesses Shelby Austin, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder (Arteria AI Inc.) Donald Killorn, Executive Director (Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture) Mahtab Laghaei, Policy Analyst (The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University) Sarah Ryan, Acting Research Director (Canadian Union of Public Employees) Viet Vu, Manager, Economic Research (The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University) Rosalie Wyonch, Associate Director of Research (C.D. Howe Institute) Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Source: sencanada.ca

03:01:53

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights – February 23, 2026

Human Rights – February 23, 2026 Examine and report on the impact of artificial intelligence on human rights and economic security in Canada Witnesses Joel Nicolas Blit, Associate professor, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo (As an Individual) Malo Bourgon, Chief Executive Officer (Machine Intelligence Research Institute) Katherine Burke, Director General, Foreign Investment Review and Economic Security Branch (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) Samuel Buteau, Consulting Program Officer (ControlAI) Samir Chhabra, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) David Scott Krueger, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Operations Research, Université de Montréal (As an Individual) Wendy H. Wong, Professor and Principal’s Research Chair, University of British Columbia Okanagan (As an Individual) Emmanuel Zangio, 1834 Fellowship Fellow and Policy Analyst (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

02:43:18

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights – February 9, 2026

Human Rights - February 9, 2026 Examine and report on such issues as may arise from time to time relating to human rights in general Topic: Employment Equity in the Federal Public Service Witnesses Tyler Boyce, Chief Executive Officer (The Enchanté Network) Bonnie Brayton, Chief Executive Officer (DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada) Krista Carr, Chief Executive Officer (Inclusion Canada) Wendy Cukier, Professor, Entrepreneurship and Strategy and Director, Diversity Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University (As an Individual) Jade Pichette, Director, Programs and Advocacy (Pride at Work Canada) Madeleine Redfern, Chief Executive Officer (Native Women’s Association of Canada) Ronald Sharpe, Senior Strategic Advisor (Federal Black Employee Caucus) Amichai Wise, Steering Committee Member (Jewish Public Servants' Network) Source: sencanada.ca

01:57:54

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights – February 2, 2026

Human Rights - February 2, 2026 Examine and report on such issues as may arise from time to time relating to human rights in general Topic: Employment Equity in the Federal Public Service Witnesses Carole Bidal, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Employee Relations and Total Compensation (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat) Adelle Blackett, Professor of Law and Chair of the Employment Equity Act Review Task Force (As an Individual) Sharon DeSousa, National President (Public Service Alliance of Canada) Sydney Holmes, Member of the National Executive Committee (Canadian Association of Professional Employees ) Seema Lamba, Human Rights Officer, Human Rights, Health & Safety and Education section (Public Service Alliance of Canada) Emma Orawiec, Vice President, Policy and Communications Sector (Public Service Commission of Canada) Vidya ShankarNarayan, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, People and Culture (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat) Mireille Vallière, Labour Relations Officer (Canadian Association of Professional Employees) Source: sencanada.ca

03:28:50

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights – December 1, 2025

Examine and report on antisemitism in Canada Witnesses Mark Berlin, Professor, Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University (As an Individual) Andrew Brown, Associate Deputy Minister (Canadian Heritage) Mohammed Hashim, Chief Executive Officer(Canadian Race Relations Foundation) Gayatri Jayaraman, Director General, Social, Justice and Indigenous Statistics (Statistics Canada) Ivan Kalmar, Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto (As an Individual) Lucie Léonard, Director, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Social, Justice and Indigenous Statistics (Statistics Canada) Annie Ohana, Equity Department Head and Anti Oppression Curriculum Specialist (As an Individual) Kenneth Stern, Director, Bard Center for the Study of Hate (As an Individual) Mira Sucharov, Professor, Carleton University (As an Individual) Erica Tao, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Multiculturalism and Anti-racism (Canadian Heritage) Artur Wilczynski, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

02:54:19

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights – November 24, 2025

Examine and report on antisemitism in Canada Witnesses Brian Bronfman, President and Co-founder , Peace Network for Social Harmony (As an Individual) Rachel Cook, Student, University of Alberta (As an Individual) David Fisher, Executive Director (Concentus Citizenship Education Foundation) Talia Klein Leighton, President (Canadian Women Against Antisemitism) Noah Lew, Director, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and Special Advisor to the Honourable Irwin Cotler (Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights) His Excellency Iddo Moed, Ambassador, Embassy of Israel to Canada (As an Individual) Source: sencanada.ca

01:00:44

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights – November 3, 2025

Examine and report on antisemitism in Canada Witnesses Corey Balsam, National Coordinator (Independent Jewish Voices) Rabbi David Mivasair, Member (Independent Jewish Voices) Joshua Sealy-Harrington, Associate Professor and Chair, Palestinian Human Rights in Canada (As an Individual) Examine and report on aging out of foster care Consideration of a draft report Consideration of a draft agenda (future business) Source: sencanada.ca

01:48:31

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights – October 27, 2025

Examine and report on antisemitism in Canada Witnesses Imran Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer and Founder (Center for Countering Digital Hate) Denis Beaudoin, Chief Superintendent, National Security, Federal Policing (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) David Janzen, Executive Director, Strategic Oversight and Integration (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Greg Kenney, Assistant Deputy Minister, Programs (Public Safety Canada) Douglas May, Acting Director General, Programs (Public Safety Canada) Sheryl Saperia, Chief Executive Officer (Secure Canada) Chad Westmacott, Director General, Community Safety, Corrections and Criminal Justice (Public Safety Canada) Examine and report on aging out of foster care Consideration of a draft report Source: sencanada.ca

03:49:03

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights – October 20, 2025

The committee starts its study on antisemitism in Canada. Appearing as witnesses are Michael Levitt (President and CEO, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center), Stacey Leavitt-Wright (CEO, Jewish Federation of Edmonton), Richard Robertson (Director, Research and Advocacy, B'Nai Brith Canada), Rivka Campbell (Executive Director of Beth Tikvah Synagogue and Co-Founder of Jews of Colour Canada), Belle Jarniewski (Executive Director, Manitoba Institute to Combat Antisemitism), Eyal Daniel (President, Holocaust and Antisemitism Educators Association), Ginaya Peters (Teacher, BC Teachers Against Antisemitism), Pe’er Krut (President, Canadian Union of Jewish Students), Carrie Silverberg and Justin Hebert.

01:36:13

In Committee from the Senate of Canada

Human Rights – September 22, 2025

The committee considers a draft agenda on future business.