TORONTO, June 12, 2002 -- Nine months after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre, governments around the world continue to grapple on a daily basis with the threat of global terrorism.
Leading experts and analysts from Canada and the United States will meet June 17 at a York University symposium to assess the Canadian response to this new challenge and identify what direction Canadian policy should take in the coming months and years.
Keynote speaker will be The Honourable William Graham, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, who will address the symposium from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. on the subject "The Balance between Security and Human Rights Post Sept. 11."
Jointly sponsored by York University’s Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and the Centre for Public Law and Public Policy at Osgoode Hall Law School, the symposium will take place from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Osgoode Professional Development Centre, 1 Dundas Street West, 26th floor.
Among the topics to be addressed are:
Canada’s early experience with the new police powers put in place through the enactment last fall of Bill C-36, the Anti-Terrorism Act;
the future of Canada-U.S. relations and border issues since September 11th; and
the state of Canadian public opinion on these issues.
The speakers by topic include:
9:45 to 10:55 a.m. - Domestic Security I: Police Powers
| Chair: | Patrick Monahan, Associate Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University |
| Speakers: | Alan Borovoy, General Counsel, Canadian Civil Liberties Association |
| Reid Morden, KPMG (former Director, CSIS) |
11:10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. - The New Global Terrorism: An Assessment of Canada’s Response
| Chair: | Jamie Cameron, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University |
| Speakers: | Margaret Beare, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University |
| David Dewitt, York University | |
| Richard Mosley, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Justice Canada | |
| Chris Baker, Environics Research |
1:45 to 2:55 p.m. - Canada-U.S. Relations After September 11
| Chair: | Daniel Drache, Director, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University |
| Speakers: | Steve Flynn, Council on Foreign Relations |
| George Haynal, Visiting Fellow, Harvard University | |
| Bill Robson and Danielle Goldfarb, CD Howe Institute |
3:10 to 4:30 p.m. - Foreign and Defence Policy and Intergovernmental Relations
| Chair: | Obiora Okafor, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University |
| Speakers: | Alain Gagnon, McGill University |
| Guy LaForest, Laval University | |
| Barbara McDougall, CEO, Canadian Institute for International Affairs |
The symposium is open to the media. To register, please contact:
Laura Taman
Project Coordinator
Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies
York University
Tel: 416-736-5499
E-mail: llt@yorku.ca
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For further information, please contact:
| Patrick Monahan | Virginia Corner |
| Associate Dean | Communications Manager |
| Osgoode Hall Law School of York University | Osgoode Hall Law School of York University |
| 416-736-5568 | 416-736-5820 |
| pmonahan@osgoode.yorku.ca | vcorner@osgoode.yorku.ca |
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