
CMPAC OPINION – The Life of Bill C-20
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Read the full press release here. The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC) joins a coalition of civil society organizations in welcoming Bill C-20, which establishes an independent review body for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). After two decades without independent oversight, the new Public Complaints and Review […]
The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC) applauds the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent ruling in R. v. Pike and Scott, which declared Section 99(1)(a) of the Customs Act unconstitutional. This section, which previously permitted border officers to search electronic devices without reasonable grounds, was found to violate Canadians’ Section 8 Charter rights against unreasonable […]
Sep 28, 2023 JOINT STATEMENT ON URGENT NEED FOR ACTION TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABLE, INDEPENDENT AND EFFECTIVE REVIEW OF THE RCMP AND CBSA IN BILL C-20 Our organizations, with decades of expertise in the areas of immigration and refugee law, criminal law, human rights, international law, civil liberties, and national security, are coming together to ensure […]
Sep 14, 2023 Today, a court has acknowledged bias in the Canada Revenue Agency’s audit of the Muslim Association of Canada. We are disappointed to see this ruling fall short of bringing justice to MAC as the biased CRA proceedings continue uninterrupted. CMPAC continues our call to the government to dissolve the Review & Analysis Division, rectify […]
Aug 18, 2023 CMPAC submitted feedback on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Recommendation 8 Interpretive note, which gives guidance on balancing terrorism financing risks with affording charities due process and reasonable treatment. We support the removal of specific sanctions examples that have been misapplied in the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Financing regime and resulted in over-policing […]
Aug 18, 2023 CMPAC’s submission to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) provides recommendations on the Best Practices Paper to Combat Abuse of Non-Profit Organizations. Our recommendations bring focus to the needed reforms in guidelines that shape anti-terrorsim financing policies, including influencing the Canada Revenue Agency. We draw attention to the well-documented and biased over […]
CMPAC’s submission to the Department of Finance responds to a consultation on Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Regime. Our remarks challenge the assumption that Muslim charitable organizations are at an inherently elevated risk, pointing to the absence of evidence linking charities to terrorist financing and the overall compliance track record of the sector. We […]
Jun 7, 2023 Bill C-20 establishes a Public Complaints and Review Committee that will oversee civilian complaints about some Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) activity. The legislation falls short in a few areas, including delivering true recourse for victims of unfair treatement at the hands of the CBSA and RCMP. […]
Apr 6, 2023 By Sarah Mushtaq In recent years, the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) review and analysis division (RAD) has been accused of disproportionately targeting Muslim charities for audits, and many Canadian Muslims have raised concerns that this is due to Islamophobia within the CRA itself. In response to these concerns, Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson François Boileau […]