Little Mosque on the Prairie creator Zarqa Nawaz told MPs that she "worries what C-51 will do to our country" as she made her debut in the political spotlight Thursday.
Chief among her concerns is the fear of what she described as "increased marginalization and hysteria" targeting Muslims, including not just the proposed anti-terror bill but also the government's move to enforce its ban on niqabs at citizenship ceremonies.
"A health Muslim community is the best defence" against radicalization," she said.
Nawaz made the comments as the House public safety committee embarks on what will likely be its final day of witness hearings on the bill.
Nawaz, who works with the Islamic Association of Saskatchewan, appeared alongside security experts Ray Boisvert and David Harris during the first hour of testimony.
Zarqa Nawaz, the creator of CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie and the author of Laughing All The Way to the Mosque, will testify on the government's proposed anti-terror bill today. (Fabiola Carletti/CBC)
On the speakers list for the second hour:
- Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association members Ziyaad Mia and Mueed Peerbhoy
- Heritage Foundation director Steven Bucci
- Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs chair David Cape.
Shortly after the morning session wraps up, Liberal public safety critic Wayne Easter will team up with rights and freedoms critic Irwin Cotler to present their party's proposed amendments to the bill, which will be considered when clause-by-clause review begins next week.
The New Democrats have also served notice in the House of a motion to authorize the committee to broaden the scope of its review, which would be required to make substantive changes to the bill.
Also offering what he frames as "recommendations for improvement" today is former Canadian Police Association executive officer and former security and policy adviser Scott Newark, whose commentary on the bill was released by the Macdonald–Laurier Institute on Thursday.
In a paper that promises "analysis without the hype or hysteria," Newark describes C-51 as a "measured response" to the threats facing Canada today, but suggests several areas where amendments may be warranted, including how the existing oversight regime will monitor the results of the new powers to share information among as many as 17 government departments and agencies.
He would also like to see the new provisions that would allow the removal of terrorist propaganda from the internet broadened to include material hosted outside Canada, as well as social media, and "clarification" of the section on seeking court authorization for actions that would breach the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
He also suggests that the committee consider adding a clause to create a mandatory five-year review by a joint parliamentary committee.
The committee charged with reviewing the bill is set to reconvene this evening. The witness list for the two-hour evening session:
- B'nai Brith Canada senior legal counsel David Matas.
- Canadian Police Association President Tom Stamatakis.
- First Nations community leaders.
- Environmental activist Jessie Housty.
- Center for Security Policy.
- Air Transport Association of Canada.
- Jetana security director Matt Sheehy.
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