BILL C-16 TO BE EXAMINED BY PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE

You can help – Urge the Committee to make amendments

(Ottawa, Canada - 5/04/2001) - The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of the House of Commons will soon examine Bill C-16, The Charities Registration (Security Information) Act. The goal of Bill C-16 is to remove or deny charitable status from any charity that has made, or will make any of its resources available, directly or indirectly, for terrorism. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and foreign government agencies will be allowed to provide secret evidence against organizations.

While the goal of Bill C-16 is to protect the integrity of the charitable system in Canada, it will make a fair and transparent trial impossible and will have an adverse effect on legitimate Muslim charities.


JOIN THE NATIONAL GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN

CAIR-CAN has mobilized a national grassroots campaign to ensure that Bill C-16 is substantially amended. Our activist toolkit includes:

• An alert on Bill C-16 with a critique of the Bill as well as suggested amendments.
  
• A sample letter to send to your MP.
  
• An alert calling for communities to submit a parliamentary petition.
  
• A sample petition that conforms to parliamentary guidelines for your MP.