Editing Denis Coderre (section)

==== Cabinet minister ====
In January 2002, he was appointed [[Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Canada)|immigration minister]].

On December 12, 2003, prime minister [[Paul Martin]] advised [[Governor General of Canada|governor general]] [[Adrienne Clarkson]] to appoint Coderre to the Cabinet as [[president of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada]] where he was responsible for a number of files, such as the creation of the new Public Service Human Resources Management Agency. He was also the [[Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians|federal interlocutor for Métis and non-status Indians]], the minister responsible for ''[[La Francophonie]]'' and the minister responsible for the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution. Coderre was not re-appointed to Cabinet following the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 general election]], despite being re-elected in his riding.

As minister of immigration, Coderre supervised the application of the [[Immigration and Refugee Protection Act]], which came into effect on June 28, 2002. As secretary of state for amateur sport, Coderre successfully negotiated a number of national and international agreements and helped to establish the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] in Montreal.

'''Adil Charkaoui'''

As minister of immigration, Coderre was responsible for the detention of [[Adil Charkaoui]], a Moroccan immigrant with a checkered travel history, on a [[security certificate]]. Restrictions on Charkaoui's conditional release were gradually lifted, and were cancelled in September 2009,<ref name=Gazette2015>{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/life/Anti+charter+rallies+going+ahead+Park+Quebec/9002415/story.html |title=Anti-charter rallies going ahead in Park Ex, Quebec |date=October 6, 2013 |last=Solyom |first=Catherine |work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009041839/https://montrealgazette.com/life/Anti+charter+rallies+going+ahead+Park+Quebec/9002415/story.html |archive-date=October 9, 2013 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref><ref name=Globe20090924a>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-course-of-the-case/article1202752 |title=The course of the case |date=September 24, 2009 |last=Freeze |first=Colin |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104201851/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-course-of-the-case/article1202752/ |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref> on his final release order by [[Federal Court (Canada)|Federal Court]] judge [[Danièle Tremblay-Lamer]].<ref name=Globe20090924b>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/r-v-charkaoui/article4295499 |title=R. v. Charkaoui |date=September 24, 2009 |last=Freeze |first=Colin |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104202336/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/r-v-charkaoui/article4295499/ |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref>