worked with the Canadian Jewish Congress and Rabbi Avraham Aharon Price to have young, Jewish refugees released from internment camps to study in Toronto. He was an important figure in the civil liberties movement in Canada following the war. Following the Igor Gouzenko Affair, Roebuck opposed the government's suspension of the individual rights of individuals accused of espionage, and criticized the use of the Royal Commission on Espionage's transcripts in court. Later, he participated in the defence of Israel Halperin, one of the accused spies, and chaired the Senate Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in 1950, advocating the creation of a Canadian Bill of Rights. Roebuck opposed Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Senate reform proposal in 1969. Cabinet posts Archives There are Arthur Wentworth Roebuck fonds at the Archives of Ontario and Library and Archives Canada. References External links Arthur W. Roebuck fonds, Archives of Ontario 1878 births 1971 deaths Attorneys General of Ontario Canadian King's Counsel Canadian senators from Ontario Labour lawyers Lawyers in Ontario Liberal Party of Canada MPs Liberal Party of Canada senators Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario