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APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Department of Canadian Heritage

Yvan Déry, Senior Director Policy and Research, Official Languages Branch

2016/03/08

4

Liane Venasse, Senior Policy and Research Analyst Human Rights Program

   

Rachel Wernick, Assistant Deputy Minister Strategic Policy, Planning and Corporate Affairs

   

Department of Justice

Erin Brady, General Counsel Human Rights Law Section, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector

   

Michel Francoeur, Director and General Counsel Official Languages Directorate, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector

   

As individuals

Noël A.J. Badiou, Assistant Vice-President Equity, Diversity and Human Rights, Laurentian University

2016/04/12

6

Faisal Bhabha, Associate Professor Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

   

Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada

Audrey LaBrie, Vice-President

   

Sylviane Lanthier, President

   

Language Rights Support Program (LRSP)

Geneviève Boudreau, Director

   

Pierre Foucher, Analyst and Professor

   

Quebec Community Groups Network

Marlene Jennings

   

Sylvia Martin-Laforge, Director General

   

As an individual

Cynthia Petersen, Partner Goldblatt Partners LLP

2016/04/14

7

Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan

Kim Beaudin, President

   

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

Jerry Peltier, Senior Advisor

   

REAL Women of Canada

Gwendolyn Landolt, National Vice-President

   

West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund

Kasari Govender, Executive Director

   

Rajwant Mangat, Director of Litigation

   

Women's Legal Education and Action Fund

Diane O'Reggio, Executive Director

   

Elizabeth Shilton, Board of Directors Member

   

As an individual

Gerald Chipeur, Partner Miller Thomson LLP

2016/04/19

8

African Canadian Legal Clinic

Margaret Parsons, Executive Director

   

Canadian Bar Association

Sarah Lugtig, Chair Access to Justice Committee

   

Mark C. Power, Special Advisor Forum of French Speaking Common Law members

   

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Cara Zwibel, Director Fundamental Freedoms Program

   

Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association

Ziyaad Mia, Member Legal Advocacy Committee

   

Council of Canadians with Disabilities

Anne Levesque, Chairperson Human Rights Committee

   

John Rae, Second Vice-Chairperson Chairperson of Social Policy Committee

   

As individuals

Michel Bastarache, Legal Counsel

2016/04/21

9

Eric Maldoff, Lawyer

   

Court Challenges Program of Canada

Kathleen Tansey, Vice-President of the Board of Directors

   

Frank Verrillo, Board Member

   

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages

Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages

   

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages

Johane Tremblay, General Counsel Legal Affairs Branch

   

Canada Without Poverty

Michèle Biss, Legal Education and Outreach Coordinator

2016/05/19

20

Harriett McLachlan, President Board of Directors

   

Charter Committee on Poverty Issues

Bonnie Morton, Chairperson

   

DisAbled Women's Network of Canada

Carmela Hutchison, President

   

Egale Canada Human Rights Trust

R. Douglas Elliott, Member Honorary Advisory Board

   

Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic

Avvy Go, Clinic Director

   

Social Rights Advocacy Centre

Bruce Porter, Executive Director