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 Appendix A
List of Witnesses

Associations and Individuals

 

Date

 

 

 

Hon. Stéphane Dion

President of the Privy Council and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

 

Tuesday, October 21, 1997

Privy Council Office

 

 

 

Yves de Montigny, Director
Constitutional Affairs
Intergovernmental Affairs

 

 

Department of Justice

 

 

 

Mary Dawson,Q.C.
Associate Deputy Minister

 

 

Ottawa University

 

 

 

Daniel Proulx

 

 

McGill University

 

 

 

William F. Foster

 

 

 

William J. Smith

 

 

"Association des comités de parents Québec/Chaudière/ Appalaches"

 

 

 

Gilles Gagnon, President

 

 

 

Anne Bureau, First Vice-President

 

 

 

Detlev Otto, Vice-President
Anglophone Affairs

 

 

"Association des communautés scolaires franco-protestantes du Québec"

 

 

 

John Picard, President

 

 

 

Jocelyn Aubut, Vice-President

 

 

 "Franco-protestants de la province de Québec"

 

Tuesday, October 21, 1997

 

Manon Savard-Martin, Parent

 

 

 

Daniel Desjardins, Parent

 

 

The Equality Party

 

Wednesday, October 22, 1997

 

Keith Henderson, Leader

 

 

Chateauguay Valley English Speaking Peoples Association

 

 

 

Brent Tyler, Attorney

 

 

 

Neil Burdon, Chairman of the Board

 

 

"Directeurs de la commission Greater Quebec"

 

 

 

Jean-Marc Royer, Principal

 

 

 

Marc Fournier, Principal

 

 

"Enseignants de la commission Greater Quebec"

 

 

 

Daniel Paquette, Teacher

 

 

 

Mario Banville, Teacher

 

 

"Fédération des comités de parents"

 

 

 

Gary Stronach, President

 

 

 

Johanne Smith, Vice-President
Anglophone Affairs

 

 

 

Jude Bourke, Director of Administrative Services

 

 

Citizens for the Constitutional Right to Denominational Schools

 

 

 

Jean Morse-Chevrier, President

 

 

 

Roland LaPrairie, Member

 

 

"Commission scolaire dissidente catholique de Greenfield Park"

 

Thursday, October 23, 1997

 

Gilbert Dionne, President

 

 

 

Denise Lucier, Director General

 

 

 

Louis Coallier, Legal Counsel

 

 

Canadian Catholic School Trustees’ Association

 

 

 

Mervin Lynch

 

 

 

Louise Ervin

 

 

Council of Priests of the English Sector of the Archdiocese of Montreal

 

Thursday, October 23, 1997

 

Patrick Meehan

 

 

 

Joseph Zemanovich

 

 

 

Francis McKee

 

 

 

Thomas McQuinty

 

 

Provincial Association of Catholic Teachers

 

 

 

Michael Palumbo, President

 

 

 

Donald Irving, Executive Assistant

 

 

Quebec School Board Association

 

 

 

Ron Edwards, President

 

 

 

Ann Cumyn, First Vice-President

 

 

 

Allan Butler, Vice-President

 

 

 

Peter Riordon, Vice-President

 

 

Alliance Québec

 

 

 

Michael Hamelin, President

 

 

 

Connie Middleton-Hope, Chair

 

 

 

Joan Dougherty, Chair
Provincial Education Committee

 

 

 

Don Myles, Education Consultant

 

 

"Coalition pour la liberté"

 

Friday, October 24, 1997

 

Nicholas Newman, Associate Professor

 

 

Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations

 

 

 

Miriam Wood-Lalande, President

 

 

 

Rod Weiner, Rights Committee, Chairman

 

 

 

Calvin Potter, Rights Committee, Resource

 

 

"Coalition pour la confessionnalité scolaire"

 

 

 

Jocelyne St-Cyr, Coordinator

 

 

 

Maurice Archambault, Coordinator

 

 

 

Judith Désormeau, Legal Counsel

 

 

 

Gary Caldwell, Expert

 

 

English Speaking Catholic Council

 

Monday, October 27, 1997

 

Martin P. Murphy, Executive Director

 

 

 

Robert Wilkins, member of Board of Directors

 

 

Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers’ of Quebec

 

 

 

Jan Langelier, President

 

 

 

Alan Lombard, Executive Director

 

 

"Confédération des syndicats nationaux"

 

 

 

Gérald Larose, President

 

 

 

Jean-Guy Fournier, Counsellor

 

 

 

Pierre Bonneteiller

 

 

"Commission des écoles catholiques de Montréal"

 

 

 

Michel Pallascio, President

 

 

 

Carmelle Gadoury, Vice-President

 

 

 

Roger Dominguez, Independent School Trustee

 

 

Forum Action Quebec

 

 

 

Dermod Travis, Director, PIRA Communications

 

 

 

Arabella Bowen, Member, PIRA Communications

 

 

"Centrale de l’enseignement du Québec"

 

 

 

Lorraine Pagé, President

 

 

 

Luc Savard, President (FECS)

 

 

 

Jean-Marcel Lapierre, Counsel

 

 

Catholic Civil Rights League

 

 

 

David Brown, First Vice-President

 

 

Native Alliance of Quebec

 

 

 

Fernand Chalifoux, Grand Chief

 

 

 

Robert Groves, Principal, Aboriginal
Affairs Group

 

 

"Rassemblement arabe à Montréal"

 

Tuesday, October 28, 1997

 

Mohamed Mahmoud, President

 

 

 

Ale Daher, Member of the Board

 

 

"Fédération des commissions scolaires du Québec"

 

Tuesday, October 28, 1997

 

André Caron, First Vice-President

 

 

 

Gilles Taillon, Director General

 

 

 

Guy Beaudin, Counsel

 

 

"Fédération universitaire du Québec et la Fédération collégiale du Québec"

 

 

 

Marie Claude Sarrazin, General Secretary

 

 

Real Women of Canada

 

 

 

Gwendolyn Landolt, National Vice-President

 

 

 

Sophie Joannou, National Board Member

 

 

 

Diane Watts, Researcher

 

 

"Association pour l’éducation interculturelle du Québec"

 

 

 

Fabienne Desroches, President Ex-officio

 

 

 

Rachida Azdouz, President

 

 

"Mouvement pour une école moderne et ouverte"

 

 

 

Diane De Courcy, President

 

 

 

Danielle Ripeau, Member of the Board

 

 

 

Robert Cadotte, Representing the elected Members of the Board of Directors

 

 

AS INDIVIDUALS

 

 

 

Gérard Picard

 

 

 

Elizabeth LaPrairie

 

 

 

Charles Ward

 

 

 

Carole Gosselin

 

 

 

Denise LeMay

 

 

 

Johanne Nolet

 

 

 

Marie-Anne Hotte

 

 

 

Roland Paradis

 

 

 

Brenda Donnelly

 

 

 

Marie Gibeau

 

 

 

Marie Thérèse Roy

 

 

 

Brian Jewitt

 

 

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

 

Tuesday, October 28, 1997

 

Harry W. Daniels, President

 

 

 

Robert Groves, President

Aboriginal Affairs Group

 

 

 

Lorraine Rochon, Counsel

 

 

Experts

 

Wednesday, October 29, 1997

 

Patrick Monahan, Professor of Law
Osgoode Hall Law School

 

 

 

Colin Irving, Lawyer

 

 

Canadian Jewish Congress (Quebec Region)

 

 

 

Joe Rabinovich, Education Committee Chair

 

 

 

Frank Schlesinger, National Secretary

 

 

 

Eric Vernon, Ottawa Advocacy Director

 

 

 

David Sultan, Community Relations Director

 

 

"Mouvement laïque québécois"

 

 

 

Daniel Baril,President

 

 

 

Luc Alarie, Legal Counsel

 

 

 

Yves Archambault, Member, Board of Directors

 

 

"Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec"

 

 

 

Joane Hurens, Vice-President

 

 

 

Émile Vallée, Political Counsel

 

 

 

Jean-Pierre Néron, Union Advisor

 

 

"Ligue des droits et libertés"

 

 

 

Lucie Lemonde, President

 

 

 

Raymond Johnston, Administrator

 

 

Expert

 

 

 

Frank Peters, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta

 

 

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

 

 

 

Bruce Clemenger, Director of National Affairs

 

 

 

Danielle Shaw, Policy Co-ordinator

 

 

Greater Quebec Movement

 

Thursday, October 30, 1997

 

Richard Smith, Director

 

 

 

Deepak Awasti, Director

 

 

 

Giuliano D’Andrea, Acting President

 

 

District of Bedford Schoolboard, English Language Schoolboard 50-03

 

 

 

James Bissell, Director General

 

 

Parents Support Group

 

 

 

Steven Potter, President

 

 

"Coalition pour la déconfessionnalisation du système scolaire"

 

 

 

Louise Laurin, Co-ordinator

 

 

 

Jowad Skalli, "Groupe Alternatives"

 

 

 

Michel Couture, "Fédération québécoise des directeurs et directrices d’établissements scolaires"

 

 

 

Henri Laberge, Counsel

 

 

"Mouvement national des Québécoises et Québécois"

 

 

 

Jacqueline Hekpazo, Secretary

 

 

 

Chantale Turcot, Treasurer

 

 

Government of Quebec

 

 

 

Jacques Brassard, Minister responsible for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs

 

 

 

Pauline Marois, Minister of Education

 

 

Quebec’s Official Opposition

 

 

 

Jean-Marc Fournier
Member of the National Assembly

 

 

 

François Ouimet
Member of the National Assembly

 

 

Black Community Resource Centre

 

Thursday, October 30, 1997

 

Ricardo Gill, President

 

 

 

Sharon Sandiford, Member, Board of Directors

 

 

 

Ababebesh Assefa, Executive Director

 

 

 

Vere Rowe, Administrator

 

 

Quebec Board of Black Educators

 

 

 

Curtis George, President

 

 

 

Garvin Jeffers, Vice-President

 

 

Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association

 

 

 

Patrick Daly, President

 

 

 

Patrick Slack, Director

 

 

 

Denis Murphy, Director of Catholic Education

 

 

Expert

 

Monday, November 3, 1997

 

Allan Hilton, Constitutional Lawyer

 

 

 

Hon. Stéphane Dion

President of the Privy Council and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

 

Tuesday, November 4, 1997

Privy Council Office

 

 

 

Yves de Montigny, Director, Constitutional
Affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs

 

 

Department of Justice

 

 

 

Louis Reynolds, General Legal Counsel