Hearings of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission to be held in Trois-Rivières:

List of individuals and groups that will present briefs or testimonies

Montreal, October 23, 2007 – The Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences (CCPARDC) will hold hearings on Wednesday October 24^th, and Thursday October 25^th, at the Hotel du Roy, 3600 blvd. Gene H. Kruger in Trois-Rivières. The following individuals and organizations that will present briefs or testimonies have agreed to be identified beforehand :

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

TIME	METHOD OF PARTICIPATION	NAME	ORGANIZATION/TITLE
09:00	Brief	Bernatchez, Jean-Claude	UQTR
09:15	Brief	Poisson, Michel	SSJB Mauricie
09:30	Brief	Carignan Deschamps, Sacki	Sociologue, enseignante
09:45	Brief	Lacoursière, Louise	Maison le FAR
10:00	Brief	Champoux, François
10:15	BREAK (15 min)
10:30	Brief	Levasseur, Jean-Marie
10:45	Brief	Desrosiers, Yves
11:00	Brief	Parent, Ghyslain	Professeur, UQTR
11:15	Brief	Rivard, Nicolas
11:30	Brief	Thompson, Bernard et Drouin, André
11:45	LUNCH (1h 45 min)
13:45	Brief	Veillette, Martin	Évêque de Trois-Rivières
14:00	Brief	Lemire, Yvon	Commission scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy
14:15	Brief	Charron, Jean-Marc
14:30	Brief	Richard, Andréa	Auteure et membre de l'UNEQ
14:45	Brief	Escamilla, Lyda	Service d'Accueil des Nouveaux Arrivants
15:00	Brief	Amyot, Félix	Étudiants UQTR
15:15	BREAK (15 min)
15:30	Testimony	Dufourd, Bernard
15:40	Testimony	Habimana, Emmanuel
15:50	Testimony	Bourassa, Mikhael
16:00	Testimony	Bordeleau, Julie
16:10	Testimony	Lahaie, Richard
16:20	Brief	Julien, Pierre-André	UQTR
16:35	Testimony	Leblanc, Danielle
16:45	Testimony	Audy, Éric

Thursday, October 25th 2007

TIME	METHOD OF PARTICIPATION	NAME	ORGANIZATION/TITLE
09:00	Brief	Duval, René
09:15	Testimony	Fuentes, Mauricio
09:25	Testimony	Deschesnes, Jacques
09:35	Testimony	Lavertue, René
09:45	Testimony	St-Onge, Nicole
09:55	Testimony	Lamothe, Jacques
10:05	Testimony	Lafrenière, Luc
10:15	BREAK (15 min)
10:30	Testimony	Groleau, Jovette
10:40	Testimony	Gallisch, Gunter
10:50	Testimony	Gélinas, Pierre
11:00	Testimony	Plourde, André
11:10	Testimony	Pépin, Henri
11:20	Testimony	Yelle, Gaétan
11:30	Testimony	Duchesne, Daniel

The Commission

The CCAPRDC, co-chaired by sociologist and historian Gérard Bouchard and philosopher Charles Taylor, has been asked to take stock of accommodation practices and analyse all facets of the question by conducting a province-wide consultation. The Commission will submit a report and make recommendations to the Québec Premier on March 31, 2008.

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