Province-wide Hearings of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission:

List of briefs to be presented on Monday, December 10, 2007

Montreal, December 7, 2007 –The Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences (CCPARDC) will hold its national hearings from December 10 to 14  inclusively at the Palais des congrès (Montreal convention Centre), 1001 Place Jean-Paul Riopelle. The following organizations will present briefs on Monday:

TIME	NAME	ORGANIZATION/TITLE
08:45	Doyon, Michel (Leader)	Barreau du Québec
09:15	Carbonneau, Claudette (President)	Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)
09:45	Elibyari, Samaa	Conseil canadien des femmes musulmanes
10:15	BREAK (15 min)
10:30	Asselin, Michèle	Fédération des femmes du Québec
11:00	Dorion, Jean	Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste
11:30	Laouni, Samira	Forum Musulman Canadien
12:00	LUNCH (1 h 45)
14:00	Arsenault, Michel (President) Léon, Atim Cauchy, Louis	Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ)
14:30	Garant, Elisabeth (Assistant Director)	Centre Justice et Foi
15:00	Ouellet, Christian Polo, Saul Fortin, Dominique	Quebec Liberal Party
15:30	BREAK (15 min.)
15:45	Parent, Réjean (President)	Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ)
16:15	McNeil, Ronald	Comité provincial pour la prestation des services de santé et des services sociaux aux personnes issues de communautés ethnoculturelles
16:45	Beaumier, Jacques	Syndicat de la fonction publique du Québec
17:45	Trottier, Chantale (President) Grondin, Gilles (Directeur général)	Mouvement national des Québécoises et Québécois

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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