Province-wide Hearings of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission:

List of briefs to be presented on Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Montreal, December 10, 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 Tuesday:

TIME	NAME	ORGANIZATION/TITLE
08:45	Lizée, Jean-François
09:15	Tabachnick, Marcus (President) Birnbaum, David (General Manager) Mancini, Angela (Chair, EMSB)	Quebec English School Boards Association
09:45	Gélinas, Mariette (President)	Association des retraitées et retraités de l'enseignement du Québec (AREQ)
10:15	BREAK (15 min.)
10:30	Filion, Nicole	Ligue des droits et libertés
11:00	Baril, Geneviève	Institut du nouveau monde (INM)
11:30	Beaulieu, Louis Thuot, Jean François	Conseil Interprofessionnel du Québec
12:00	LUNCH (2 h)
14:00	Joyal, Diane	Association des parents catholiques
14:30	Duceppe, Gilles (Chief) Léonard, Jacques (Vice-President) Barbot, Vivian	Bloc Québécois
15:00	Farida, Mohamed	Muslim Women of Quebec
15:30	BREAK (15 min.)
15:45	Di Giovanni, Jérôme	Alliance des communautés culturelles pour l'égalité dans la santé et les services sociaux (ACCÉSSS)
16:15	Gaudet, Édithe	Service interculturel collégial

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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