Province-wide Hearings of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission:

List of briefs to be presented on Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Montreal, December 11, 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 Wednesday:

TIME	NAME	ORGANIZATION/TITLE
08:45	Ghazal, Ruba	Québec Solidaire
09:15	Verreault, Dominique	Intersyndicale des femmes (APTS)
09:45	Kada, Assia Parzella, John Gold, Marc	The Tolerance Foundation
10:15	BREAK (15 min.)
10:30	Slimovitch, Steven Rose, Lorraine	B'nai Brith Canada – Quebec Region
11:00	Wakeling, Rev. Dr. Faye Goldberger, Rev. Pierre Kline, Paula	Église Unie du Canada
11:30	Ouellon, Conrad Georgeault, Pierre	Conseil supérieur de la langue française
12:00	LUNCH (2 h)
14:00	Turcotte, Cardinal Jean-Claude Berthelet, Mgr Jacques Veillette, Mgr Martin	Assemblée des évêques catholiques du Québec
14:30	Larose, Gérald	Conseil de la souveraineté du Québec
15:00	Perron, Luc Morissette, Paul Coussa, Carla	Syndicat des professeurs de l'État du Québec
15:30	BREAK (15 min.)
15:45	Monastesse, Manon	Fédération de ressources d'hébergement pour femmes violentées et en difficulté du Québec
16:15	Bonamie, Lina	Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ)
16:45	Carignan, Me Claude	Union des municipalités du Québec

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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