Province-wide Hearings of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission:

List of briefs to be presented on Thursday, December 13, 2007

Montreal, December 12, 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 Thursday:

TIME	NAME	ORGANIZATION/TITLE
08:45	Martin-Laforge, Sylvia (G.M.)	Quebec Community Group's Network
09:15	Rodrigues, Anne-Marie Hassani, Hassan Reichhold, Stephan	Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes refugiées et immigrantes
09:45	Castonguay, Charles
10:15	BREAK (15 min)
10:30	Goldbloom, Dr Victor (President)	Canadian Jewish Congress
11:00	Pelchat, Christiane Beauchamp, Caroline	Conseil du statut de la femme
11:30	Mantha, René (General manager) Forget, Mathieu (President)	Fondation des entreprises en recrutement de main-d’œuvre agricole étrangère (FERME)
12:00	LUNCH (2 h)
14:00	Pépin, Normand	Centrale des syndicats démocratiques (CSD)
14:30	Mulcair, Thomas	New Democratic Party (NDP)
15:00	Caron, André (President) Gagnon, Paquerette (G.M.) Tremblay, Bernard (Director)	Fédération des commissions scolaires du Québec
15:30	BREAK (15 min.)
15:45	Lincoln, Clifford Allmand, Warren Boudreau, Spencer	The English Speaking Catholic Council
16:15	Pepper, Marc Boulet, Sylvie Nyabenda, Michel	Association des intervenantes et intervenants en soins spirituels du Québec (AIISSQ)

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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