Parliament of Canada

PARLIAMENT of CANADA

Standing Committee - Human Rights


Notice of Meeting

Monday, April 20, 2009

6:34 PM
Televised live on PTN
Location: Room 257, East Block
Clerk : Adam Thompson (613) 990-6160

Agenda

1. Issues of discrimination in the hiring and promotion practices of the Federal Public Service, to study the extent to which targets to achieve employment equity are being met, and to examine labour market outcomes for minority groups in the private sector
Witnesses

(6:30 PM-7:30 PM)
National Council of Visible Minorities in the Federal Public Service (NCVM)
- Igho Natufe, President
- Catherine Kizito, Chief Administrative Officer
- Marcel Kabundi, Chair of the NCVM Committee at the Correctional Service of Canada
- Waheed Khan, Member of the Visible Minority Advisory Committee at Environment Canada

2. Monitor issues relating to human rights and, inter alia, to review the machinery of government dealing with Canada’s international and national human rights obligationsTOPIC: United Nations Human Rights Council - Universal Periodic Review
*Witnesses

(7:30 PM-9:30 PM)
Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
- Kathy Vandergrift, Chair
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
- Steve Estey, Chair, International Development Committee
Social Rights Advocacy Centre
- Bruce Porter, Executive Director
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA)
- Nancy Baroni, Program Director



Meeting with Reporting and Interpretation
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