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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
35th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION


EVIDENCE

Standing Committee
on

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE STATUS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Chair: Sheila Finestone

Meeting No. 8

Thursday, May 2, 1996


ORDER OF THE DAY:

Bill C-33, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act

WITNESSES:

B'Nai Brith Canada:

Reubin Friedman, Government Relations Director.

Canadian Aids Society:

Russell Armstrong, Executive Director.

Canadian Association for Community Living:

Raffath Sayeed, First Vice-President;

Diane Richler, Executive Vice-President.

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops:

The Reverend Douglas Crosby, General Secretary;

The Reverend Gilles Langevin, Theologian;

Jennifer Leddy, Lawyer.

Canadian Human Rights Campaign:

George Marsland, Director;

Richard Silver, Director.

Canadian Jewish Congress:

Eric Vernon, Director, Law and Social Action Committee.

Citizens for Public Justice:

Gerald Vandezande, National Public Affairs Director.

Council of Canadians with Disabilities:

Francine Arsenault, Chairperson;

Angelo Nikias, Past Chair, Human Rights Committee.

Department of Justice:

Jim Hendry, Counsel, Human Rights Law Section;

Stephen Sharzer, Senior Counsel, Human Rights Law Section;

John Scratch, Senior General Counsel, Human Rights Law Section.

Dignity Canada:

Joseph Brabant, National President.

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada:

Bruce Clemenger, Director, National Affairs;

Robert Nadeau;

Danielle Shaw.

Focus on the Family (Canada) Association:

Jim Sclater, Vice-President, Public Policy.

Integrity:

Ron Chaplin, Member.

National Association of Women and the Law:

Shelagh Day, Spokesperson;

Terry Drummond, Spokesperson.

Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service:

Sgt. Dan Dunlop, Canadian Centre for Police-Race Relations;

Chief Brian J. Ford, A/Sgt;

Bruce Watts, Bias Crime Unit.

Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada:

Stuart Hall, Chair, Sub-Committee on Sexual Orientation;

Steve Hindle, President;

Hélène Paris, Research Officer.

REAL Women of Canada:

Diane Watts, Researcher.

United Church of Canada:

Dr. David Hallman, Program Officer.

University of Toronto:

Brian Hodges, Professor, Department of Psychiatry.

YWCA Canada:

Judith Wiley, Executive Officer.

As Individuals:

Maurice Champagne;

Dr. Ian Kroll;

Dr. John Polanyi.

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