CIMM Committee Report
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Appendix A: List of Witnesses
The following table lists the witnesses who appeared before the committee at its meetings related to this report. Transcripts of all public meetings related to this report are available on the committee’s webpage for this study.
Organizations and Individuals |
Date |
Meeting |
As an individual Chantal Desloges, Senior Partner, Desloges Law Group Chantale Munger, Pedagogical Advisor, Cégep de Jonquière David Ojo Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia |
2020/10/27 |
3 |
Faces of Advocacy David Edward-Ooi Poon, Medical Doctor and Founder |
2020/10/27 |
3 |
Spousal Sponsorship Advocates Chantal Dubé, Research and Content Writer Syed Farhan Ali, Associate |
2020/10/27 |
3 |
As an individual Raj Sharma, Managing Partner, Stewart Sharma Harsanyi Lorne Waldman, Lawyer, Waldman & Associates |
2020/11/06 |
4 |
Quebec Immigration Lawers Association Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, President Stéphanie Valois, Administrator |
2020/11/06 |
4 |
As an individual Emmanuelle Bergeron Jatin Shory, Lawyer, Shory Law |
2020/11/16 |
5 |
Alliance Canada Hong Kong Starus Chan Robert Falconer, Research Associate, Immigration and Refugee Policy, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary |
2020/11/16 |
5 |
Colleges and Institutes Canada Denise Amyot, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2020/11/16 |
5 |
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants Debbie Douglas, Executive Director |
2020/11/16 |
5 |
Universities Canada Paul Davidson, President and Chief Executive Officer Wendy Therrien, Director, External Relations and Research |
2020/11/16 |
5 |
As an individual Alastair Clarke, Lawyer, Clarke Immigration Law Kelly Goldthorpe, Senior Associate, Green and Spiegel Mark Holthe, Lawyer, Holthe Immigration Law Elizabeth Long, Barrister and Solicitor, Partner, Long Mangalji, LLP |
2020/11/18 |
6 |
Centre social d’aide aux immigrants Fadia Mahmoud, Representative |
2020/11/18 |
6 |
YMCA of Northeastern Ontario Helen Francis, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2020/11/18 |
6 |
As an individual Robert Thiessen |
2020/11/23 |
7 |
Canadian Immigration Connections Manprit Aujla-Grewal, Immigration Consultant |
2020/11/23 |
7 |
City of Greater Sudbury Meredith Armstrong, Acting Director, Economic Development |
2020/11/23 |
7 |
Collège Boréal Baptiste Alain Bourquardez, Director, Immigration Programs and Services Marc Despatie, Director, Communications, Strategic Planning, and Government Relations Daniel Giroux, President |
2020/11/23 |
7 |
Hope Welfare Society Amit Kumar Verma, Lawyer |
2020/11/23 |
7 |
Sudbury Multicultural and Folk Arts Association Bela Ravi, President |
2020/11/23 |
7 |
As an individual Gideon Christian, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary |
2020/11/30 |
9 |
Accueil liaison pour arrivants Yannick Boucher, Director, Services for Immigrants Marie-Laure Konan, Director, Occupational Integration |
2020/11/30 |
9 |
Chercheuses de résidence permanente Roxane Hatem, Representative Armelle Mara, Representative |
2020/11/30 |
9 |
Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic Avvy Yao-Yao Go, Clinic Director |
2020/11/30 |
9 |
Don Valley Community Legal Services Nicole Guthrie, Lawyer, Immigration |
2020/11/30 |
9 |
Laurentian University Robert Haché, President and Vice-Chancellor |
2020/11/30 |
9 |
Spousal Sponsorship Advocates Misha Pelletier, Representative |
2020/11/30 |
9 |
As an individual Usman Mahmood, Barrister and Solicitor |
2020/12/07 |
11 |
Department of Citizenship and Immigration Marian Campbell Jarvis, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic and Program Policy Daniel Mills, Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Fraser Valentine, Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration |
2020/12/07 |
11 |
Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia Jennifer Watts, Chief Executive Officer |
2020/12/07 |
11 |
Saint Mary's University Student Association Bryn de Chastelain, President |
2020/12/07 |
11 |