June 15, 2005 (Meeting 21)
Department of Justice
Lisa Hitch, Senior Counsel, Policy Sector, Family, Children and Youth Section
Raymond MacCallum, Senior Counsel, Human Rights Law Section, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector
June 14, 2005 (Meeting 20)
As an individual
Stanley Hartt
Crossroads Christian Communications
David Mainse, Founder
Ian Purvis, Lawyer
House of Commons
Kelly-Ann Benoit, Protocol Officer, International and Inteparliamentary Affairs Directorate
June 13, 2005 (Meeting 19)
As an individual
Bruce Ryder, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
Hugo Cyr, Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Political Science and Law, Université du Québec à Montréal
Focus on the Family Canada
Anna Marie White, Director, Family Policy
Terence Rolston, President
Ontario Gurudwara's Committee
Harminder Kaur, Member
Parminder Singh, Member
June 9, 2005 (Meeting 18)
As an individual
Bill Johnstone
Gerald Chipeur, Partner, Miller Thomson LLP
Christian Reformed Churches in Canada
Christina Pleizier, Co-Chair, Committee for Contact with the Government
Mike Hogeterp, Research and Communications Coordinator, Committee for Contact with the Government
Home School Legal Defence Association
Paul Faris, Executive Director and Senior Legal Counsel
June 9, 2005 (Meeting 17)
As an individual
David Novak , University of Toronto
Kevin Kisilowsky
Barreau du Québec
Eva Petras, Lawyer
Nicole Dufour, Lawyer, Research and Legislation Service
Defend Marriage Coalition
Charles McVety, Senior Director
Roy Beyer, Operations Director
June 8, 2005 (Meeting 16)
As an individual
Bruce Goertzen
Katherine Young, Professor, McGill University
Coalition of Canadian Liberal Rabbis
Joanne Cohen, Coordinator
June 8, 2005 (Meeting 15)
As an individual
Peter Lauwers, Lawyer, Miller Thomson LLP
Coalition québécoise pour la reconnaissance des conjoints et conjointes de même sexe
Claude Côté, Member
Évangéline Caldwell, Spokesperson
Vaad Harabbonim of Toronto
Hon. Michael A. Brown, Member, Public Advocacy Office
Saul Anisfeld, Vice-President, Agudath Israel of Toronto
June 7, 2005 (Meeting 14)
As an individual
Cecil Patey
Diz Dichmont
Douglas Farrow
Ted Morton
June 6, 2005 (Meeting 13)
As an individual
Joseph Ben-Ami
Canadian Unitarian Council
Brian Kopke, Reverend, First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa
Elizabeth Bowen, Past President
Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary
Fred Henry, Bishop
June 6, 2005 (Meeting 12)
As an individual
Alan Brudner
Chris Kempling
Daniel Cere, Professor, McGill University, Institute for the Study of Marriage Law and Culture
Chinese Canadian National Council
Jonas Ma, President, Ottawa Chapter
June 2, 2005 (Meeting 11)
As an individual
David Brown, Barrister and Solicitor
Canadian Islamic Congress
Khurrum Awan, Member
Canadian Psychological Association
Karen R. Cohen, Associate Executive Director and Registrar
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Ted Seres, National Coordinator, Specialized Ministries
June 2, 2005 (Meeting 10)
Canadian Bar Association
James Lebo, Member, Legislation and Law Reform Committee
Sean Foreman, Chair, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference
Islamic Council of Imams-Canada
Abdul Patel, Coordinator
McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law
Margaret Somerville, Samuel Gale Professor of Law
REAL Women of Canada
, Representative
Gwendolyn Landolt, National Vice-President
June 1, 2005 (Meeting 9)
Law Commission of Canada
Lorraine Pelot, Senior Research Officer
Nathalie Des Rosiers, President
United Church of Canada
Anne Squire, Former Moderator
Choice Okoro, Program Officer, Human Rights and Reconciliation Initiatives
World Sikh Organization of Canada
Ajit Singh Sahota, President
Anne Lowthian, Executive Director
May 31, 2005 (Meeting 8)
Canadian Labour Congress
Marie Clarke-Walker, Executive Vice-President
Catholic Civil Rights League
Philip Horgan, President
Richard Bastien, Director, National Capital Region
Pat O'Brien, Member of Parliament
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian and Gay Persons (Canada)
Bill Hawke, Member
Dennis Stimson, Member
May 18, 2005 (Meeting 6)
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Hélène Aubé, Lawyer
Most Rev. Marcel Gervais, Archbishop, Diocese of Ottawa
Christian Legal Fellowship
Ruth Ross, Executive Director
Valerie Hazlett Parker, Lawyer
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Bruce Clemenger, President
Janet Buckingham, Director, Law and Public Policy
Jubilee Centre for Christian Social Action
Rev. Dominic Tse, President
May 16, 2005 (Meeting 4)
Canadians for Equal Marriage
Alex Munter, National Coordinator
Egale Canada
Laurie Arron, Director, Advocacy
May 12, 2005 (Meeting 3)
Department of Justice
Lisa Hitch, Senior Counsel, Policy Sector, Family, Children and Youth Section
Hon. Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice
May 11, 2005 (Meeting 2)
Department of Justice
Lisa Hitch, Senior Counsel, Policy Sector, Family, Children and Youth Section
Hon. Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice