CIMM Committee Report

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APPENDIX A
LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting


Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance (CISSA) Fariborz Birjandian, Member Bridget Foster, Member-at-large Chris Friesen, Secretary Stephan Reichhold, Member-at-large Reza Shahbazi, Chair	2006/09/26	15

Canadian Council for Refugees Janet Dench, Executive Director Francisco Rico-Martinez, Co-Chair Working Group on Inland Protection Debra Simpson, Member	2006/10/03	17

Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives (KAIROS) Jennifer Devries, Program Coordinator Refugees and Migration Cecilia Diocson, Executive Director National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada Avvy Go, Executive Director Metro Toronto Chinese and South East Asian Legal Clinic Stan Raper, National Coordinator for the Agricultural Workers Programme United Food and Commercial Workers Union	2006/10/19	20

All Saints Lutheran Church Gordon Walt, Vice-Chair Congregational Council	2006/11/02	22

First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa Phil Nagy, Chair Hitschmanova Committee, Unitarian-Universalist Congregation

Romero House Mary Leddy, Director Professor, Ontario Sanctuary Coalition

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Pierre Gauthier Refugee Outreach Committee

The Presbyterian Church in Canada Stephen Allen, Associate Secretary Justice Ministries

The United Church of Canada Heather MacDonald, Program Coordinator Refugee and Migration, Justice and Global Ecumenical Relations

Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance (CISSA) Fariborz Birjandian, Member Morteza Jafarpour, Member Wai Young, Executive Director	2006/11/21	25

Burnaby School District Diana Mumford, Trustee	2006/11/28	26

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops Roger Ébacher, Chairman (Archbisbop of Gatineau) Episcopal Commission for Social Affairs Brendan O'Brien, (Archbishop of St. John's) Episcopal Commission for Social Affairs

City of Burnaby Sav Dhaliwal, Councillor Basil Luksun, Director Planning and Building

Fraser Health Karen Roth, Public Health Nurse Burnaby Health Promotion and Prevention

Department of Citizenship and Immigration Micheline Aucoin, Director General Refugees Branch Luke Morton, Senior Counsel Legal Services Janet Siddall, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Operations	2006/12/05	27

Federal Court of Canada Wayne Garnons-Williams, Acting Registrar Registry Branch, Courts Administration Service Raymond Guénette, Acting Chief Administrator Office of the Chief Adminsitrator, Courts Administration Service	2006/12/12	29

Legistec Inc. John Frecker, President

Elected Sponsorship Agreement Holders Martin Mark Ill, Coordinator Refugee Sponsorship, Catholic Crosscultural Services Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto	2007/02/01	31

Elected Sponsorship Agreement Holders Carolyn Vanderlip, Coordinator, Refugee Sponsorship, Anglican Diocese of Niagara

Mennonite Central Committee Canada Ed Wiebe, Coordinator, National Refugee Program

The United Church of Canada Sarah Angus, Member Justice, Peace and Advisory Committee Heather MacDonald, Program Coordinator Refugee and Migration, Justice and Global Ecumenical Relations

As an individual Francisco Rico-Martinez, Co-Director FCJ Refugee Centre	2007/02/08	33

Harvard Law School Deborah Anker, Clinical Professor of Law Immigration and Refugee Program Efrat Arbel, Research Assistant to Deborah Anker Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program

Amnesty International Canada Claudette Cardinal, Coordinator Refugees, Canadian Francophone Section	2007/02/13	34

Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes Richard Goldman, Coordinator Refugee Protection

As individuals Peter Harrison, Senior Associate Deputy Minister, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Deputy Head, Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada Nick Summers, Former member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Advisory Panel	2007/04/17	48

Canadian Bar Association Stephen Green, Secretary National Citizenship and Immigration Law Section Tamra Thomson, Director Legislation and Law Reform	2007/04/19	49

Canadian Council for Refugees Janet Dench, Executive Director

Quebec Immigration Lawyers Association (AQAADI) Joseph Allen, Attorney and President

As an individual Jean-Guy Fleury, Former Chairperson Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada	2007/04/24	50