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APPENDIX D

List of witnesses
Second Session, Thirthy-fifth Parliament

Associations and Individuals

Meeting

Date

Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime

3

April 16, 1996

Steve Sullivan, Executive Director

Victims of Violence International

Victor Desroches, Representative

Robert McNamara, Vice-President

Theresa McCuaig

Canada Safety Council

4

April 16, 1996

Emile-J. Therien, President

City of Cornwall

5

April 17, 1996

Ron Martelle, Mayor

Church Council on Justice and Corrections

6

April 18, 1996

Lorraine Berzins, Analysis Coordinator

Rick Prashaw, Communications Coordinator

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
(Law Amendment Committee)

7

April 18, 1996

Denis Asselin, Member

Gwen Boniface, Chief Superintendent and Member

Brian Ford, Chief and Chair

Vince Westwick, Member

Prince Edward Island

Community Legal Information Association of Prince Edward Island

8

April 22, 1996

Kerry Chappell, Representative

Ann Sherman, Executive Director

Government of Prince Edward Island

Honourable Alan Buchanan, Minister of Provincial Affairs and Attorney General

Health and Community Services Agency, Government of Prince Edward Island

Philip Arbing, Provincial Adviser, Correctional and Criminal Justice

Provincial Advisory Council on Crime Prevention and Community Safety

8

April 22, 1996

Diane Barnes, Representative

Irene Dawson, Chair

Jeannette Gallant, Representative

Caroline Landry, Representative

Frances Pickle, Representative

Nova Scotia

Individual Presentation

9

April 25, 1996

Owen Carrigan, Professor, Department of History, St. Mary's University

Danny Graham, Lawyer, Pink Murray and Associates

Nova Scotia Legal Aid

Mona Lynch, Lawyer

Prince Edward Island Teachers Federation

Joyce McCardle, President

Youth Alternative Society

Yvonne Hanson, Executive Director

Mark Moffett, Member, Board of Directors

Atlantic Coordinating Committee on Crime Prevention and Community Safety

10

April 25, 1996

Diane Barnes, Member, Prince Edward Island

Herb Chapman, Chair, Nova Scotia

Cal Cole, Member, Newfoundland

Lou McGinn, Member, Correctional Services, New Brunswick

Robin MacDonald, New Brunswick

Government of Nova Scotia

Hon. Williams Gilles, Minister of Justice

Fred Honsberger, Executive Director, Correctional Services

Robert Lutes, Crown Attorney, Public Prosecution Service

Individual Presentation

Eric Spears

New Brunswick

Government of New Brunswick

Hon. Jane Barry, Solicitor General

Brenda Thomas, Senior Policy Analyst, Corporate Policy and Planning, Department of the Solicitor General

Ottawa

Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

11

April 30, 1996

Kim Pate, Executive Director

Canadian Police Association

12

April 30, 1996

Neal Jessop, President

Scott Newark, Executive Director

Individual Presentation

14

May 7, 1996

Dr. Gary Bernfeld, Psychologist, Bath Institution

Defence for Children International

15

May 8, 1996

Les Horne, Executive Director,

John Topping, Chair, Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children, Youth Participation Committee

Queen's University

16

May 9, 1996

Professor Nicholas Bala, Associate Dean, Faculty of Law

Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry

18

May 16, 1996

Dr. Simon Davidson

Institute for the Study of Antisocial Behaviour in Youth (IAY)

Dr. Jalal Shamsie

Sparrow Lake Alliance (SLA)

Dr. Paul D. Steinhauer, Chair, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Ontario

Government of Ontario

22

June 3, 1996

Hon. Charles Harnick, Attorney General of Ontario

Hon. Robert W. Runciman, Solicitor General and Minister of Correctional Services

Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario

Sharon Bell-Wilson

London Citizens' Committee on Youth Detention

Brian Kellow, Chair

Margaret McGee, Member

Doris Miller, Member

Margaret Sullivan, Member

London Family Court Clinic

Dr. Alan W. Leschied, Assistant Director

Multi-Disciplinary Roundtable Discussion

23

June 3, 1996

Central Toronto Youth Services

Edmund Duarte, Youth Street Worker

Paula Teeter, Probation Officer, Early Release Support Program

Earlscourt Child and Family Centre

David Day, Director of Research and Evaluation

Emery Collegiate Institute

Mark Persaud, Grade 12 Student, Member, Peer Mediation Program

Government of Ontario

Fern Weinper, Assistant Crown Attorney, Ministry of the Attorney General

Harriet Tubman Community Organization

Ken Jeffers, Director, Alternative Measures Program

Individual Presentation

Mavin Wong, Barrister and Solicitor, Co-author, Defending Young Offender Cases, 1994

Justice for Children and Youth

Ben Moss, Social Worker, Chair

Sheena Scott, Executive Director

London Family Court Clinic

Dr. Alan Leshied, Director, Young Offenders Services, Assistant Director

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Michele Peterson-Badali, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology

Ontario Social Development Council

Catherine Beamish, Barrister and Solicitor,
Sioux Lookout, Member, Youth Justice Committee and Board of Directors

Michael Cushing, Executive Director, Halton Social Planning Council; Member, Youth Justice Committee, and Past-President

Diane Mandell, Director of Programs and Communications

Brian Scully, Barrister and Solicitor, Chair, Youth Justice Committee, Member of the Board

Thistletown Regional Centre for Children and Adolescents

Jim Worling, Psychologist, Director, Sexual Abuse Family Education and Treatment Program

University of Toronto

23

June 3, 1996

Professor Anthony Doob, Centre of Criminology

Children's Aid Society, District of Nipissing

25

June 5, 1996

Ron Lees, Executive Director

Near North Youth Centre

Dan McLellan, Residential Supervisor

Rittenhouse: A New Vision

Doug Blackburn, Coordinator

Jeannette Schmid, Volunteer

Springboard

Margaret Stanowski, Executive Director

Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law

26

June 6, 1996

Ben Moss, Social Worker, Chair, Board of Directors

Sheena Scott, Executive Director

City of Scarborough

Brad Duguid, Councillor

Frank Faubert, Mayor

Probation Officers Association of Ontario

Judi Curtis, Treasurer

Bob Eaton, Vice-President, Policy and Planning

Heather Kinnear, Director, Policy and Planning

Scarborough Community Safety Council

Detective Tom Archibald, Member, Metro T.D. Police Dept., Sgt Crime Unit

Andrew Bedeau, Scarborough Youth Council

Detective Sergeant Don Campbell, Member

Gaye Dale, Member, Chair, Scarborough Board of Education

Doreen Hare, Separate School Trustee, Ward 1

Individual Presentations

27

June 6, 1996

Tracy Christie

"Mary Jane Doe"

Kid Brother Campaign

Tom Ambas

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Dan Newman (MPP for Scarborough Centre)

New Beginnings

Charles O. Spettigue

Québec

Centre communautaire de l'Aide juridique de Montréal (Division jeunesse)

40

September 23, 1996

Me Normand Bastien, Director

CIVAS Estrie Treatment Centre

Josée Rioux, Director

Regroupement des organismes de justice alternative du Québec

Serge Charbonneau, Coordinator of ROJAQ

Luc Simard, Administrator, Director of ``Alternative Jeunesse Rive-Sud''

Josée Tamborini, President, Director of ``Trio Jeunesse''

Association des centres jeunesse du Québec

41

September 25, 1996

Claude Bilodeau, Director General

Lucie Delorme, ``Coordonnatrice aux jeunes contrevenants''

Michael Godman, Director, ``protection de la jeunesses''

Association québécoise Plaidoyer-Victimes Inc.

Arlène Gaudreault, President

Barreau du Québec

Me Claude Masse, ``Bâtonnier''

Me Claude Boies, Lawyer

Me Carole Brosseau, Lawyer, Research and Legislation

Individual Presentation

Maurice Rose

École de criminologie, Université de Montréal

42

September 25, 1996

Prof. Jean Trépanier

Regroupement des organismes communautaires autonomes jeunesse du Québec

Sylvie Gagnon, Administrative Secretary

Claudine Laurin, Member, Administrative Council

Jacques Pector, Consultant

Northwest Territories (Iqualuit)

Department of Health and Social Services

43

September 27, 1996

Dorothy Kunuk, Executive Director, Baffin Regional Treatment Centre, Government of the Northwest Territories

Kevin Mason, Baffin Regional Treatment Centre, Government of the Northwest Territories

Legal Aid Clinic

43

September 27, 1996

Josie Papatsie, Chair, Maliiganik Tukisiiniakvik, Legal Aid Clinic, Iqaluit, NWT

Neil Sharkey, Defence Lawyer, Maliiganik Tukisiiniakvik Legal Aid Clinic, Iqaluit, NWT

Municipality of Iqaluit

44

September 27, 1996

John Clay, Chair, Youth Justice Committee

Roger Sévigny, Assistant Director, Department of Social Services

Northwest Territories (Yellowknife)

Government of Northwest Territories

47

October 7, 1996

Hon. Kelvin Ng, Minister of Justice and
Minister of Social Services

Individual Presentation

Jennifer Bowen

John Howard Society of Northwest Territories

Eileen Fitzpatrick, Executive Director

Northern Addiction Services

Bob Dowdall, President

Dale Graham, Clinical Director

Don Irwin, Executive Director

Carol Macek, Senior Counsellor,
Substance Abuse Program for Youth

Yellowknife Dene Band

Peter Liske, Councillor, Justice Issues Portfolio

Yellowknife Women's Centre

Arlene Haché

Alberta

Dene Nation

Bill Erasmus

Tree of Peace Friendship Centre

Tom Eagle

Metis Nation

47

October 7, 1996

Mike Paulette, Vice-President

Shannon M. Cummings, Counsel Special Projects Coordinator

City of Edmonton Youth Council

49

October 8, 1996

Ali Ahmad, Member

Leslie Church, Member

Kent Teskey, Member

Community and Family Services, City of Edmonton

Henri Marsolais, Director, Mill Woods Centre

Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation

Martin Garber-Conrad, Executive Director

Edmonton John Howard Society

Maureen Collins, Executive Director

Edmonton Police Service

Sue Olsen, Native Resource Officer

John Howard Society of Alberta

Christine Leonard, Executive Director

Legal Aid Youth Office

James C. Robb, Senior Counsel

National Foundation for Family Research and Education

Mark Genuis, Executive Director

Native Counselling Services

Carola Cunningham, Program Manager

Patty Ann LaBouchane

Parent Support Association

Joan Bever, Program Consultant

Elaine McMurray, Executive Director

Department of Justice, Government of Alberta

50

October 9, 1996

Paddy Meade, Executive Director, Young Offender Branch, Correctional Services Division

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Gary Dickson, Member (Calgary -Buffalo)

Victor Doerksen, Member (Red Deer South)

Manitoba

Government of Manitoba

51

October 10, 1996

Honourable Rosemary Vodrey, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Manitoba

Interfaith Committee on Youth Justice

Jack George, United Church of Canada

Margot Lavoie

Reverend Thomas Novak

Barbara Shoomski

Learning Disabilities Association of Canada

Yude Henteleff, Executive Director

Manitoba Coalition on Youth and Crime

Jarvis McComber, Chair

Marilyn McIntosh, Vice-Chairt

Christian Counselling Services Inc.

52

October 11, 1996

Olufemi Ilelaboye, Co-Chairman

Citizens Against Violence

Anita Abbott, Program Committee Chairperson

Jim Downey

Beverley Frey, President

John Prystanski

Tracy Walsh

Community Holistic Circle Healing Program

Marcel Hardisty

Society for the Restoration of the Lash, the Work-House, and Capital Punishment

Joseph N. Caulfield, Spokesperson

Federation of Saskatchewan Indians

Cal Albright

Darren Winegarten

Elder person

Youth person

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

53

October 11, 1996

Moses Okimaw

Ma Mawi Wi Chi Hata Centre, Inc

George Munroe, Executive Director

Rossbrook House

53

October 11, 1996

Sister Bernadette O'Reilly

Social Planning Council of Winnipeg

Wayne Helgasson, Director

St. Theresa Point Cree First Nation

Lance Harper

Winnipeg Native Alliance

Troy Orhling, Director

Yukon

Association of Yukon Communities

63

October 28, 1996

Mayor Kathy Watson, President

Block Parent Program of Canada, Inc.

Linda Biensch, Honorary Life Member

Council of Yukon First Nations

63

October 28, 1996

Grand Chief Shirley Adamson

Sandi Gleason, Manager, Native Court Workers Program

Angie Wabisca, Representative, Native Court Workers Program

Rose Wilson, Representative, Native Court Workers Program

Haynes Junction Justice Committee

Helen Hassard

British Columbia

Canadian Bar Association

64

October 31, 1996

Elizabeth Bennett, Vice-Chair, National Criminal Justice Section

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy

Yvon Dandurand, Counsellor

Daniel C. Préfontaine, Q.C., Director

Vancouver Family Court Youth Justice Committee

Patsy George

Charlotte Gottschau

Lisa Martz

Jim Siemens, Co-Chair

Union of British Columbia Municipalities

64

October 31, 1996

Mayor Gillian Trumper, Port Alberni, President

Mayor Steve Wallace, Quesnel, First Vice-President, Justice and Protective Services Committee

Ken Vance, Senior Policy Analyst

British Columbia Civil Liberties Association

65

October 31, 1996

Murray Mollard, Policy Director

Insurance Brokers Association of British Columbia

Jack Hamilton, General Manager

Insurance Bureau of Canada, Pacific Region

Brian Stanhope, Vice-President

Roundtable (in camera):

Tim Agg, P.L.E.A.

Willie Blondin, John Howard Society

Chuck Cadman, CRY

Sandy Cooke, Social Worker, Ministry for Children and Families

Richard Fernyhough, Youth Defense Counsel

Mark Goose, District Director, Pacific Legal Education Association, Provincial Corrections

Judge Thomas Gove, Provincial Court Judge

Mike Kenis, Youth Crown Counsel

Alan Markwart, Policy Analyst, Youth Corrections

Dr. Roy O'Shaughnessy, Forensic Youth Services

Insp. Lorne Smith, OIC, Community Policing/Victim Services, R.C.M.P.

Wendy Taylor, Director, Youth Programs, Ministry of the Attorney General

Cpl. Fiona Weller, School Liaison Program, Vancouver City Police

Mike White, Local Director, Youth Probation

Society for Children and Youth of British Columbia

66

November 1, 1996

Valerie Fronczek, Executive Director

Nancy Kinsman, Chair, Youth Justice Committee

Gary Manson, Member, Youth Justice Committee, Coordinator, Municipality of Burnaby

Bill McFarland, Member, Consultant in Family Legislation and Services

Sparwood Youth Assistance Program

66

November 1, 1996

Sgt Jake Bowman, R.C.M.P., Co-founder

Glen Purdy, Barrister and Solicitor, Co-founder

Vancouver Board of Trade

Dennis Farrell, Member, Task Force on Property Crime

Darcy Rezac, Managing Director

Brian Smith, Chair, Task Force on Property Crime


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