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APPENDIX A
LIST OF WITNESSES

Associations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

 

 

Canadian Arab Federation

Ameena Sultan

2005/02/08

18

 

Canadian Islamic Congress

Khurrum Awan, Law Student

 

 

 

German Canadian Congress, National

Ulrich Frisse, Kitchener-Waterloo

 

 

 

Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic

Avvy Yao-Yao Go, Director

 

 

 

Ukrainian Canadian Congress

Paul Grod, Canadian Citizenship Coalition

Bill Pidruchney, Edmonton

 

 

 

B’nai Brith Canada

David Matas, Lead Counsel

Alan Yusim

2005/04/04

28

 

Ukrainian Canadian Congress — Manitoba Provincial Council

Lesia Szwaluk

 

 

 

Ukrainian Professional and Business Federation of Canada

John S. Petryshyn, President

 

 

 

Saskatchewan Intercultural Association

Kebrom Haimanot, Member, Board of Directors

2005/04/05

30

 

Ukrainian Canadian Congress — Saskatchewan Provincial Council

Tony Harras, Standing Committee on Immigration

Edward Lysyk, Vice-President

Danylo Puderak, Executive Director

 

 

 

City of Regina

Pat Fiacco, Mayor

Larry Hiles, Chief Executive Officer, Regina Regional Economic Development Authority

 

31

 

As Individual

Joseph Garcea

 

 

 

Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary

Lloyd Wong

Teresa Woo-Paw, Chair

2005/04/06

32

 

Pakistan Canada Association of Calgary

Masood Parvez, President

 

 

 

Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association Calgary Office

Borys Sydoruk, Director

 

 

 

Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Calgary Branch

Michael Ilnycky, President

 

 

 

As Individual

V. Nallainayagam

 

 

 

Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada

Georges Arès, President

2005/04/07

34

 

As Individuals

Chinwe P. Okelu

Bill Pidruchney

William Zuzak

 

 

 

Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria

Mavis DeGirolamo, President

2005/04/08

36

 

Qualicum First Nation

Kim Recalma-Clutesi, Chief Councillor

Bill White

 

 

 

As Individual

Eswyn Lyster

 

 

 

As Individuals

Donald Galloway

Joe Taylor

 

37

 

As Individuals

Jocelyn Boyce

Bobby Brown

Don Chapman

Norm Chapman

Mary Lou Fraser

Ron Nixon

2005/04/09

39

 

Committee for Racial Justice

Aziz Khaki, President

2005/04/11

40

 

Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique

Yseult Friolet, Executive Director

Michèlle Rakotonaivo

 

 

 

Grassroots Women

Rachel Rosen, Coordinator

 

 

 

Hungarian Cultural Society of Greater Vancouver

Andrew Jakoy, Vice-President

Les Szanyi, President

 

 

 

National Congress of Chinese Canadians

David Choi

 

 

 

Sponsor Your Parents

Peter Li, Greater Vancouver Branch

Irina Portnova, Vancouver Branch

Evelyn Zhang, Greater Vancouver Branch

 

 

 

Success

Ansar Cheung, Program Director, Public Education and Settlement

Lilian To, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Ukrainian Canadian Congress, B.C. Provincial Council

Myroslav Petriw, Past president

 

 

 

University Colleges of British Columbia Consortium

Robert Buchan, Executive Director

Barb Smith, Manager, International Education — Kwantlen University College

 

 

 

Vancouver Status of Women

Junie Desil, Volunteer/Resource Coordinator

 

 

 

As Individuals

Kate Manvell

Sheila Walshe

 

 

 

African Canadian Legal Clinic

Nkiru Agbakwa, Policy Researcher

Marie Chen, Acting Director, Legal Services

2005/04/13

42

 

Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants

Keith Frank, Vice-President

Berto Volpentesta

2005/04/13

42

 

Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture

Ezat Mossallanejad, Settlement Counsellor

 

 

 

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Motek W. Sherman, Student-at-law

Alexi Nicole Wood, Policy Analyst

 

 

 

Chinese Canadian National Council

Apollo Chung, National Executive

Christine Li, National Executive

 

 

 

COSTI Immigrant Services

Josie Di Zio, Senior Director, Planning and Development

 

 

 

Ukrainian Canadian Congress

John William Pidkowich, Government Liaison, Toronto Branch

 

 

 

As Individuals

Louis R. Béliveau

Charles William Esser

Oksana Miroutenko

 

 

 

Norwegian Parliamentary Committee on Local Government

Torbjorn Andersen, Second Deputy Chairman, The Progress Party

Barbro Bakken, Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

Peter Skovholt Gitmark, The Conservative Party

Sigvald Oppeboen Hansen, The Labour Party

Ingvard Havnen, Ambassador, Ottawa and Toronto

Hans Kristian Hogsnes, The Conservative Party

Heikki Holmas, The Socialist Left Party

Kari Lise Holmberg, The Conservative Party

Jannicke Jaeger, Minister Counsellor, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal

Ivar Ostberg, The Labour Party

Signe Oye, The Labour Party

Anita Apelthun Saele, The Christian Democratic Party

Ingrid Sand, Committee Secretary

Reidar Sandal, The Labour Party

Per Sandberg, Deputy Chairman

 

43

 

Ukrainian Canadian Congress

Alexandra Chyczij

2005/04/13

43

 

Undocumented Worker’s Committee

Manuel Alexander

Tony Letra, Chair

Theresa Rodrigues, Member

 

 

 

As Individual

Olya Odynsky

 

 

 

German Canadian Congress, National

Ulrich Frisse, Kitchener-Waterloo

2005/04/15

46

 

Golden Triangle Sikh Association

Kuldip Singh Bachher, Secretary

 

 

 

Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre

Myrta Rivera, Executive Director

 

 

 

Ukrainian Canadian Liberal Committee

Jurij Fedyk

 

 

 

As Individuals

John Bryden

Herb Epp, Mayor

Elmer Menzie

Irene Rooney

Bob Sommerville

Lorna Van Mossel

 

 

 

Canadian Council for Refugees

Nick Summers, President

2005/04/18

48

 

Council of Canadians with Disabilities

Mary Ennis, Vice-Chairperson

Leslie McLeod, Member, Human Rights Committee

 

 

 

Newfoundland and Labrador Families Adopting Multiculturally

Lynn Haire

 

 

 

As Individuals

Remzi Cej

HuaLin Wong

 

 

 

As Individuals

Annet Told Riedijk

2005/04/20

49

 

As Individuals

Ron Barrett

Edward Guergis

Virginia Gundaker

Gary Luhowy

2005/04/20

50

 

Canadian War Brides

Melynda Jarratt

2005/04/21

51

 

New Brunswick Multicultural Council

George Maicher, Vice-President, Fredericton

Asma Regragui, First Vice-President, New Brunswick

 

 

 

University of New Brunswick

Kumud Deka, South Asian Student, Physics Department

 

 

 

Centre ressource à la vie autonome de Métro Montréal

Amy E. Hasbrouck, Executive Director

2005/04/22

53

 

Coalition of Concerned Congregations on the Law relating to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity including those of the Holocaust

Kenneth Narvey, Legal Researcher, Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

Montreal Action Refugee

Glynis Williams, Director

 

 

 

National Association of Canadians of Origins in India

Flora Almeida Marlow, President

 

 

 

Rassemblement canadien pour le Liban

Marie-Claire Namroud, Executive Director

 

 

 

Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes

Rivka Augenfeld, President

 

 

 

As Individual

Cathal Marlow

 

 

 

Atlantic Metropolis Centre

Ather Akbari, Domain Leader, Economic Consequences of Immigration

Marjorie Stone, Co-Director

2005/04/26

55

 

As Individual

Stuart Martin

 

 

 

Canadian Jewish Congress

Victor Goldbloom, Chair, National Executive

Eric Vernon, Director, Government Relations

2005/05/03

57

 

Canadian Labour Congress

David Onyalo, National Director, Anti-Racism & Human Rights Department

Hassan Yussuff, Secretary Treasurer

 

 

 

Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council

Wendy Swedlove, President

 

 

 

Mennonite Central Committee Canada

Bill Janzen, Director, Ottawa Office

 

 

 

Canadian War Brides

Melynda Jarratt

2005/05/10

59

 

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Clark Goodman, Acting Director, Citizenship Division, Acting Registrar, Citizenship, Integration Branch

Daniel Jean, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Program Development