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APPENDIX B: LIST OF WITNESSES

Study on Bill C-31

41st Parliament – First Session

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Dawn Edlund, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister,
Operations

 

2012/04/26

31

Jennifer Irish, Director,
Asylum Policy and Programs

 

   

Hon. Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P., Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism

 

   

Les Linklater, Assistant Deputy Minister,
Strategic and Program Policy

 

   

Department of Justice

Daniel Therrien, Assistant Deputy Attorney General

 

   

Public Safety Canada

Michael MacDonald, Director General,
National Security Operations Directorate

 

   

As an individual

Barbara Jackman, Immigration Lawyer

 

2012/04/30

32

Canada Border Services Agency

Marie Estabrooks, Manager,
Biometrics Policy, Program and Projects, Emerging Border Programs

 

   

Peter Hill, Director General,
Post-Border Programs

 

   

David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights

Audrey Macklin, Representative,
Professor, Faculty of Law and School for Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto

 

   

Sean Rehaag, Representative,
Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

 

   

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Marie Bourry, Executive Director and Senior General Counsel,
Legal Services

 

   

Alain Desruisseaux, Director General,
Admissibility Branch

 

   

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Jennifer Irish, Director,
Asylum Policy and Programs

 

   

Les Linklater, Assistant Deputy Minister,
Strategic and Program Policy

 

   

Public Safety Canada

Michael MacDonald, Director General,
National Security Operations Directorate

 

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Joe Oliver, Director General,
Border Integrity

 

   

Charles Walker, Director General,
Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services

 

   

As an individual

Julie Taub, Immigration and Refugee Lawyer

 

2012/04/30

33

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Nathalie Des Rosiers, General Counsel

 

   

Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Director, Equality Program

 

   

Centre for Immigration Policy Reform

Martin Collacott, Spokesperson

 

   

Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa

Peter Showler, Director,
Refugee Forum

 

   

Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario

Toni Skarica, Crown Attorney

 

   

Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)

Debbie Douglas, Executive Director

 

   

Francisco Rico-Martinez, Regional Director,
Toronto

 

   

As an individual

Richard Kurland, Policy Analyst and Attorney

 

2012/05/01

34

Barreau du Québec

Carla Chamass, Lawyer,
Legislation and Research Section

 

   

Mitchell Goldberg, Lawyer,
Member of the Committee on Immigration and Citizenship

 

   

Barreau du Québec

Nicolas Plourde, President of the Bar

 

   

Canadian Bar Association

Peter Edelmann, Member,
National Immigration Law Section

 

   

Tamra L. Thomson, Director,
Legislation and Law Reform

 

   

Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture

Ezat Mossallanejad, Policy Analyst and Researcher

 

   

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Derek Fildebrandt, National Research Director

 

   

As individuals

David Matas, Lawyer

 

2012/05/01

35

Andrew Wlodyka, Barrister and Solicitor

 

   

Department of Labour of New Zealand

Stephen Dunstan, General Manager,
Settlement and Attraction Division, Immigration Group

 

   

Christine Hyndman, Manager,
Immigration Policy, Policy and Research Group

 

   

Fraser Richards, Acting Director,
Legal Business, Legal Group

 

   

Human Rights Watch

Bill Frelick, Director,
Refugee Program

 

   

Human Rights Watch Canada

Jennifer Egsgard, Member

 

   

Women's College Hospital

Dr. Meb Rashid, Medical Doctor,
Crossroads Clinic

 

   

As an individual

Herbert G. Grubel, Senior Fellow,
Fraser Institute

 

2012/05/02

36

Division of Social and Cultural Psychiatry, McGill University

Janet Cleveland, Psychologist and Researcher,
Transcultural Research and Intervention Team

 

   

Cécile Rousseau, Professor of psychiatry and researcher,
Transcultural Research and Intervention Team

 

   

Quebec Immigration Lawyers Association (AQAADI)

Dan Bohbot, President

 

   

Patil Tutunjian, Member

 

   

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

Rivka Augenfeld, Spokesperson

 

   

Richard Goldman, Spokesperson

 

   

As individuals

Andrew Brouwer, Barrister and Solicitor

 

2012/05/02

37

Mary Crock, Professor of Public Law,
Faculty of Law, University of Sydney

 

   

Carole Dahan, Barrister and Solicitor

 

   

Daniel Ghezelbash, Doctoral Student,
Faculty of Law, University of Sydney

 

   

James Milner, Assistant Professor,
Department of Political Science, Carleton University

 

   

Chantal Desloges Professional Corporation

Chantal Desloges, Senior Lawyer

 

   

Embassy of the Republic of Hungary

Imre Helyes, First Counsellor, Head of Consular Section

 

   

As individuals

James Bissett

 

2012/05/03

38

Delphine Nakache, Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Social Sciences, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa

 

   

Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers

Donald Galloway, Co-Chair,
Legal Research Committee

 

   

Lesley Stalker, Member-at-large

 

   

Canadian Council for Refugees

Loly Rico, Vice-President

 

   

Chantal Tie, Working Group Chair, Inland Protection

 

   

Centre de santé et de services sociaux de la Montagne

Marian Shermarke, Clinical Advisor

 

   

Marc Sougavinski, Director General

 

   

As individuals

John Amble

 

2012/05/03

39

Michael Deakin-Macey, Past President,
Board of Directors, Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society

 

   

Action Réfugiés Montréal

Jenny Jeanes, Program Coordinator

 

   

Glynis Williams, Executive Director

 

   

Canadian Paediatric Society

Marie Adèle Davis, Executive Director

 

   

Richard Stanwick, President Elect

 

   

Rainbow Refugee Committee

Sharalyn Jordan, Member of the Board

 

   

Christine Morrissey, Founder and Member of the Board

 

   

Roma Community Centre

Gina Csanyi-Robah, Executive Director

 

   

Maureen Silcoff, Representative

 

   

As individuals

Sharryn Aiken, Associate Professor,
Faculty of Law, Queen's University

 

2012/05/07

40

Catherine Dauvergne, Professor,
Canada Research Chair in Migration Law, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law

 

   

Amnesty International

Alex Neve, Secretary General,
Amnesty International Canada

 

   

Béatrice Vaugrante, Executive Director,
Amnesty International Canada Francophone

 

   

B. Refuge, McGill University

Kelsey Angeley, Student

 

   

Karina Fortier, Student

 

   

Delegation of the European Union to Canada

His Excellency Bernhard Matthias Brinkmann, Ambassador

 

   

Terri-Ann Priel, Advisor on Political and Public Affairs

 

   

Jose-Antonio  Torres Lacas, First Counsellor

 

   

European Commission

Elfa Balina, Policy Officer,
Directorate General Home Affairs, Large Scale IT-Systems and Biometrics Unit

 

   

Joanna Beczala, International Relations Officer,
Directorate General Home Affairs, International Affairs Unit

 

   

Laurent Bonansea, Policy Officer,
Directorate General Home Affairs, Large Scale IT-Systems and Biometrics Unit

 

   

Pawel Busiakiewicz, International Relations Officer,
Directorate General Home Affairs, International Affairs Unit

 

   

Angela Martini, Policy Officer,
Directorate General, Home Affairs, Border Management and Return Policy Unit

 

   

Ioana Patrascu, Legal Officer,
Directorate General, Home Affairs, Asylum Unit

 

   

Gregor Pelzl, Policy Officer,
Directorate General Home Affairs, Large Scale IT-Systems and Biometrics Unit

 

   

Salvatore Petronella, Policy Officer,
Directorate General Home Affairs, Immigration and Integration Unit

 

   

Gabriela Szmidt, Policy Officer,
Directorate General Home Affairs, Asylum Unit

 

   

Federal Government of Germany

Roland Brumberg, Counselor of Unit Immigration Law,
Ministry of the Interior

 

   

Christoph Ehrentraut, Counsellor, of European Harmonization Unit,
Ministry of the Interior

 

   

Anja Klabundt, Counsellor, of European Harmonization Unit,
Ministry of the Interior

 

   

As an individual

Lorne Waldman, Partner,
Lorne Waldman and Associates

 

2012/05/07

41

Anglican Church of Canada

Rev Laurette Gauthier Glasgow, Special Advisor,
Government Relations, Diocese of Ottawa

 

   

Rev. Canon William Prentice, Director,
Community Ministry, Diocese of Ottawa

 

   

Centre of Excellence in Security, Resilience, and Intelligence, Schulich Executive Education Centre

RADM Donald Loren, Faculty

 

   

Walter Perchal, Program Director

 

   

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Michael Casasola, Resettlement Officer

 

   

Furio De Angelis, Representative in Canada

 

   

Privy Council Office

Ward P.D. Elcock, Special Advisor on Human Smuggling and Illegal Migration

 

   

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Monique Frison, Director,
Identity Management and Information Sharing

 

2012/05/09

42

Jennifer Irish, Director,
Asylum Policy and Programs

 

   

Warren Woods, Manager,
Asylum Policy and Programs

 

   

Public Safety Canada

Allan Kagedan, Director,
National Security Operations

 

   

Canada Border Services Agency

Nicole Lefebvre, Acting Director,
Inland Enforcement, Programs Branch

 

2012/05/09

43

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Catherine Gagnon, Counsel,
Legal Services

 

   

Jennifer Irish, Director,
Asylum Policy and Programs

 

   

Warren Woods, Manager,
Asylum Policy and Programs

 

   

Public Safety Canada

Allan Kagedan, Director,
National Security Operations

 

   

Canada Border Services Agency

Nicole Lefebvre, Acting Director,
Inland Enforcement, Programs Branch

 

2012/05/10

44

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Jennifer Irish, Director,
Asylum Policy and Programs

 

   

Matthew Oommen, Senior Counsel,
Legal Services

 

   

Warren Woods, Manager,
Asylum Policy and Programs

 

   

Department of Justice

Scott Nesbitt, Counsel,
Canada Border Services Agency

 

   

Public Safety Canada

Allan Kagedan, Director,
National Security Operations

 

   

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Monique Frison, Director,
Identity Management and Information Sharing

 

2012/05/10

45

Jennifer Irish, Director,
Asylum Policy and Programs

 

   

Michelle Mann, Senior Counsel,
Legal Services

 

   

Matthew Oommen, Senior Counsel,
Legal Services

 

   

Warren Woods, Manager,
Asylum Policy and Programs

 

   

Department of Justice

Scott Nesbitt, Counsel,
Canada Border Services Agency

 

   

Matthew  Taylor, Counsel,
Criminal Law Policy Section

 

   

Public Safety Canada

Allan Kagedan, Director,
National Security Operations