RIDR - Standing Committee

Human Rights

Past Session: Past Session:
42-1 42nd Parliament, 1st Session (December 3, 2015 - September 11, 2019)
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Meeting Detail
Televised live on PTN
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
11:30 a.m. ET
Location: Room B30, Senate of Canada Building, 2 Rideau Street, Ottawa ON
Clerk: Barbara Reynolds (613) 992-3827
Examination of Canada’s international and national human rights obligations
Topic: Forced and Coerced Sterilization of Persons in Canada
Witnesses
  • Bonnie Brayton, National Executive Director (DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada)
  • Josephine Etowa, Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa (As an Individual)
  • Julie Harris, President and Principal (Contenworks Inc.)
  • Abby Hoffman, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch (Health Canada)
  • Dr. Morgan Holmes, Representative (Egale Canada Human Rights Trust)
  • Dr. Tom Wong, Chief Medical Officer of Public Health and Executive Director (Department of Indigenous Services Canada)
Meeting with interpretation and transcription