RIDR - Standing Committee

Human Rights

Past Session: Past Session:
41-1 41st Parliament, 1st Session (June 2, 2011 - September 13, 2013)
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Meeting Detail
Televised live on PTN
Monday, March 25, 2013
4:01 p.m. ET
Location: Room 257, East Block
Clerk: Daniel Charbonneau (613) 301-7565
Examination of Canada’s international and national human rights obligations
Witnesses
  • Anne Burgess, Acting Director, United Nations, Human Rights and Economic Law Division (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)
  • Virginia Caputo, Director (Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children's Rights)
  • Françoise Ducros, Assistant Deputy Minister, Education and Social Development Programs and Partnerships Sector (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada)
  • Josée Filion, Counsel, Human Rights Law Section (Justice Canada)
  • Sarah Fountain Smith, Director General, International Organization, Human Rights and Democracy Bureau (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)
  • Margaret Gillis, Director, Childhood and Adolescence (Public Health Agency of Canada)
  • James Junke, Director, Human Rights, Governance and Indigenous Affairs Policy Division (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)
  • Martha LaBarge, Director General, Management and Human Rights (Canadian Heritage)
  • Micheline Lavoie, Director, Serious & Organized Crime Strategies Division, Law Enforcement and Policing Branch (Public Safety Canada)
  • Cheryl Milne, Chair (Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children)
  • David Morley, President and CEO (UNICEF Canada)
  • Sheilagh Murphy, Director General, Social Policy and Programs Branch, Education and Social Development Programs and Partnerships Sector (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada)
  • The Honourable Landon Pearson, Chair (Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children's Rights)
  • Daniel Ricard, Director General, Litigation Management and Resolution Branch (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada)
  • Keith Smith, Director, Intergovernmental and International Relations Directorate (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada)
  • Jodie van Dieen, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Human Rights Law Section (Justice Canada)
  • Katherine Vandergrift, Past Chair and Head of Delegation for 3rd/4th Review of Canada at UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children)
Meeting with interpretation and transcription