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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oliphant Commission Announces Expert Forum Participants for Inquiry Part II June 15-17 and June 22, 2009
Ottawa, June 4, 2009 – Justice Jeffrey J. Oliphant,
Commissioner of the Oliphant Commission of Inquiry announced today the
participants in the Expert Forum on June 15-17 & 22nd, 2009 to provide
input into Part II, the Policy Review, which focuses on the questions
set out in sections 14 and 17 of the Terms of Reference.
In the policy review, the Commissioner is charged
with reporting and making recommendations on two issues of policy. They
centre, first, on the content of Canada's federal ethics rules and, second,
on the policies and practices at the Privy Council Office (PCO) governing
the handling of the prime minister's correspondence.
The parties to the Part II – Policy Review
are:
Attorney General of Canada
Karlheinz Schreiber
Democracy Watch
The panelists in the Expert Forum will include:
Panel A (June 15th 9:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m)
Gregory J. Levine, Barrister and Solicitor, London ON
Dr. Paul G. Thomas, Duff Roblin Professor of Government. St. John's
College, University of Manitoba
Dr. Lori Turnbull, Ass't. Professor, Department of Political Science,
Dalhousie University
Panel B (June 16th (9:00 a.m. . start)
Prof. Kathleen Clark, Washington University in St. Louis
Prof. Ian Greene, York University
Prof. Lorne Sossin, University of Toronto
Duff Conacher, Democracy Watch
Panel C (June 17) Half-day 9:00 a.m. start
Mary Dawson, Federal Conflict of Interest & Ethics Commissioner
Paul D.K. Fraser, Q.C., Conflict of Interest Commissioner, British Columbia
Lynn Morrison, A/Integrity Commissioner, Province of Ontario
Karen E. Shepherd, Interim Federal Commissioner of Lobbyists
Panel D June 17th T.B.A. (Half Day 2:00 p.m. start)
Panel E (June 22 full day 9:00 a.m. --start )
Mel Cappe, President, Institute for Research on Public Policy
Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, P.C.
Penny Collenette, University of Ottawa
David Mitchell, President, Public Policy Forum.
As part of its policy deliberations on these matters,
the Commission has commissioned three research studies from leading researchers
in the field - two on ethics rules and the third on correspondence-handling
policies. These studies have been published on the Commission’s
website and the authors will participate in the Expert Forum, at which
they will present their findings and be questioned by the Commission and
those with party standing in the policy review.
The Expert Forum will be held at 111 Sussex Drive,
Victoria Room, and is open to the media and the public.
Additional Information:
Barry McLoughlin
Communications
Oliphant Commission
mclomedia@msn.com
613.698.7153
http://www.oliphantcommission.ca/english/research/policy.php
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