The Québec Public Inquiry to hold two new weeks of public hearings in Val-d'Or

VAL-D'OR, QC, Oct. 10, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - The Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec: listening, reconciliation and progress continues its public hearings at the Val-d'Or Music and Drama Conservatory from October 15 to 26.

Calendar of hearings
Week 33, Val-d'Or Music and Drama Conservatory

Monday, October 15:

9:00-12:00 Lisette Larrivée, Assistant Deputy Minister; Katia Petit, Director, Direction générale des affaires ministérielles and Louis Morneau, Assistant Deputy Minister, Direction générale des affaires policières, Minister of Public Security

1:00-2:30 Sylvie Leblond, Director, Youth program and Mario Racette, Deputy Director, Youth program, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Midwifery services, CISSSAT

2:30-3:00 Roxanne Mianscum-Lizotte, Citizen witness (Justice and Police services)

Tuesday, October 16:

9:00-12:00 Lisette Larrivée, Assistant Deputy Minister; Katia Petit, Director, Direction générale des affaires ministérielles and Louis Morneau, Assistant Deputy Minister, Direction générale des affaires policières, Minister of Public Security

Wednesday, October 17:

9:00-12:00 Witness to be confirmed

Thursday, October 18:

9:00-12:00 Patrick Marchand, Inspector, Sûreté du Québec

1:00-2:30 Valerie-Lynn Gull and Pelle Loon, Citizen witnesses (Health Services)

2:30-3:30 Dr Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Pediatric Emergency Physician, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University and Activist for social justice

3:30-4:30 Raymond Matte, Community Pharmacist

Friday, October 19:

9:00-11:00 Madeleine Giauque, Director, Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI)

11:00-12:00 Valérie Charette and Élise Blais-Dowdy, Research officers, Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec: listening, reconciliation and progress (CERP)

1:00-2:30 Annick Murphy, Director, Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales (DPCP)

Week 34, Val-d'Or Music and Drama Conservatory

Monday, October 22:

9:00-2:00 Luc Castonguay, General Manager of planning, evaluation and quality and Assistant Deputy Minister; Martin Rhéaume, Director of Aboriginal affairs; Lyne Jobin, General Manager of Social Services and Assistant Deputy Minister; Pascale Lemay, Director of Youth and Family Services and André Delorme, General Manager of Mental Health Services and Legal Psychiatry, ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS)

Tuesday, October 23:

9:00-10:30 Witness to be confirmed

10:30-11:15 Marie-Louise Hervieux, Citizen witness (Justice and Police services)

11:15-12:00 Citizen Witness, closed proceeding (Justice and Police services)

Wednesday, October 24:

9:00-10:30 Sylvie Côté, Coordinator of the EVAQ program, CHU of Québec-Université Laval; Dr Richard Bernier, Medical Director of the EVAQ program, CHU of Québec-Université Laval and André Lizotte, Director of Prehospital Emergency Services, ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS)

10:30-12:00 Witness to be confirmed

Thursday, October 25:

9:00-4:00 Me Yvan Niquette, Chairman, Commission des services juridiques

Friday, October 26:

9:00-10:45 Nathalie Boisvert, General Manager and Claudine Jacques, Assistant to the General Manager, quality, performance, evaluation, ethics, support and administration of the Centre régional de santé et de services sociaux de la Baie-James

10:45-12:15 Sylvain Guertin, Deputy Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, Sûreté du Québec and Nancy Bouchard, General Manager, CAVAC of Abitibi-Témiscamingue

1:00-4:00 Martin Prud'homme, Director General, Sûreté du Québec; Ginette Séguin, Inspecteur-chef, Sûreté du Québec and Jean-Pierre Pelletier, Inspector, Sûreté du Québec

In November, the Commission will be in Nunavik to hold two weeks of hearings, it will be the last block of hearings outside of Val-d'Or. The hearings will take place in Kuujjuaraapik from November 12 to 16 and in Kuujjuaq from November 19 to 23.

Please note that since the calendar of hearings is subject to frequent changes, we invite you to consult the hearings section of our website on a daily basis to get the latest version: www.cerp.gouv.qc.ca.

SOURCE Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics au Québec

Catherine Bérubé-Leblanc, Communication Advisor, T. 1 844 580-0113, [email protected], www.cerp.gouv.qc.ca