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PERSPECTIVE, NO/NO ONE IN CDA KNOWS MORE ABOUT THIS

THAN JUSTICE STRAYER.

4.AS FOR CDN CONTENT IN PROGRAMME, CHAN NOTED THAT HE

HAD BUILT FINAL SESSION (I.E. QUOTE IMPACT ON

SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS UNQUOTE) AROUND CDNS IDENTIFIED AS

POTENTIAL SPEAKERS. HE NOTED THAT THREE INVITATIONS HAD

BEEN EXTENDED TO (A) JUSTICE TARNAPOLSKY (B) FORMER

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BERTHA WILSON AND (C) PROF ED

RATUSAN . OF THREE, TWO HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO

PARTICI ATE: FORMER JUSTICE WILSON WILL SPEAK ON QUOTE

FAMILY LAW AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS UNQUOTE, AND JUSTICE

TARNAPOLSKY WILL SPEAK ON QUOTE EQUALITY AND

DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES UNQUOTE (I.E. NOT/NOT ON TOPIC

FOR WHICH HE HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN INVITED TO SPEAK QUOTE

ADMIN OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNQUOTE.) CHAN HAS NOT/NOT

YET HEARD FROM RATUSANY/UNIV OF OTT, WHOM HE HAD ASKED

TO SPEAK ON TOPIC OF QUOTE PUBLIC ORDER AND LAW

ENFORCEMENT UNQUOTE.

5. WE EXPRESSED OUR DELIGHT THAT TWO OF THREE OF CDA'S

MOST PRESTIGIOUS LEGAL PERSONALITIES HAD AGREED SO

QUICKLY TO ACCEPT INVITATIONS. WE ALSO ENDORSED CHAN ́S

RATIONALE OF ASSEMBLING CDN SPEAKERS IN ONE SESSION,

OPPORTUNITY THAT STRONG CDN TEAM IN THIS SESSION

PROVIDED TO STRESS THE PRACTICAL AS WELL AS IMPORTANCE

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