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Pursuing Justice, March 31: HON. IRWIN COTLER

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Pursuing Justice, March 31: HON. IRWIN COTLER

  • Date: December 22, 2015, 12:00 am to
  • Location: King Edward Hotel, 37 King Street East, Toronto
  • Cost: Tickets: $300 + hst
  • To register: cotler.eventbrite.ca
  • For more information: http://www.thepearsoncentre.ca/pursuing-justice-irwin-cotler/

PURSUING JUSTICE
Keynote Speaker: HONOURABLE IRWIN COTLER

You are invited to a very special event to launch the Pearson Centre’s “Pursuing Justice” project in Toronto that will recognize the Honourable Irwin Cotler.

VIPs attending include:
MPs, Bill Blair (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice), James Maloney, Francesco Sorbara, Michael Levitt, Anthony Housefather (Chair of the House of Commons Committee on Justice), His Excellency Rafael Barak (Ammbassador of Israel), Hon. Margaret McCain, former Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. John Turner, Hon. Madeleine Meilleur (Ontario Attorney General), Hon. Reza Moridi (Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation, as well as Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities), MPPs Monte Kwinter & Indira Naidoo-Harris, and former MPP Sandra Pupatello.

Irwin Cotler’s record:

Irwin Cotler has been a Canadian and international leader on the advancement of human rights. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Mount Royal in 1999 and retired effective the recent federal election, and served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General from 2003 to 2005. Throughout his career his advice and support have been sought the world over. He is a Canadian leader on issues of diversity and inclusion in our constantly evolving society.

The Project:

The Pursuing Justice project will constantly seek to increase understanding and find an optimum balance on the issues celebrate or challenge the diversity that is so central to who we are. We are pleased to note that the new federal government has a Cabinet Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, recognizing the importance of this issue.

We are expecting about 250 to 300 people.

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