Ms. Lise Lafrenière Henrie
Senior Counsel/Coordinator
Department of Justice Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
(representing the Department of Justice Canada)
Ms. Marie Gordon, Q.C.
Cochard Gordon
Barristers & Solicitors
Edmonton, Alberta
(representing the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family)
The Honourable R. James Williams
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Family Division
Halifax, Nova Scotia
(representing the Federation of Law Societies of Canada)