List #1
January 12, 2005
From all the organizations to all the MPP’S:
On December 20th, Ms. Marion Boyd released her report concerning the use of the Arbitration Act of Ontario, 1991 to settle family legal matters based on religious laws. We trust during this adjournment, you will take the time to read this important report in its entirety.
Over the past year hundreds of activists have informed Ms. Boyd and the general public about the past failures and future risks of permitting religious groups to continue to settle family legal matters based on religious laws.
We oppose the current two-tier legal system of secular and religious courts; where religious tribunals make binding rulings on family legal matters based on formal and informal religious laws, codes and values.
We, the undersigned collectively believe in a secular court and “one law for all,” and recommend that all family legal matters be removed from the Arbitration Act of Ontario, 1991. We also believe that all family legal matters should be administered by a secular Family Court, subject to the Family Law Act of Ontario.
We trust that when you have finished reading this report, we can add your name to the growing list of supporters (over 9000 to date) who want to ensure that all Ontarians are subject to one law, for the strength of a nation is its people, people that are governed by one law.
1-Homa Arjomand
Coordinator of
The International campaign against sharia
Court in Canada
416- 737-9500
2-Canadians
in Support of Afghan Women
1515 Rebecca St. #227,
Oakville, Ontario L6L 5G8
905
Women of Halton Action Movement
L9T 3M9
3-The
Board of the Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Services of Halton
905
4-Bev Lefrancois
Community Center for
Peace, Ecology, and Human Rights
5-Lorraine Wagh
Women of Halton action Movement
6-Committee to Defend
Women’s Rights in
7-Mohammed
Jamilul Bashar
president of Young Muslim
Society
8-Bernice
Dubois
Secrétaire Générale
de la C.L.E.F.
(Coordination française pour le Lobby Européen des Femmes)
9-Dr. Uzma M. Qidwai
Vice President
Quality Marketing and Management
10-Mahmoud Ahmadi
The Council of Iranian refugees and Immigration
One of forty branches of
The International Federation of Iranian Refugees
11-Tessa House,
Women of
Halton Action Movement,
12- Elka Enola
The Humanist Association
of
13- Ronald Hart
Safe Water Group of Prince Edward
http://www.safewatergroup.org/Stories/sharia%20law.htm
14-Heather
15 -LynJohn Carver,
President
AllThingsValued
da Anderson
16-Bon Courage
European Council of WIZO Federations (E.C.W.F)
17-Khayal Ibrahim
Organization for the
Defence of Secularism in Iraqi Society – ODSIS
18-Katherine Meidell
President,
19-Mitra Danesh
Children First Now
20-Gordon M. Christie
Executive Secretary /Organizer
307, 315,
21-Women First
22-Issam Shuri,
Coordinator Organization to Defend Secularism in Iraqi
Society
ODSIS
23-Farida Scheralam
Co-Chair of
24-Homa Rauhi Sarlati
President of Iranian’s Women’s Organization of
25-Dr. Robert Buckman,
President of Humanist Association of
26-Claudette Jobin
President, Ligue des femmes du Quebee
27-MEHR
Tel: (310) 377-4590
Fax: (310) 377-3103
E-mail: mehr@mehr.org
URL: http://mehr.org
28-Margaret McGovern
Director, Status of Women & Humna
Rights
Canadian Federation of University Women
29-Steve Benmore
www.benmor.com
30-Filomena Williams
Director of
31-Franco-Tunisian
Writer Professor of comparative literature
32-Emmanual Didier
Docteur d’Etat en droit/phd in law
Attorney at law
33-David Mario Farmani
Barristers and Solicitors
Phd, JD, LLM
34-Heidy Schmidt
Executive member of the Waterloo-Wellington
Provincial Liberal Riding Association
Chair of Multiculturalism
President of the Perth-Wellington Federal Liberal Riding Association
35-Karine Toussaint
Elizabeth Fry Society of
36-Babu Gogineni
Executive Director IHEU
Internayional
Humanist and Ethical
37Khaleel Mohammed
Phd,
Assistant Professor
Department of Religion Studies
38-Fatemolla
PRO Resistance to Religion Oppression
39-Coalition
Against War and Racism
( CAWR )
40-Centre
for Human Rights research
( CHRR )
41-Marianne Brackenridge
Secretary of
42-Changing Together...
A Centre for Immigrant Women
43-Mary Pickup
University of Women’s Club
44-Ophelia Benson
Butterflies and Wheels
www.butterfliesandwheels.com
45-Sabrina Hasham –
Hasham Consulting
46-Wendy Komiotis
A member
from METRAC
47-Claudette
Jobin, President
LIGUE
DES FEMMES DU QUÉBEC ,
adress: B.P. 459 SUCC. M,
(QC) H1V
3M5
TEL: (514)
48-Ann
The
Club" (CFUW-Brampton).
49-Natalia
President
Ukrainian Women’s Association Of
Canada
50-Yolande Vendette
Cap-Rouge
(Qc)
51-Maryam Namazi
The
International Federation of Iranian refugees-Canada
52-Janet
Janet
Sherman and Associations
Public
Relations/Communication Consultants
53-Debbie
Wilding
Girl
Guides of
54-Paul
Lang
ICONMEDIA
55-Sheila
Ayala
Humanist
Association of
56- Mina Ahadi
International Committee Against
Execution
E-mail: minaahadi@aol.com
tel:00491775692413
57-Mary
Margaret Dauphinee
Chair of
LEAF
B.C
58-Alison Brewin, LLB
Program
Director
West
Coast LEAF
59-Reza Salkhordeh
Women’s
Liberation
Sazman e azadi zan
www.medusa2000.com
60-Prof.
Ernesto Kahan MD MPH
Vice
President-IFLAC (* The International Forum for the
Literature and Culture of Peace)
61-Bernice Dubois
the
European Council of WIZO Federations (E.C.W.F.),
Ann Campbell
Club" (CFUW-Brampton).
62-Simon Blumental-
PARIS –Fance – Association AlgériEnsemble-
mail : AlgeriEnsemble@wanadoo.frFin
du message transféré
63-Jaya Gopal
Coordinator
International
Committee to protect Freethinkers
64-Rosaline Costa
Human Rights Coordinator
Hotline Human Rights
65-Kianoush Reyhany
66-Abdelwahab, Meddeb
Franco-Tunisian
Writer
Professor of comparative literature
University Paris
67-Bien à vous,
Michèle Vianès
Présidente de Regards de Femmes
68-Margaret J. McGovern
Director, Status of Women and Human Rights
Canadian Federation of University Women
69Homa Alizadeh
70-David Mario Farmani
Farmani Law Office and Associates
Barristers and Solicitors
71- Azar Majedi
Chairperson of the
Organisation for Women’s Liberation
(OWL
Telephone: +44 (0) 7789801250
E-mail: azarmajedi@yahoo.com
72-
Europ
73-Aaron Franks
E-LEFT
74-
Parvin Kaboli, Coordinator
The International Campaign for defense of Women’s Rights
in
www.irandwr.org
Tel:
46707744020
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75-Women Citizens of
C/Potosi,4,3B-Madrid 26016
Fax: 34-914579578
Paloma Saavedra
Presidenta/President
76- Mina Ahadi
coordinator
International Committee Against Stoning
Tell: 49 177 5692 413
Fax: +49 2012 488 510
77- Maryam Namazie
International
Federation of Iranian Refugees
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Tell: 31613940534 Fax: 1-735386165 78- Bev Meslo,
NAC-BC Rep Contact Info: Bev
Meslo, Rep Ph/FAX 604 436 3346 Email: nacbc@vcn.bc.ca 79 Canadia Federation University of Women CFUW 80- Tahir Gora President "Independent Muslim Media Network 81- The Community Networks Group (c) |
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Lists of the
individuals
*- June Callwood
jcall@sympatico.ca>
*Irshad Manji
Author and broadcaster
*Sally Armstrong
Journalist
*Nareen Shah
Legal Assistanct
Goodmans LLP
*Mohsen Ebrahimi
Journalist
*Imk Leicht
Journalist
*Valérie Mollard
*Jane
Gaudry
B.C,
*Eric Mitchinson
*Mulla Bahauddin
* J. Kirkpatrick, PhD
*Sheens Sharp
Hac board
*Maryam Kousha
Journalist
*Gianni Verdoliva
I hope your petition I have just signed will have effect
*Kajal Aziz
You can make a
very big change in women’s life so thanks and keep forward.
*
4th year computer science student at
*Momtaz Ahmed
*Patrick Kelly
Journalist
John Stutridge
*Dale Maclean
Ottwa
*Alisa Perkins
*Shabnam Eftekhari
This is political Islam trying to spread its roots into
the lives of Moslem women in
*Shirley Gronych
I have also been viewing the website created by Native
Canadian Women- sister in spirite. They too are
fighting a battle against discrimination, ignorance and contempt
*
A former resident of
*Greg Burke
Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention
* Donna Firman
Linda Gruson, Ph.D.
*
I wish to register my strong opposition to the sharia Law being permitted to operate in
*Debbie Wilding
*
I am interested in work you are doing and the need to
stop violence against women, stop the Sharia
court developments in Canada and save
the lives of women facing unjust sentences
in Iran and elsewhere.
*Jonathan B. Schrieder
Opposing to faith base arbitrator
*Valérie Mollard
Concern citizen
*Laryssa Carter
30
year Esl teacher
*Joe Kaczmarczyk
Citizen
905-659-3268
*E.
Port
Hope, Ont
*Carol
J. Sutton
Concern
citizen
*Nora Currie
Concern Citizen
*Bronwen Yewdall
*Nora Currie
*Doris
Anderson
*Janis & Adam Kempinski
(Concerned Citizens)
*Don MacMills
Engineer, Christian Ottawa
* E.
Port Hope, Ont
*Marilyn Ashby
University Women’s club
*Steve Banmore
BSC, LLB. Family Lawyer
*Mahfoud Behhadj
Citizen
*Kathy Jonathan
*Diahne
A Former Roman Catholic
* Pitrus Apin
*Marta Dolecki
L’Express de
* Elaine Audet
Co-editor of Sisyphe
*Charles Wintle
Concern citizen
*Divid Laczkowski
A concerned Pennsylvanian
*Jan Turnell
Citizen of BC
*Jhon G.Manuel &
*Landa Micki
Union mtgs
*Jane Moseley
Canadian citizen
*Maryam Azadeh
A proud participant of all people’s freedoms including
transsexuals, bisexuals, homosexuals and heterosexuals and a freethinker