| Role | Party | Counsel | Agent |
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| Applicant/Appellant | In the Matter of a Reference by the Governor in Council Concerning the Proposal for an Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes, as set out Order in Council P.C. 2003-1055, dated July 16, 2003 | Attorney General of Canada
Michael H. Morris
The Exchange Tower
130 King Street West,
Suite 3400 Toronto,
Ontario M5X 1K6
Tel: (416) 973-9704
Fax: (416)952-0298 | Attorney General of Canada
Christopher M. Rupar
Bank of Canada Building
East Tower
1216 - 234 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Tel: (613) 941-2351
Fax: (613) 954-1920
Email: Christopher.Rupar@justice
.gc.ca |
| Other Party | Attorney General of Québec | Procureur général du Québec
Alain Gingras
1200, route de L’Église
2e étage
Ste-Foy, Quebec
G1V 4M1
Tel: (418) 643-1477
Fax: (418) 646-1696 | Noël & Associés
Sylvie Roussel
111 Rue Champlain
Hull, Quebec
J8X 3R1
Tel: (819) 771-7393
Fax: (819) 771-5397 |
| Other Party | Attorney General of British Columbia | | Burke-Robertson
Robert E. Houston, Q.C.
70 Gloucester Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0A2
Tel: (613) 236-9665
Fax: (613) 235-4430 |
| Other Party | Attorney General of Alberta | MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman
Robert G. Richards, Q.C.
1500-1874 Scarth St.
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 4E9
Tel: (306) 347-8000
Fax: (306) 352-5250 | Gowling Lafleur Henderson
LLP
Henry S. Brown, Q.C.
2600-160 Elgin St.
P.O. Box 466, Stn “D”
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Tel: (613) 233-1781
Fax: (613) 563-9869 |
| Other Party | The Honourable Anne Cools, Member of the Senate and Roger Gallaway, Member of the House of Commons | Chipeur Advocates
Gerald D. Chipeur
2380 Ernest & Young Tower
440-2nd Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 5E9
Tel: (403) 537-6536
Fax: (403) 537-6538 | Gowling Lafleur Henderson
LLP
Henry S. Brown, Q.C.
2600 - 160 Elgin St.
P.O. Box 466 Stn “D”
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Tel: (613) 233-1781
Fax: (613) 563-9869 |
| Other Party | Focus on the Family (Canada) Association and Real Women of Canada, collectively as The Association for Marriage and the Family in Ontario | Stikeman, Elliott
David M. Brown
5300 Commerce Ct West
199 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5L 1B9
Tel: (416) 869-5602 | Stikeman, Elliott
Nicholas Peter McHaffie
1600 - 50 O’Connor Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Tel: (613) 234-4555
Fax: (613) 230-8877 |
| Other Party | Egale Canada Inc. and Melinda Roy, Tanya Chambers, David Shortt, Shane McCloskey, Lloyd Thornhill, Robert Peacock, Robin Roberts, Diana Denny, Wendy Young and Mary Teresa Healy (the “Egale Couples”) | Sack Goldblatt Mitchell
Cynthia Petersen
1130 - 20 Dundas St West
Box 180
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2G8
Tel: (416) 979-6440
Fax: (416) 591-7333 | Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP
Pamela J. MacEachern
1900 - 66 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5H1
Tel: (613) 231-8220
Fax: (613) 788-3698 |
| Other Party | Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops | Barnes, Sammon
W. J. Sammon
200 Elgin Street
Suite 400
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 1L5
Tel: (613) 594-8000
Fax: (613) 235-7578 | |
| Other Party | Canadian Coalition of Liberal Rabbis for same-sex marriage (the “Coalition”) and Rabbi Debra Landsberg, as its nominee | University of Toronto
Ed Morgan
84 Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2C5
Tel: (416) 946-4028
Fax: (416) 946-5069 | Gowling Lafleur Henderson
LLP
Henry S. Brown, Q.C.
2600 - 160 Elgin St
P.O. Box 466, Stn “D”
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Tel: (613) 233-1781
Fax: (613) 563-9869 |
| Other Party | Canadian Human Rights Commission | Canadian Human Rights Commission
Leslie A. Reaume
344 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1E1
Tel: (613) 943-9159
Fax: (613) 993-3089 | |
| Other Party | Canadian Bar Association | McLennan Ross
James L. Lebo, Q.C.
1600, 500 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 3C4
Tel: (403) 303-9111
Fax: (403) 543-9150 | McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Colin S. Baxter
1400 - 40 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1R 5K6
Tel: (613) 238-2000
Fax: (613) 563-9386 |
| Other Party | Dawn Barbeau, Elizabeth Barbeau, Peter Cook, Murray Warren, Jane Eaton Hamilton and Joy Masuhara (B.C. Couples) | Kathleen A. Lahey
86 Beverley Street
Kingston, Ontario
K7L 3Y6
Tel: (613) 545-0828
Fax: (613) 533-6509 | Lang Michener
Marie-France Major
300 - 50 O’Connor Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Tel: (613) 232-7171
Fax: (613) 231-3191 |
| Other Party | Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (“MCCT”) | REKO
Roy Elliott Kim O’Connor LLP
R. Douglas Elliott
R. Trent Morris
Victoria Paris
10 Bay Street, Suite 1400
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2R8
Tel: (416) 362-1989
Fax: (416) 362-6204 | Lang Michener
Marie-France Major
300 - 50 O’Connor Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Tel: (613) 232-7171
Fax: (613) 231-3191 |
| Other Party | Foundation for Equal Families (“the FEF”) | Torys
Linda M. Plumpton
79 Wellington Street West
Box 270, TD Centre
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1N2
Tel: (416) 865-0040
Fax: (416) 865-7380 | Lang Michener
Marie-France Major
300 - 50 O’Connor Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Tel: (613) 232-7171
Fax: (613) 231-3191 |