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The Honourable John C. Major, Q.C., was appointed Commissioner under Part 1 of the <em>Inquiries Act.</em></p> <p class="txtNormal">The Inquiry will be conducted in two stages. During the first stage, the Commissioner will hear voluntary testimony from the families of the victims. Stage two will deal with matters set out in clause (b) of the Order in Council. For the Order in Council text, please visit the <a class="lnkNormal" href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/termsofreference/">Terms of Reference</a>.</p> <p class="txtNormal">Mark J. Freiman is the Commission's Lead Counsel. Michel Dorval is the Commission's Co-Counsel.</p> <p class="txtNormal">The office of the Commission is located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" valign="bottom" width="338"><span class="txtFooter"><br><br>   Last Modified: 21/06/2006</span></td> <td width="112" valign="bottom" align="right"><a title="Important Notices" href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/privacy/index.asp" class="lnkFooter"><br><br>Important Notices</a></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="7"><hr></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20"><span class="txtFooter">[ <a class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/fr/index.asp" title="Fran鏰is">Français</a> | <a class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/contact/index.asp" title="Contact Us">Contact Us</a> | <a class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/help/index.asp" title="Help">Help</a> | <a class="lnkFooter" target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080622063200/http://canada.gc.ca/" title="Canada Site">Canada Site</a> ]</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20"><span class="txtFooter">[ <a href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/whatsnew/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="What's New">What's New</a> | <a href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/sitemap/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="Site Map">Site Map</a> | <a href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/newsroom/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="News">News</a> | <a href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="Home">Home</a> ]</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20"><span class="txtFooter">[ <a href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="Welcome">Welcome</a> | <a href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/termsofreference/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="Terms of Reference">Terms of Reference</a> | <a href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/openingstatement/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="Opening Statement">Opening Statement</a> ]</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20"><span class="txtFooter">[ <a href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/rulesofprocedureandpractice" class="lnkFooter" title="Rules of Procedure">Rules of Procedure and Practice</a> | <a href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/tentativeschedule" class="lnkFooter" title="Tentative Schedule">Tentative Schedule</a> ]</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20"><span class="txtFooter">[ <a title="Parties and Intervenors" class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/partiesandintervenors">Parties and Intervenors</a> | <a title="Applications" class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/applications">Applications</a> | <a title="Rulings" class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/rulings">Rulings</a> | <a href="/web/20080622063200/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/inremembrance/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="In Remembrance">In Remembrance</a> ]</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20"><span class="txtFooter"> </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>