WITNESSES
Tuesday, October 22, 1996 (Meeting No. 26)
``Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo''(ADISQ):
Solange Drouin, General Director and Legal Counsel;
Robert Pilon, Vice-President, Public Affairs.
Canadian Independent Record Production Association (CIRPA):
Brian Chater, President.
Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA):
Brian Robertson, President;
G. Ken Thompson, Vice-President, General Counsel.
Tuesday, October 22, 1996 (Meeting No. 27)
Canadian Booksellers Association:
Jane Cooney, President;
John J. Finlay, Executive Director;
Ron Johnson, First Vice-President.
Canadian Recording Media Association:
John Clarry, BASF Canada Inc.;
Brian Peterson, Maxell Canada;
Richard Singerman, AVS Technologies (exclusive Canadian distributor of TDK).
European Tape Industry Council (ETIC):
Wilhellmus (Bill) Andriessen, President.
``Union des artistes'':
Lucie Beauchemin, Consultant;
Marie-Denise Pelletier, Singer and Member of the Administrative Council;
Kathrine Sand, Secretary General of the ``Fédération int. des acteurs (FIA)'';
Serge Turgeon, President.
Wednesday, October 23, 1996 (Meeting No. 28)
Association of Canadian Publishers:
Paul Davidson, Executive Director;
Roy MacSkimming, Policy Director;
Jack Stoddart, President;
Ron B. Thomson, Chair of the ACP Copyright Committee.
Canadian Publishers' Council:
Jacqueline Hushion, Executive Director;
Ron Munro, President, Post Secondary Publishers' Group, (V.P. and General Manager, College Division, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited);
Gary Rodrigues, President, (Senior V.P., Publishing, Carswell/Thomson Professional Publishing);
Fred Wardle, Chairperson, Intellectual Property Committee, (President and CEO, Canadian Almanac & Directory Publishing Co. Ltd.);
Julia Woods, President, Trade Publishers' Group, (V.P., Trade and Professional Division, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited).
Thursday, October 24, 1996 (Meeting No. 29)
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television & Radio Artists(ACTRA):
Alexander Crawley, President;
Kathrine Sand, Secretary General of the ``Fédération int. des acteurs (FIA)''.
Committee of Major Legal Publishers:
Yvon Blais, ``Les éditions Yvon Blais Inc.'';
Glen A. Bloom, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt;
Geralyn M. Christmas, Vice-President, Editorial, Canada Law Book Inc.;
Ruth Epstein, Publishing Director, Butterworths Canada Ltd.;
Laura Wright, Carswell Thomson Professional Publishing.
SARDeC--``Société des auteurs, recherchistes, documentalistes et compositeurs''; AQAD--``Association québécoise des auteurs dramatiques''; UNEQ--``Union des écrivaines et écrivains québécois'':
Robert Gurik, President (AQAD);
Rose-Marie Lafrance, Director, ``Service des droits'' (UNEQ);
Yves Légaré, General Director (SARDeC);
Pierre Lavoie, General Director (UNEQ).
Tuesday, October 29, 1996 (Meeting No. 30)
American Federation of Musicians of the U.S. and Canada:
Marc LaFrance, Chairman, Special Committee on Neighboring Rights, Vancouver Musicians' Association, AFM Local 145;
Ray Petch, Vice-President from Canada;
Jill Tonus, Counsel.
Federation of Law Societies of Canada:
Scott Jolliffe, Managing Partner, Gowlings, Strathy & Henderson;
Alain Létourneau, Chair, National Copyright Committee, (Managing Partner, Pépin Létourneau);
Donald M. Little, President, Managing (Partner, Roy, Johnston & Company).
Periodical Writers Association of Canada:
Sandra Bernstein, Copyright Committee Member;
Ruth Biderman, Executive Director;
Marian Hebb, Legal Counsel.
Tuesday, October 29, 1996 (Meeting No. 31)
Association of Canadian Archivists:
Victorin Chabot, ``Association des archivistes du Québec'';
Jean Dryden, Chair, Copyright Committee;
Nancy Marrelli, Canadian Council of Archives.
Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL):
Graham Hill, University Librarian, McMaster University.
Canadian Museums Association:
John McAvity, Executive Director;
Maia Sutnik, Head of Collections, Art Gallery of Ontario;
Barbara Tyler, Executive Director, McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
National Archives of Canada:
Jean-Pierre Wallot, National Archivist.
Wednesday, October 30, 1996 (Meeting No. 32)
Association of Canadian Community Colleges:
Pierre Killeen, Constituency and Government Relations.
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada:
Sally A. Brown, Senior Vice-President.
Canadian Association of University Teachers:
Alan Andrews, Past-President (1995-96).
Canadian School Boards Association:
Donna Cansfield, President.
Canadian Teachers Federation:
Harvey Weiner, Deputy Secretary General.
Central Alberta Media Services:
Jantje (Jan) Dunn, Operations Manager.
National Library of Canada:
Tom Delsey, Director General, Corporate Policy and Communications;
Marianne Scott, National Librarian.
Thursday, October 31, 1996 (Meeting No. 33)
Canadian Hearing Society:
Melanie Sexton, Volunteer, Board of Directors.
Canadian Library Association:
John Tooth, Convenor, CLA Copyright Committee (Co-ordinator, Instructional Resources Unit, Manitoba Education & Training);
Paul Whitney, Vice-President/President Elect, (Chief Librarian, Burnaby Public Library).
Canadian National Institute for the Blind:
Fran Cutler, National Council;
Seán Madsen, Volunteer, (Advocacy Director, Canadian Council for the Blind);
James W. Sanders, National Director, Government Relations and International Services.
Tuesday, November 5, 1996 (Meeting No. 34)
Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft (CAAST):
Jeff Dossett, President, (General Manager of Microsoft Canada Inc.);
Michael Eisen, Secretary and General Counsel.
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN):
François Cousineau, Past-President, (Composer);
Bill Henderson, President, (Composer);
Alexina Louie, Director, (Classical Music Composer);
Holger Peterson, Director, (President of Stony Plain Records, Publisher);
Michael Rock, General Manager;
Paul Spurgeon, General Counsel.
Tuesday, November 5, 1996 (Meeting No. 35)
``Association nationale des éditeurs de livres'':
Antoine Del Busso, President.
Educational Media Producers and Distributors Association of Canada:
John Fisher, Copyright Chairman.
``Front des créateurs pour la défense du droit d'auteurs'':
Diane Lamarre, Coordinator.
Wednesday, November 6, 1996 (Meeting No. 36)
Canadian Bar Association:
P. André Gervais, Vice-President;
H. Bernard Mayer, Member, CBA/PTIC Joint Copyright Legislation Committee;
Stuart Rennie, Member, CBA-BC Branch Legal Research Section.
Copyright Board of Canada:
Michel Hétu, Vice-Chairman and CEO.
Laurier Office Mart:
Shahé Avedissian, President;
Howard P. Knopf, Counsel.
``Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec''(SPACQ):
Francine Bertrand Venne, Director General;
Pierre Bertrand, President;
Luc Plamondon, Administrator;
Stéphane Tremblay, Administrator.
Thursday, November 7, 1996 (Meeting No. 37)
Canadian Creators Coalition:
André Amyot, Copyright Chairman, Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC);
Richard Bell, Copyright Liaison, (PPOC);
Struan Campbell-Smith, President of CAPIC;
John Harquail, Secretary, Canadian Creators Coalition;
Duncan Read, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications (CAPIC).
Canadian Music Publishers Association:
David A. Basskin, Executive Director.
Photo Marketing Association International--Canada:
John Asa, President of Japan Camera Inc.;
Robert Gauthier, ``L.L. Lozeau Ltée'';
George Fisk, Counsel.