APPENDIX A - LIST OF WITNESSES

Associations and Individuals	Date	Meeting
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada	20/03/2001	4
Thomas Brzustowski, President
Coalition for Canadian Astronomy	22/03/2001	6
Peter Janson, Chair and Chief Executive officer, AMEC Inc.
Rene Racine, Emeritus Professor, "Département de physique, Université de Montréal"
Andrew Russel Taylor, President, Canadian Astronomical Society
Department of Industry	29/03/2001	9
Gilbert Normand, Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development)
George Michaliszym, Director, Life Sciences Branch
Marie Tobin, Director General, Innovation Policy Branch
Canada Foundation for Innovation	03/04/2001	10
David W. Strangway, President and Chief Executive Officer
Carmen Charette, Senior Vice-President
Manon Harvey, Vice-President, Finance
Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada	24/04/2001	13
Jayson Myers, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist
Statistics Canada
John Baldwin, Director

Genome Canada	01/05/2001	16
Martin Godbout, Executive Director
National Research Council of Canada
Peter Hackett, Vice-President, Research and Technology Development
John Root, Program Leader, Neutron Program for Materials Research
Walter Davidson, Coordinator (National Facilities)
Coalition for Biomedical and Health Research		17
Barry McLennan, Chair
Charles Pitts, Executive Director
Montreal Genome Centre, McGill University
Thomas Hudson, Director, Assistant Director, Centre for Genome Research, Whitehead Institute / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Research Council of Canada
Peter Hackett, Vice-President, Research and Technology Development
Canadian Space Agency	08/05/2001	20
Mac Evans, President
Department of Finance
Paul Berg-Dick, Director, Business Income Tax Division
Department of Industry
Jeffrey Parker, Executive Director, Technology Partnerships Canada

National Research Council of Canada	08/05/2001	20
Lucie Lapointe, General Secretary
Margot Montgomery, Director General, Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
Networks of Centres of Excellence
Jean-Claude Gavrel, Director
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Richard Flageole, Assistant Auditor General
Peter Simeoni, Director
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada	15/05/2001	23
Robert Giroux, President
Canada’s Role in International Science and Technology
René Simard, Chair
Canadian Association of University Research Administrators
Bruce Hutchinson, Past President
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Allan Bernstein, President
Commercialization of University Research
Pierre Fortier, Director
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Thomas Brzustowski, President

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada	15/05/2001	23
Marc Renaud, President
René Durocher, Executive Director, Canada Research Chairs Program
Canadian Association of University Teachers	31/05/2001	29
Paul Jones, Research and Education Officer
Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund Inc.
Calvin Stiller, Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Conference Board of Canada
Brian Guthrie, Director, Innovation and Knowledge Management
Department of Industry
Gwillym Allen, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Economic Policy and Enforcement
National Research Council of Canada
Arthur Carty, President
University of Toronto
Nancy Gallini, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
David Mowat, Chief Executive Officer