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APPENDIX A
LIST OF WITNESSES

CANADA

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Daniel Jean, Director General, International Region

Rénald Gilbert, Director, Asia and Pacific, International Region

Anton Jurkovich, Director, Europe, International Region

Lea Vachon, Head, Visits and Protocol Unit, Management Services, International Region

ASIA

Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea)

Hong Kong

Consulate General of Canada

Anthony Burger, Consul General

Tom Ryan, Consul, Immigration Program Manager

John Choi, Consul (Immigration)

Dan Dragovich, Consul (Immigration)

Frazer Mark, Consul (Immigration)

Victor Lum, Vice-consul (Immigration)

Shanghai

Consulate General of Canada

Stewart Beck, Consul General

John So, Vice-consul (Immigration)

Beijing

Canadian Embassy

His Excellency Joseph Caron, Ambassador

Dennis Scown, Minister-Counsellor, Immigration Program Manager

Robert Mackenzie, Minister, Trade Section Manager

David Manicom, Counsellor, Deputy Immigration Program Manager

Dr. Brian Dobie, Attaché, Head of the Medical Unit

Rick Shakespeare, Counsellor (Immigration)

Isabelle Ouellet, Second Secretary (Immigration)

Larry Penn, Second Secretary (Immigration)

Sébastien Francoeur, Third Secretary (Immigration)

Ilse DeRuytter (Immigration)

Ma Lan (Immigration)

Other embassies visited in Beijing

David Hopper, Consul, U.S.A Embassy

Neil Caddie, Counsellor, New Zealand Immigration

Ian Wilson, First Secretary, British Embassy

Roger Neilson, Counsellor, Australian Embassy

Seoul

Canadian Embassy

Penny Fraser, Counsellor, Immigration Program Manager

Daniel Vaughan, First Secretary, Deputy Immigration Program Manager

Randy Jankowski, First Secretary  (Immigration)

Lauri Friesen, Second Secretary (Immigration)

Moonho Lee (Immigration)

Seongkueong Kim (Immigration)

Swhwa Kim (Immigration)


EUROPE

London (England), Berlin (Germany), Vienna (Austria), France (Paris)

London

Canadian High Commission

His Excellency Jeremy Kinsman, High Commissioner

Robert Rochon, Deputy High Commissioner

Jean Roberge, Minister-Counsellor, Immigration Program Manager

Helen Amundsen, Counsellor, Deputy Immigration Program Manager

Denise Defoy, Counsellor (Immigration)

Kent Francis, First Secretary (Immigration)

Christine Foley (Immigration)

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Catherine Bush, Head of Product Management for the City and Guilds Trades Certification Board

Lorna Froud, Head of Careers at Oxford Brooks University

Angela Eagle, M.P. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Europe

Members of the U.K. Home Affairs Committee met in London

Gwyn Prosser, M.P.

Humphrey Malins, M.P.

Tom Watson, M.P.

Janet Dean, M.P.

Bridget Prentice, M.P.

Andrew Kennon, Clerk of the Committee

Other embassies visited in London

Edward Skerrett, Attaché, U.S. Embassy

Helen Wilson, Counsellor, Immigration, Australian High Commission

Berlin

Canadian Embassy

Her Excellency Marie Bernard-Meunier, Ambassador

John Rose, Counsellor, Immigration Program Manager

Tom Richter, First Secretary (Immigration)

Michael Stetzuhn (Immigration)

Kade Eede (Immigration)

Margarita Rodriguez (Immigration)

Brian Casey, Counsellor, Immigration Program Manager, Moscow

Other embassies and organizations visited in Berlin

Gerald Schomann, Zentralstelle fuer Arbeitsvermittlung (International Placement Agency, Bonn)

Dagman Feldgen, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Robert Henkel, BDI

Jim Levy, U.S. Embassy

Petra Canard, Australian Embassy

Mario Psiroukis, Australian Embassy

German Parliamentary Group met in Berlin

Rüdiger Veit, Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

Wolfgang Zeitlmann, Cristian Democratic Union of Germany/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU)

Petra Pau, Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)

Marieluise Beck, Bündnis,90/Die Grünen, Alliance 90/The Greens (B90/Greens)

Cem Oezdemir, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Alliance 90/The Greens (B90/Greens)

Christian Mueller, MP, Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), German-Canadian Parliamentary Group

Volkman Schultz, MP. German-Canadian Parliamentary Group

Elizabeth Mueller, German Foreign Ministry

Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen, Evangelische Akademie Tutzing

Vienna

Canadian Embassy

Peter Lilius, Counsellor, Immigration Program Manager

Robert McLeman, First Secretary (Immigration)

Dr. Jeremy Brown, Attaché, Head of the Medical Unit

Other embassies and organizations visited in Vienna

James Pettit, Consul General, U.S. Embassy

Len Forth, A/Officer in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Embassy

Linda Urquart, Counsellor, Immigration, Australian Embassy

Karole Paul, Head of Mission, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Irena Vojackova-Sollorano, Head of Mission, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Jonas Widgren, Director General, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)

From the Nationalrat (National Council/Parliament) in Vienna

Dr. Heinz Fischer, President

From Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Helga Konrad, Chair of OSCE Stability Pact Task Force on Human Trafficking

Paris

Canadian Embassy

His Excellency Raymond Chrétien, Ambassador

Brian Davis, Counsellor, Immigration Program Manager

Jean-Louis Laberge, Counsellor (Immigration)

Louise Van Winkle (Immigration)

Dr. Sylvain Bertrand, Attaché, Head of the Medical Unit

S. Guay, Counsellor

Other embassies visited in Paris

K. Cala, director of Australian Visa Service in Paris

Nancy Sambaiew, Consul General at the American Embassy

Quebec Delegation in Paris

Micheline Baril, Director, Quebec Immigration Service

Manon Boucher, Chief, Promotion, Quebec Immigration Service


INDIA

New Delhi (India)

New Delhi

Canadian High Commission

His Excellency Peter Sutherland, High Commissioner

Rod Fields, Counsellor, Immigration Program Manager

Neil Brockenshire, Counsellor, Deputy Immigration Program Manager

Ninon Valade, Counsellor (Immigration)

Bill Marshall, First Secretary (Immigration)

Keith Taylor, First Secretary (Immigration)

Nirmal Gill, Counsellor (Immigration)

Tony Milic, First Secretary (Immigration)

K.K. Jarth (Immigration)

Dr. Patrick Thériault, Attaché, Head of the Medical Unit

Dr. Sylvie Martin, Attaché, Medical Officer

Other embassies and organizations visited in India

Judith O’Neill, Counsellor (Immigration ) and Regional Director, Australian High Commission

Isabel Pritchett, First Secretary (Immigration), Australian High Commission

Hans Blume, Second Secretary (Immigration), Australian High Commission

Raymond R. Baca, Consul — First Secretary, U.S. Embassy

Alan Barry, First Secretary (Immigration), New Delhi Branch of the New Zealand High Commission

Dr. T. Walia, Deputy Representative of the World Health Organization for India

Augustine P. Mahiga, Chief of Mission, United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)