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APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

Peter Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer

2001/09/20

033

Canadian Employee Relocation Council

Bruce Atyeo, Co-Chair, Government Relations Committee

   

Jacques Prévost, Co-Chair, Government Relations Committee

   

Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation

Wes Biggs, President, Edgeflow

   

Mike Darch, Special Adviser to the President, Ottawa Economic Development, Division of OCRI

   

Pratt & Whitney Canada International Inc.

Gilles Ouimet, President

   

Business Council on National Issues

Thomas P. d’Aquino, President and Chief Executive Officer

2001/09/25

034

David Stewart-Patterson, Senior Vice-President, Policy and Communications

   

Sam Boutziouvis, Vice-President, International Trade and Global Economics

   

Business Tax Reform Coalition

Fiona Cook, Vice-President, International Trade and Government Relations, Forest Products Association of Canada

   

Barry Lacombe, President, Canadian Steel Producers’ Association

   

Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association

Richard Paton, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Co-operative Association

Mary Pat MacKinnon, Director of Policy and Government Affairs

   

Lynne Toupin, Chief Executive Director

   

Canadian Federation for Promoting Family Values

Michael Gorman, President

   

Canadian Nature Federation

Christie Spence, Co-Manager, Wildlands Campaign

   

Canadian Real Estate Association

Pierre Beauchamp, Chief Executive Officer

   

David Humphreys, Federal Affairs Advisor

   

Gregory Klump, Senior Economist

   

Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime

Steve Sullivan, President and Executive Director

   

Green Budget Coalition

Robert Hornung, Policy Director, Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development

   

Joan Kuyek, Executive Director, Mining Watch Canada

   

Sara Wilson, Manager

   

Hotel Association of Canada

Anthony P. Pollard, President

   

Mining Association of Canada

Dan Paszkowski, Vice-President, Economic Affairs

   

Gordon Peeling, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

National Science Organization Working Group

Howard Alper, Past Chair, Partnership Group for Science and Engineering

   

“Union des producteurs agricoles du Québec”

Serge Lebeau, Deputy Director, Research and Agriculture Policy

   

World Wildlife Fund Canada

Julia Langer, Director, International Programs

   

Canada Foundation for Innovation

Carmen Charette, Senior Vice-President

2001/09/26

037

David W. Strangway, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Library Association

Vicki Whitmell, Executive Director

   

Canadian Museums’ Association

Francine Brousseau, President

   

John McAvity, Executive Director

   

Community Foundations of Canada

Monica Patten, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Heritage Canada Foundation

Brian P. Anthony, Executive Director

   

Douglas Franklin, Director, Government and Public Relations

   

Association of Fundraising Professionals

Nicholas Offord, President of the Foundation

2001/09/27

038

James Pitblado, Chair of the Board, Hospital for Sick Children

   

Canadian Conference of the Arts

Philippa Borgal, Associate Director

   

Megan Williams, National Director

   

National Council of Women of Canada

Shirley Browne, Vice-President

   

Maria Neil, Convenor of Economics

   

National Task Force to Promote Employer-Provided Tax-Exempt Transit Benefits

Donna-Lynn Ahee, Project Manager

   

Amelia Shaw, Manager, Public Affairs, Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA)

   

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

Robert J. Giroux, President and Chief Executive Officer

2001/10/02

040

Robert Lacroix, Chairman, AUCC Board of Directors, Chief Administrative Officer, University of Montreal

   

Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance

David Paterson, Executive Director

   

Canadian Animal Health Institute

Jean Szkotnicki, President

   

Canadian Association of Research Libraries

Tim Mark, Executive Director

   

Paul Wiens, University Librarian, Queen’s University

   

Canadian Consortium for Research

Don McDiarmid, Director, Professional Affairs

   

John C. Service, Chair

   

Canadian Dental Hygienists’ Association

Salmy Lavigne, President

   

Susan Ziebarth, Executive Director

   

Canadian Film and Television Production Association

Guy Mayson, Senior Vice-President, Operations and Membership Services

   

Elizabeth McDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Healthcare Association

Sharon Sholzberg-Gray, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Allan Bernstein, President

   

DRI-WEFA Canada Inc.

Dale Orr, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist, Canadian Services

   

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Thomas A. Brzustowski, President

   

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Marc Renaud, President

   

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

The Honourable Martin Cauchon, Minister of National Revenue and Secretary of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Region of Quebec)

2001/10/03

043

Denis Lefebvre, Assistant Commissioner, Customs Branch

   

David Miller, Assistant Commissioner, Assessment and Collections Branch

   

Harvey Beaulac, Assistant Commissioner, Appeals Branch

   

National Anti-Poverty Organization

Bonnie Morton, President

   

Bruce Tate, Executive Director

   

National Research Council of Canada

Arthur J. Carty, President

   

North-South Institute

Roy Culpeper, President

   

Appraisal Institute of Canada

John Clark, President Elect

2001/10/04

045

Building and Construction Trades Department

Phil Benson, Staff Representative

   

Robert Blakely, Director of Canadian Affairs

   

Canadian Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Bill Strain, Chair, Taxation, Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting (CALU)

   

David Thibaudeau, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Construction Association

Michael Atkinson, President

   

Jeff Morrison, Director of Communications

   

Canadian Development Institute

Nicholas J. Patterson, Executive Director

   

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Bob Friesen, President

   

Insurance Bureau of Canada

Paul Kovacs, Senior Vice-President, Policy Development and Chief Economist

   

Suzanne Sabourin, Executive Director, Government Relations

   

Department of National Defence

The Honourable Art Eggleton, Minister of National Defence and Minister responsible for Emergency Preparedness Canada

2001/10/05

049

Lt-General George E. MacDonald, Vice-Chief of Defence Staff

   

R.M. (Bob) Emond, Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance and Corporate Services

   

Air Line Pilots’ Association

Vincent Charron, Pilot Representative

2001/10/15

050

Steve Linthwaite, Pilot Representative

Brian Shurry, Pilot Representative

   

Association for Healthcare Philanthropy

Michael Farrell, Chair

   

Diane Lister, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hospital for Sick Children Foundation

   

BMO, Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Donald K. Johnson, Vice-Chairman

   

Campaign Against Child Poverty

Caroline DiGiovanni, Director, Public Affairs, Catholic Children’s Aid Society

   

Jacqueline Maund, Coordinator

   

Gerald Vandezande, Spokesperson

   

Canadian Alliance for Children’s Healthcare

Jennifer Espey, Delsys Research Group Inc.

   

Nora Spinks, President, University of Western Ontario

   

Jean-Victor, Wittenberg, Chair, Task Force on Working Parents with Sick or Disabled Children

   

Canadian Association for Community Living

Connie Laurin-Bowie, Director, Policy and Programs

   

Diane Richler, Executive Vice-President

   

Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs

Donald F. Warden, Immediate Past President

   

Canadian Bankers’ Association

Dan Marinangeli, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer

   

Kelly Shaughnessy, Vice-President, Banking Operations

   

Canadian Centre for Philanthropy

Patrick Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Hardware and Housewares Manufacturers’ Associations

Vaughn Crofford, President

   

Canadian Pensioners Concerned Incorporated

Mae Harman, Past President, Ontario Division, Chair, Economic Concerns Committee

   

Gerda Kaegi, Immediate Past President, Ontario Division, Vice-President, National Association

   

Canadian Professional Sales Association

Terry Ruffel, President

   

Canadian Restaurant and Food Services Association

Becky McKinnon, President, Timothy’s World Coffee

   

Joyce Reynolds, Senior Director, Government
Affairs

   

Canadian Retail Building Supply Council

Stephen Johns, Immediate Past President

   

Canadian Retail Hardware Association

Robert Elliott, President

   

Canadian Tooling and Machining Association

James D. Bowman, J.P. Bowman Ltd. (Tool and Die), CTMA Director and Chair ATTC

   

Ed Glover, President, Harbour Advanced Machining Ltd., President, CTMA

   

Les Payne, President, Universal Pattern Co. Ltd., Vice-President, CTMA

   

Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association

Mark Nantais, President

   

David Penney, General Director, Tax and Customs, General Motors of Canada

   

Michael Sheridan, Director, Government Relations, Ford Motor Company of Canada

   

Tayce Wakefield, Vice-President, Corporate and Environmental Affairs, General Motors of Canada

   

Cement Association of Canada — Ontario Chapter

Lynn Davidson, Environmental Manager, St. Mary’s Cement, Bowmanville Plant

   

Wayne Dawson, Vice-President, Ontario Region

   

Brian Gent, Vice-President, Marketing, ESSROC Canada Inc.

   

Certified Management Accountants of Canada

Robert Dye, President, CMA Canada

   

Richard Monk, President, CMA Canada—Ontario

   

Citizens for Public Justice

Greg DeGroot-Maggetti, Socio-economic Concerns Coordinator

   

Crop Life Canada

Charles Milne, Vice-President, Government Affairs

   

Greater Toronto Services Board

Gordon Chong, Chairman

   

Horse Racing Tax Alliance of Canada

Michael Van Every, Chartered Accountant, PricewaterhouseCoopers

   

Catherine Willson, Willson and Associates, Barristers and Solicitors

   

Multi-Employer Benefit Plan Council of Canada

William Anderson, President

   

Thomas Levy, Member of the Board

   

Nature Conservancy Canada

John Lounds, President

   

Thea Silver, Director, Government Relations

   

Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association

Noreen Dumphy, Manager, Public Affairs

   

Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care Network

Mary-Anne Bédard, OCBCN Representative

   

Susan Sperling, OCBCN Representative

   

Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System

Walter Borthwick, OMERS Board Chair

   

Dale E. Richmond, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Toronto Training Board

Peter Landry, Business Director

   

Mike McCue, Labour Co-Chair

   

Rebecca Sugarman, Women’s Director

   

Toronto Transit Commission

David Miller, Commissioner of TTC and Toronto City Councillor

   

Vincent Rodo, General Manager

   

University of Toronto

Heather Munroe-Blum, Vice-President, Research and International Relations

   

University of Western Ontario

David Laidler, Department of Economics

   

Writers’ Union of Canada

Barry Grills, First Vice-Chair

   

As Individuals

Margaret Dinsdale

   

Leslie Whicher

   

Association of Canadian Pension Management

Keith Ambachtsheer, President Elect

2001/10/16

052

Priscilla Healy, Chair, Advocacy and Government Relations

   

Andrea Vincent, Director

   

Best Medicine Coalition

Pat Kelly, Chair

   

Campaign 2000

Laurel Rothman, National Coordinator

   

Canada Council United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

Charles (Bud) Calligan, President

   

Eddie Thornton, Executive Director, Local 27

   

Canadian Association of Not-for-Profit RESP Dealers

Kevin Connolly, Co-Chair

   

Tom O’Shaughnessy, Co-Chair

   

Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives

Dennis Howlett, Team Leader, Canadian Justice Cluster, KAIROS

   

Maylanne Maybee, Co-Chair, Canadian Social Development Program Committee, KAIROS

   

Canadian Lightweight Materials Research Initiative

William Harney, Director of New Product Development, Magna International

   

M.J. Wheeler, Chairman, Industry Steering Committee

   

College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario

Kathy Walker, President

   

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada

Donna Charbonneau, Board Member

   

Mark Goldblatt, Senior Consultant

   

Direct Sellers’ Association of Canada

W. Millar, Tax Counsel, Millar, Wyslobicky, & Kreklewetz

   

Paul Thériault, President

   

Greater Toronto Home Builders’ Association

Peter Gilgan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mattamy Homes

   

Jim Murphy, Director, Government Relations

   

Patrick O’Hanlon, President

   

Greater Toronto Transit Authority

W.M. (Bill) Jenkins, Director

   

Gary McNeil, Managing Director

   

Group Health Centre

David Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sault Ste. Marie and District Group Health Association

   

Hospital for Sick Children Foundation

Manuel Buchwald, Chief of Research

   

Diane Lister, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada

Deanna Groetzinger, Vice-President, Communications

   

National Housing and Homeless Network and Toronto Disaster Relief

Michael Shapcott, Co-Chair, NHHN

   

National Professional Association Coalition on Tuition

William Easton, Chair

   

Ontario Hospital Association

David MacKinnon, President

   

Star Navigation Systems

Viraf Kapadia, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

   

Reg Tanner, Manager, Network Services, MFP Financial Services

   

Hilary Vieira, President

   

Toronto Board of Trade

M. Elyse Allan, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Terri Lohness, Chief Economist

   

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Dick Hunter, General Manager, Conservation Ontario

   

Peter Krause, Chairman of the Board

   

Craig Mather, Chief Administrative Officer

   

Toronto Disaster Relief Committee

Musonda Kidd, Administrative Assistant

   

Urban Development Institute/Ontario

Paul Mondell, Chair

   

Neil H. Rodgers, President

   

As an Individual

Joseph Polito

   

Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants

Pierre Brunet, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors

2001/10/17

054

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (Montreal)

Catherine Guillemette, Member of the Board

   

Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation

Walter Robinson, Federal Director

   

“Centrale des syndicats démocratiques”

Jean-Guy Ouellet, Legal Counsel

   

François Vaudreuil, President

   

Chamber of Commerce of Quebec

Michel Audet, President

   

Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN)

François Bélanger, Researcher, Staff Relations

   

Claudette Carbonneau, First Vice-President

   

Forest Products’ Association of Canada

Frank Dottori, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tembec Inc.

   

Ashok Narang, Chairman, “Papier Masson Ltée”

   

“Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain”

Lucie Poirier, “Organisatrice au FRAPRU”

   

François Saillant, Coordinator

   

McGill University

Pierre Bélanger, Vice-Principal, Research

   

Morty Yalovsky, Vice-Principal, Administration and Finance

   

Municipality of Iqaluit

Rick Butler, Chief Administrative Officer

   

John Matthews, Mayor

   

Shipping Federation of Canada (The)

Gilles J. Bélanger, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Ivan Lantz, Director, Marine Operations

   

Anne Legars, Director, Government Affairs

   

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Charles Lapointe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Montreal, Vice-Chairman, TIAC, Policy Committee

   

Christena Keon Sirsly, Chief Strategy Officer, VIA Rail Canada Inc., Vice-Chairman, TIAC Board of Directors

   

Annapolis Valley-Hants Community Action Program for Children

Pauline Raven, Regional Coordinator

2001/10/18

056

Cement Association of Canada — Atlantic Region

Alicje Cornelissen, Director, Environment and Building Sciences

   

Bill E. Dooley, Vice-President

Ted Hounslow, Sales Manager, Atlantic Region, Lafarge Corporation

   

Elaine Ferguson, Executive Director

   

Dalhousie Legal Aid Services

Jeanne Fay, Community Legal Worker

   

Dartmouth Literacy Network’s Board of Directors

Calinda Brown, Representative

   

Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations

Claude Dionne, President

   

Desmond Morley, Executive Director

   

Hans Vanderleest, Professor

   

Independent Living Resource Centre

Cecilia Carroll, Chairperson

   

Lois Miller, Executive Director, Metro Resource Centre for Independent Living

   

MacKillop Centre for Social Justice

Mary Boyd, Director

   

Newfoundland-Labrador Federation of Co-operatives

Glen Fitzpatrick, Managing Director

   

Nova Scotia Association of Health Organizations

Robert Cook, President

   

George Kephert, Director, Population of Health Research Unit

   

Peter Mackinnon, Chief Executive Officer, Colchester East Hants Health Authority, Member of the NSAHO Board of Directors and Chair of the Working Group

   

Nova Scotia New Democratic Party

Graham Steele, Finance Critic

   

Nova Scotia School Boards Association

Mary Jess MacDonald, First Vice-President

   

Lavinia Parrish-Zwicker, President

   

As an Individual

Jane Warren

   

B.C. Road Builders & Heavy Construction Association

Jack Davidson, President

2001/10/22

058

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society — B.C. Chapter

Sabine Jessen, Conservation Director

   

College Institute Educators’ Association of B.C.

Roseanne Moran, Communications and Research Staff Representative

   

Maureen Shaw, President

   

First Nations Summit Society

Harold Calla, Director of Finance

   

Jason Calla, Councillor

   

Indian Taxation Advisory Board

Clarence (Manny) Jules, Chair

   

Technical University of British Columbia

Linda Bartram, NSERC Industrial Post-doctoral Fellow

   

Tom Calvert, Professor and Vice-President, Research and External Affairs

   

Tenants’ Rights Action Coalition

Vanessa Geary, Member

   

Linda Mix, Community Legal Worker

   

University Presidents’ Council of British Columbia

Don J. Avison, President

   

British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council

Tony Tennessy, President, Operating Engineers Local 115

2001/10/23

059

Canadian Association of Gift Planners

Janice Loomer Margolis, CAGP Representative

   

Canadian Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Jennifer Orum, Vice-President, Coordinator, Financial Aid & Awards, University of Victoria

   

Canadian Health Food Association

Donna Herringer, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Coalition of Child Care Advocacy

Susan Harney, Chair, Coalition and Parents

   

Coalition of Leaky Condo Owners

James Balderson, Spokesperson

   

Coalition to Renew Canada’s Infrastructure

Jeremy Kon, Vice-Chairman

   

Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia

Robert Clift, Executive Director

   

Credit Union Central of Canada

Wayne Nygren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Credit Union Central of B.C.

   

Richard Thomas, Vice-President, Government Relations

   

David Suzuki Foundation

Dermot Foley, Energy Director

   

Jim Fulton, Executive Director

   

Gerry Scott, Director, Climate Change

   

Fuel Cells Canada

Brian Josling, President

   

Chris Reid, President, Cellex Limited

   

Greater Vancouver Regional District

Robert Paddon, Manager, Communications

   

Helen Sparkes, Mayor, New Westminster

   

Parents for Child Care

Heather Northrup, Member

   

Trilennium Mentors Ltd.

Conrad Guelke, Principal

   

R.W. (Bob) Harrison, Chairman

   

Christopher H. Hebb, Project Associate

   

John S.R. Montgomery, Project Associate

   

University of British Columbia

Martha Salcudean, Emerita Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

   

Vancouver Board of Trade

Richard Mahler, Director

   

Darcy Rezac, Managing Director

   

Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine Associated

R. Bayrock, Vice-President, Acupuncture Society of Alberta

2001/10/24

061

Marc Raedschelders, Program Coordinator

   

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

David Daly, Manager, Fiscal Policy

   

Dan Swift, Vice-President, Finance

   

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society — Edmonton Section

Sam Gunsch, Executive Director

   

Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation

Hazel Corcoran, Executive Director

   

Cement Association of Canada —Western Region

Keith Meagher, Manager, Contracts and Technical Support

   

Ken Pensack, Vice-President, Western Region

   

Clean Air Renewable Energy Coalition

Marlie Burtt, Director, Tax, Suncor Energy Inc.

   

Gordon Lambert, Director, Environment, Health and Safety

   

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

William Janzen, Vice-President, Finance and Administration

   

W.A. (Sam) Shaw, President

   

Nunavut Association of Municipalities

David General, Chief Executive Officer

   

Keith Peterson, Vice-President

   

Private Foundations Canada

David Elton, Chair, Government Relations Committee

   

Women Warriors of Sahtu

Cece McCauley, Chief

   

Don Sandercock, Advisor

   

As an Individual

Beverley Smith

   

“Association des résidences pour retraités du Québec”

Robert Chagnon, Director General

2001/10/25

063

Eddy Savoie, “Les Résidences Soleil — Groupe Savoie”

   

Asper Foundation Inc.

Gail Asper, Managing Director, President, CanWest Global Foundation

   

Moe Levy, Executive Director

   

Norm Promislow, Lawyer, Pitblado, Buchwald & Asper

   

Association of Manitoba Municipalities

Wayne Motheral, President

   

Canadian Nature Federation

Gaile Whelan-Enns, Director, Manitoba Wildlands Campaign

   

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society — Manitoba Chapter

Beth McKechnie, Executive Director

   

Congress of Union Retirees of Canada

Al Cerilli, Executive Board Member-at-large, President, Manitoba Federation of Union Retirees

   

Council of Canadians with Disabilities

Laurie Beachell, National Co-ordinator

   

Manitoba Organization of Faculty Associations

James Clark, President

   

Regional Health Authorities of Manitoba

Kevin Beresford, Chair, Council of CEOs

   

Randy Lock, Executive Director

   

Trans-Canada #1 West Association

Bruce Anderson, Manager

   

Darcy Cockbill, Vice-President

   

Department of Finance

2001/10/26

065

The Honourable Jim Peterson, Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)

   

Yvan Roy, Assistant Deputy Minister and Counsel to the Department of Finance

   

Bob Hamilton, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Policy Branch

   

Charles Seeto, Director, Financial Sector Policy Branch

   

Richard Lalonde, Chief, Financial Sector Policy Branch

   

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada

Horst Intscher, Director

   

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions

Nicholas LePan, Superintendent

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Dave Beer, Superintendent, Proceeds of Crime Branch

   

Rick Reynolds, Inspector, Proceeds of Crime Branch

   

Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health

Rémi Quirion, Scientific Director, Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction

2001/10/29

066

Phil Upshall, Chair

   

Canadian Automobile Association

Rosalinda Fisher, Manager, Government Affairs and Traffic Safety

   

Elly Meister, Vice-President, Public Affairs and Communications

   

Canadian Chamber of Commerce (The)

Nancy Hughes Anthony, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Michael Murphy, Senior Vice-President, Policy

   

Canadian Council of Professional Engineers

Pierre Boucher, President

   

Marie Lemay, Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Richard Fahey, Vice-President, Quebec

   

Catherine Swift, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Garth Whyte, Senior Vice-President, National Affairs

   

Canadian Trucking Alliance

David Bradley, Chief Executive Officer

   

Ron Lennox, Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs

   

Cement Association of Canada — Ottawa

Patrick Dolberg, President and CEO of the St. Lawrence Cement Group

   

François Lacroix, President

   

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Jack Layton, President

   

Gilles Vaillancourt, Mayor of Laval

   

Information Technology Association of Canada

Gaylen Duncan, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Investment Funds Institute of Canada

John Mountain, Vice-President, Regulation

   

National Association of Women and the Law

Kim Brooks, Member, Fiscal Policies Working Group

   

Bonnie Diamond, Executive Director

   

Assembly of First Nations

Matthew Coon Come, National Chief

2001/10/30

067

Association of Canadian Community Colleges

Gerald Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Association of Canadian Travel Agents

Randall Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Alliance of Student Associations

Liam Arbuckle, National Director

   

Canadian Association of University Teachers

David Robinson, Director, Public Policy & Communications

   

James Turk, Executive Director

   

Canadian Council on Social Development

Lori Harrop, Director, Public Affairs

   

Marcel Lauzière, Executive Director

   

Canadian Electricity Association

Roy Staveley, Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs and Environment

   

Canadian Federation of Students

Ian Boyko, Chair

   

Canadian Fertilizer Institute

Daphne Arnason, PCS, Chair, CFI Business

   

Norm Beug, Chairman of the Board

   

Canadian School Boards’ Association

Gary Shaddock, President

   

Canadian Teachers’ Federation

John Staple, Director, Economic Services

   

Harvey Weiner, Deputy Secretary General

   

Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association

Peter Barnes, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

J. David Farnes, Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs

   

Certified General Accountants’ Association of Canada

Everett Colby, Chair, Taxation Policy Committee

   

N. Dawn McGeachy, Manager, Government Relations and Advocacy

   

Coalition for Canadian Astronomy

Peter Janson, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, AMEC Inc.

   

Russell Taylor, Professor of Astrophysics and President of the Canadian Astronomical Society

   

Council for Business and the Arts in Canada

Sarah Iley, President

   

Federation of Quebec Apple Growers

François Rochon, President

   

Jean Louis Roy, Representative

   

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations

Perry Bellegarde, Chief

   

Terry Goodtrack, Chief Financial Officer

   

Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada

Patricia Clements, President

   

Denise Pelletier, Vice-President, External Communications

   

Insurance Brokers Association of Canada

Ginny Bannerman, President

   

Francesca Iacurto, Director, Public Affairs

   

National Children’s Alliance

Harvey Weiner, Member, Canadian Teachers’ Federation

   

National Coalition on Housing and Homelessness

Sharon Chisholm, Executive Director, Canadian Housing and Renewal Association

   

Mark Goldblatt, Representative

   

T-Base Research & Communications Inc.

Sharlyn Ayotte, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Jillian Deevy, Manager, Web Projects

   

As an Individual

Ghislain Fournier, M.P. (Manicouagan)

   

Brewers’ Association of Canada

André Dion, President, Unibroue

2001/10/31

069

Sandy Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Howard Thompson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Creemore Springs Brewery Ltd.

   

Canadian Abortion Rights Action League

Marilyn Wilson, Executive Director

   

Canadian Association of Retired Persons

Rolf Calhoun, Ottawa Representative

   

William Gleberzon, Associate Executive Director

   

Canadian Dental Association

Andrew Jones, Director, Corporate and Government Relations

   

George Sweetnam, President-Elect

   

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.

Mark Daniels, President

   

James Witol, Vice-President, Taxation and Research

   

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

John Allinotte, Director, Corporate Taxation, Dofasco Inc.

   

Jayson Myers, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist

   

Canadian Petroleum Products Institute

Bill Simpkins, Vice-President, Government Relations

   

Canadian Printing Industries’ Association

Pierre Boucher, President

   

Jeff Ekstein, Chairman of CPIA’S Government Affairs Committee

   

Celeris Aerospace Canada Inc.

Steve Hall, President

   

Coalition for the Elimination of Capital Taxes

David Penney, General Director, Tax and Cutoms, General Motors of Canada Inc.

   

Satya Poddar, Director, Tax Policy Services, Ernst & Young LLP

   

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Brian Gray, Director, Conservation Programs

   

Barry Turner, Director, Governmental Affairs

   

Retail Council of Canada

Peter Woolford, Vice-President

   

Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers

John Marinucci, Director, President, National Steel Car Ltd.

2001/11/01

071

Frank Trotter, Vice-President

   

Canadian Federation of Nurses’ Union

Kathleen Connors, President

   

Canadian Home Builders’ Association

Greg Christenson, First Vice-President

   

John Kenward, Chief Operating Officer

   

Mary Lawson, Member of the Executive Board

   

Dick Miller, President

   

Canadian Housing and Renewal Association

Sharon Chisholm, Executive Director

   

Canadian Medical Association

Henry Haddad, President

   

William Tholl, Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Nurses’ Association

Robert Calnan, President-Elect

   

Ginette Rodger, President

   

Canadian Steel Producers’ Association

Barry Lacombe, President

   

Canadian Urban Transit Association

Eric Gillespie, Chair

   

Michael Roschlau, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Conference of Defence Associations

Charles Belzile (Retired), Chairman

   

Sean Henry, (Retired), Senior Defence Analyst

   

Alain Pellerin (Retired), Executive Director

   

International Association of Fire Fighters

Sean McManus, Assistant to the General President

   

Railway Association of Canada

Bruce Burrows, Vice-President, Public Affairs, Government Relations

   

Sab Meffe, Chair, Taxation Committee

   

Canadian Cancer Society

Kenneth Kyle, Director, Public Issues

   

Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Linda Manyguns, National Coordinator —Aboriginal & Inuit Services

   

Vangelis Nikias, National Director

   

Canadian Venture Capital Association

John Bradlow, Director and Chair of the Public Policy Committee

   

John Eckert, President

   

Coalition for Biomedical and Health Research

Lisa McKerracher, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Montreal University

   

Barry D. McLennan, Chair

   

Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations

Al Hatton, Executive Director

   

Council for Health Research in Canada

David Hill, Vice-Chair

   

John Hylton, Executive Director

   

Environmental Science and Technology Alliance Canada

A. McDowell, Executive Director

   

Jack Pasternak, Environmental Technology — Innovations Canada

   

Health Charities Council of Canada

Yves Savoie, National Executive Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association

   

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Carolyn Brooks, President-Elect

   

Sally Brown, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

   

National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

David McGuinty, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Stuart Smith, Chairman

   

Partnership Group in Science and Engineering

Howard Alper, Past Chair

   

David Kenny, Chair

   

Retirement Income Coalition

Malcolm Hamilton, William Mercer Ltd.

   

C.A. Pielsticker, Chair