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APPENDIX A
LIST OF WITNESSES


Associations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

 


 

37th Parliament, 1st Session

 

Department of Finance

Réal Bouchard, Director, Social Policy

30/04/2002

21

 

Department of Human Resources Development

Nancy Lawand, Director, Canada Pension Plan Program Policy

Paul Migus, Assistant Deputy Minister

Doug Taylor, Director, Disability and Reconsideration Division

 

 

 

Office of the Commissioner of Review Tribunals Canada Pension Plan/Old Age Security (CPP/OAS)

Guy Arseneault, Deputy Commissioner of Review Tribunals

Émile Bergeron, Officer

Tina Head, Senior Counsel

Pat Iannitti, Director

Chantal Proulx, Legal Counsel

G. Peter Smith, Commissioner of Review Tribunals

07/05/2002

22

 

Advocacy Research Centre for the Handicaped

Harry Beatty

21/05/2002

23

 

Caledon Institute of Social Policy

Sherri Torjman, Vice-President

 

 

 

Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists

Donna Klaiman, Director of Professional Development and Education

 

 

 

Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities

Ashok Muzumdar, President

 

 

 

Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Professionals

Linda Simpson, Representative

 

 

 

Canadian Injured Workers Alliance

Vincent Boyce

Dave MacKenzie

 

 

 

Canadian Labour Congress

Bob Baldwin, National Director

 

 

 

Canadian Mental Health Association

Wendy Steinberg, Policy Analyst

21/05/2002

23

 

Canadian Paraplegic Association

François Bélisle, Chief Executive Officer

Neil Pierce, Chief Executive Officer of CPA — Alberta Division

 

 

 

Canadian Psychiatric Association

Francine Knoops, Director

 

 

 

Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation

Stephanie Nixon, Representative

Gerard Yetman, Representative

Elisse Zack, Representative

 

 

 

Council of Canadians with Disabilities

Laurie Beachell, National Coordinator

 

 

 

Department of Human Resources Development

Susan Williams, Director General

 

 

 

Institut Roeher Institute

Cam Crawford, President

 

 

 

Mood Disorders Society of Canada

William P. Ashdown, Vice-President

 

 

 

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada

Deanna Groetzinger, Vice-President

 

 

 

National Institute of Disability Management and Research

Wolfgang Zimmerman, Representative

 

 

 

Office of the Commissioner of Review Tribunals Canada Pension Plan/Old Age Security (CPP/OAS)

Tina Head, Senior Counsel

G. Peter Smith, Commissioner of Review Tribunals

 

 

 

As Individual

George Cameron

Sue Lott, Lawyer

Peggy Proctor

Allison Schmidt

David Walker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Department of Human Resources Development

Jane Clinckett, Special Advisor, Office of Disability Issues

Georges Grujic, Director, Programs

Pauline Myre, Director, Policy and Research

Vangelis Nikias, Special Advisor

Deborah Tunis, Director General, Office of Disability Issues

28/05/2002

24

 

37th Parliament, 2nd Session

 

Systemscope

Joe Peters, Director

29/01/2003

4

 

Caledon Institute of Social Policy

Michael Mendelson, Policy analyst

Sherri Torjman, Vice-President

05/02/2003

5

 

University of Victoria

Michael Prince, Lansdowne Professor of Social Policy

 

 

 

As individual

Sally Kimpson

 

 

 

Canada Pension Plan Working Group of Ontario

Harry Beatty

12/02/2003

6

 

Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres

Traci Walters, National Director

John Young, Managing Director

 

 

 

Council of Canadians with Disabilities

Laurie Beachell, National Coordinator

Mary Ennis, Vice-President

 

 

 

Environics Research Group Ltd

Chris Baker, Vice-President

 

 

 

Office of the Commissioner of Review Tribunals Canada Pension Plan/Old Age Security (CPP/OAS)

Guy Arseneault, Deputy Commissioner of Review Tribunals

Tina Head, Senior Counsel

Pat Iannitti, Director

 

 

 

Canadian AIDS Society

Ainsley Chapman, Program Consultant

Paul Lapierre, Executive Director

Canadian Mental Health Association

Elisabeth Ostiguy, Director

20/02/2003

7

 

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada

Deanna Groetzinger, Vice-President

20/02/2003

7

 

Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities

Ashok Muzumdar, President

18/03/2003

8

 

Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Professionals

Judy Marshall, National Executive Director

 

 

 

Canadian Medical Association

Dana Hanson, President

William Tholl, Secretary General and CEO

 

 

 

Canadian Psychiatric Association

Blake Woodside, President elect

 

 

 

Elizabeth Bruyère Health Centre

Hillel Finestone, Physiatrist

Milan Unarket, Physiatrist

 

 

 

Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of Canada

Lily Cheung, Past President

 

 

 

Round Table Project on Safe and Timely Return to Function and Return to Work

Lisa Doupe, Co-Leader

 

 

 

Office of the Commissioner of Review Tribunals Canada Pension Plan/Old Age Security (CPP/OAS)

Guy Arseneault, Deputy Commissioner of Review Tribunals

Bernie Clayman, Member

Cheryl Forchuk, Chair

Tom Kelly, Senior Advisor

Anna Mallin, Chair

G. Peter Smith, Commissioner of Review Tribunals

Lyle Smordin, Chair

Chris Spiteri, Chairperson, Canada Pension Plan/Old Age Security Review Tribunal

01/04/2003

9

 

As individual

David Baker, Lawyer

Allison Schmidt

 

 

 

“Université de Sherbrooke”

Patrick Loisel, Professor

08/04/2003

10

 

Canadian Council for the Rights of Injured Workers

Stéphane Paquin

Maria York, President

29/04/2003

11

 

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

David Brown, Medical Director

Lynne Gutteridge, Manager

Gretchen Van Riesen, Vice-President

 

 

 

Canadian Labour Congress

Bob Baldwin, National Director

Marie Clarke Walker, Executive Vice-President

 

 

 

New Brunswick Premiers’ Council on the Status of Disabled Persons

Randy Dickinson, Executive Director

 

 

 

As individual

Michael Schweigert

 

 

 

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.

Mark Daniels, President

Irene Klatt, Director

Greg Traversy, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer

06/05/2003

12

 

Workers’ Advisers

Blake Williams, Director

 

 

 

As individual

Sue Lott, Lawyer

 

 

 

B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities

Elizabeth Davis, Senior CPP Advocate

13/05/2003

13

 

Department of Finance

Réal Bouchard, Director, Social Policy,

Susan Kalinowski, Senior Policy Analyst, Income Security

Anthony Pizarro, Policy Analyst, Income Security and Social Policy

 

 

 

Department of Human Resources Development

Nancy Lawand, Director, Canada Pension Plan Program Policy

Susan Scotti, Assistant Deputy Minister

Susan Williams, Director General, Disability Benefits and Appeals

 

 

 

New Brunswick Mental Health Consumer Network

Marjorie Edwards, Vice-President

13/05/2003

13

 

As individual

Michael French

Michelle Kristinson

Roy Muise

Walter Nash

Ellie Stein

John Wodak