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APPENDIX B: LIST OF WITNESSES

 

41st Parliament – First Session

Growing Forward 2

 

   

 

Organizations and Individuals

 

Date

Meeting

     

As an individual

Sylvain Charlebois, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies,College of Management and Economics, University of Guelph

 

2011/10/06

4

Canadian Swine Research and Development Cluster

Claude Miville, Chair

 

   

Canola Council of Canada

JoAnne L.  Buth, President

 

   

Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Jim Brandle, Chief Executive Officer

 

   

As an individual

Rene Van Acker, Professor and Associate Dean,
External Relations, University of Guelph

 

2011/10/18

5

Genome Prairie

Wilfred A. Keller, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

   

P.E.I. Health Coalition

Mary Boyd, Representative

 

   

Leo Broderick, Representative

 

   

Pulse Canada

Gordon Bacon, Chief Executive Officer

 

   

British Columbia Cattlemen's Association

Kevin Boon, General Manager

 

2011/10/20

6

British Columbia Fruit Growers' Association

Joe Sardinha, President

 

   

University of Manitoba

Michael Trevan, Dean

 

   

Karin Wittenberg, Associate Dean,
Research, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

 

   

University of Saskatchewan

Mary Buhr, Dean and Professor,
College of Agriculture and Bioresources

 

   

Canada Organic Trade Association

Matthew Holmes, Executive Director

 

2011/10/25

7

Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission

Franck Groeneweg, Director

 

   

University of Guelph

K. Peter Pauls, Professor and Chair,
Department of Plant Agriculture

 

   

University of Saskatchewan

Douglas Freeman, Dean,
Western College of Veterinary Medicine

 

   

As an individual

Evan Fraser, Associate Professor,
Canada Research Chair, Department of Geography, University of Guelph

 

2011/10/27

8

Canadian Horticultural Council

Anne Fowlie, Executive Vice-President

 

   

Sustainable Chemistry Alliance

Murray McLaughlin, President and  Chief Executive Officer

 

   

University of Saskatchewan

Peter W.B. Phillips, Professor,
Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

 

   

BC Association of Farmers' Markets

Jon Bell, President

 

2011/11/01

9

CropLife Canada

Peter MacLeod, Vice-President,
Crop Protection Chemistry

 

   

Dennis  Prouse, Vice-President,
Government Affairs

 

   

Dairy Farmers of Canada

Émie Désilets, Scientific Coordinator

 

   

Pierre Lampron, Member,
Board of Directors

 

   

Canadian Cattlemen's Association

Andrea Brocklebank, Research Manager

 

2011/11/03

10

Travis Toews, President

 

   

Canadian Poultry Research Council

Jacob Middelkamp, Chair

 

   

Bruce Roberts, Executive Director

 

   

Manitoba Forage Council

Jim Lintott, Chairman

 

   

Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Greg Meredith, Assistant Deputy Minister,
Strategic Policy Branch

 

2011/11/15

11

Canadian Farm Business Management Council

Richard Robert, Chair

 

2011/11/17

12

Heather Watson, General Manager

 

   

Fédération des groupes conseils agricoles du Québec

Mathieu Pelletier, Management Agronomist,
Réseau d'expertise en gestion agricole

 

   

Johanne Van Rossum, President

 

   

George Morris Centre

Robert Seguin, Excutive Director

 

   

Organic Meadow Co-operative

Ted Zettel, General Manager

 

   

Canadian Canola Growers Association

Todd Hames, Vice-President

 

2011/11/22

13

Christina Patterson, Policy Analyst

 

   

Canadian Organic Growers

Beth McMahon, Executive Director

 

   

Dairy Farmers of Canada

Ron Maynard, Vice-President

 

   

Turkey Farmers of Canada

Phil Boyd, Executive Director

 

   

Mark Davies, Chair

 

   

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Virginia Labbie, Senior Policy Analyst,
Saskatchewan and Agri-business

 

2011/11/24

14

Farmers of North America Inc.

James Mann, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

   

Grain Growers of Canada

Trevor Petersen, Member,
Alberta Barley Commission

 

   

Richard Phillips, Executive Director

 

   

Ontario Agri-Food Technologies

Gord Surgeoner, President

 

   

As an individual

David Sparling, Professor,
Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario

 

2011/11/29

15

Canadian Vintners Association

Luke Hartford, Vice-President,
Economic and Government Relations

 

   

Dan Paszkowski, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

   

Organic Farming Institute of British Columbia

Annamarie Klippenstein, Board Member

 

   

Kevin Klippenstein, Chair

 

   

Canadian Bankers Association

Peter Brown, Director,
Agriculture, Scotiabank

 

2011/12/01

16

Bertrand Montel, Market Segment Manager,
Agriculture, National Bank

 

   

David Rinneard, National Manager,
Agriculture, BMO Bank of Montreal

 

   

Marion Wrobel, Vice-President,
Policy and Operations

 

   

Farm Credit Canada

Lyndon Carlson, Senior Vice-President,
Marketing

 

   

Greg Stewart, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

   

National Steel Car Limited

Gregory J. Aziz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

   

Lorraine Johnson, Chief Operating Officer

 

   

Michael Hugh Nicholson, Executive Vice-President,
Marketing, Sales and Quality

 

   

Peter Leigh Scott, Regional Vice-President,
Marketing and Sales

 

   

BC Breeder and Feeder Association

Connie Patterson, Regional Administrator

 

2011/12/06

17

Éleveurs de volailles du Québec

Nil Béland, Member,
Board of Directors

 

   

Potatoes New Brunswick

Joe Brennan, Chairman

 

   

Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

Ray Orb, Vice-President

 

   

Canadian Pork Council

Catherine Scovil, Associate Executive Director

 

2011/12/08

18

Jean-Guy Vincent, Vice-President,
Board of Directors

 

   

Catalyst

Terri Holowath, Partner,
Assurance and Accounting

 

   

Chicken Farmers of Canada

Mike Dungate, Executive Director

 

   

David Fuller, Chair

 

   

Keystone Agricultural Producers

Doug Chorney, President

 

   

National Cattle Feeders' Association

Russell Evans, Manager,
Policy and Research

 

   

As an individual

Louis Dechaine, Farmer

 

2011/12/13

19

Jim Gowland, Owner, Operator,
Farm Business

 

   

Arden Schneckenburger, Farmer

 

   

Okanagan Tree Fruit Cooperative

Nirmal Dhaliwal, Director

 

   

Atlantic Grains Council

Michael Delaney, Member

 

2011/12/15

20

Allan Ling, Chairman

 

   

Canadian Cattlemen's Association

Ryder Lee, Manager,
Federal Provincial Relations

 

   

Travis Toews, President

 

   

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Humphrey Banack, Second Vice-President

 

   

National Farmers Union

Kevin Wipf, Executive Director

 

   

Agri-Food Export Group Quebec-Canada

André A. Coutu, Chief Executive Officer

 

2012/02/01

21

Francine Lapointe, Director,
Programs and Government Affairs

 

   

Canada Pork International

Jacques Pomerleau, President

 

   

Canadian Agri-Marketing Association

Stefanie Nagelschmitz, Member

 

   

Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association

Mike Bast, Director

 

   

University of Alberta

James Rude, Professor,
Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology

 

2012/02/06

22

University of Guelph

Manish N. Raizada, Associate Professor, International Relations Officer, Department of Plant Agriculture

 

   

University of Guelph

Rickey Y. Yada, Professor,
Department of Food Science

 

   

University of Manitoba

Derek Brewin, Associate Professor,
Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics

 

   

Canadian Produce Marketing Association

Ron Lemaire, President

 

2012/02/08

23

Jane Proctor, Vice-president,
Policy and Issue Management

 

   

Canadian Soybean Exporters' Association

Martin Harry, Chair

 

   

Martin VanderLoo, Treasurer

 

   

Grape Growers of Ontario

Mary Jane Combe, Market Analyst

 

   

Debbie Zimmerman, Chief Executive Officer

 

   

Pulse Canada

Gordon Bacon, Chief Executive Officer

 

   

Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance

Kathleen Sullivan, Executive Director

 

2012/02/13

24

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Paul Mayers, Associate Vice-President,
Programs

 

   

Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Fred Gorrell, Director General,
Market Access Secretariat

 

   

Steve Tierney, Assistant Deputy Minister,
Market and Industry Services Branch

 

   

Viterra

Richard Wansbutter, Vice President,
Government and Commercial Relations

 

   

As an individual

Evan Fraser, Associate Professor,
Canada Research Chair, Department of Geography, University of Guelph

 

2012/02/15

25

Agriculture Union

Bob Kingston, National President

 

   

Consumer and Market Demand Network

John Cranfield, Member,
Management Team

 

   

Food and Consumer Products of Canada

Carla Ventin, Vice-President,
Federal Government Affairs

 

   

Canadian International Grains Institute

Rex Newkirk, Director,
Research and Business Development

 

2012/02/27

26

Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association

Christine Moore, Vice President,
Supply Chain, Unified Purchasing Group of Canada Inc.

 

   

Justin Taylor, Vice-President,
Labour and Supply

 

   

Consumers' Association of Canada

Bruce Cran, President

 

   

Humane Society International/Canada

Sayara Thurston, Campaigner

 

   

Alberta Food Processors Association

Ted Johnston, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

2012/02/29

27

Bioniche Life Sciences Inc.

Rick Culbert, President,
Food Safety Division

 

   

Food Secure Canada

Anna Paskal, Senior Policy Advisor