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APPENDIX A - LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Agence métropolitaine de transport

Daniel Bergeron, Vice-President,

Strategic Data and Metropolitan Affairs

2012/10/15

76

Association québécoise de l'industrie touristique

Claude Péloquin, Vice-President, Board of Directors

   

Canadian Cattlemen's Association

Andrea Brocklebank, Research Manager

   

Martin Unrau, President

   

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association

Kim McCaig, Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer

   

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Corinne Pohlmann, Vice-President, National Affairs

   

Canadian Labour Congress

Sylvain Schetagne, National Director,

Chief Economist, Social and Economic Policy

   

Certified General Accountants Association of Canada

Denis St-Pierre, Chair of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Advisory

Group

   

Forest Products Association of Canada

David L. Lindsay, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Social Economy Working Group

Patrick Duguay, President, Board of Directors

   

St. Boniface Hospital

Michel Tétreault, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Tax Executives Institute, Inc.

Bonnie Dawe, Chair, Canadian Income Tax Committee

   

As an individual

Luc Godbout

2012/10/16

77

Canada Without Poverty

Leilani Farha, Executive Director

   

Harriett McLachlan, President, Board of Directors

   

Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation

Henri Rothschild, President and Chief Executive Officer,

International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada

 

 

Canadian Cancer Society

Daniel Demers, Director, National Public Issues Office

   

Canola Council of Canada

Patti Miller, President

   

Desjardins Group

Bernard  Brun, Director, Government Relations

   

Réseau SOLIDARITÉ Itinérance du Québec

Pierre Gaudreau, President

   

Toronto Board of Trade

Juan Gomez, Director, Policy

   

University of Manitoba

John Alho, Associate Vice-President (External),

Government Relations

   

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada

Bruce MacDonald, President, Chief Executive Officer

2012/10/17

78

Canadian Construction Association

Michael Atkinson, President

   

Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance

Alicia Milner, President

   

Canadian Nurses Association

Barb Mildon, President

   

Ecojustice Canada

Robert Peterson, Staff Lawyer

   

Fédération de la relève agricole du Québec

Magali Delomier, Director General

   

Grain Farmers of Ontario

Henry Van Ankum, Chair

   

Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Shannon Bittman, Vice-President

   

Peter Bleyer, Senior Advisor, Policy and Communications

   

Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada

Tom King, Co-Chair,

Finance and Taxation Committee, Associate Partner, Tax, KPMG

LLP

 

 

Association of Canadian Community Colleges

James Knight, President and Chief Executive Officer

2012/10/18

79

Canadian Association of Community Health Centres

Simone Thibault, Member of the Board

   

Scott Wolfe, Federal Coordinator

   

Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Graham Carr, President

   

Canadian Gas Association

Timothy M. Egan, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Council of Canadians with Disabilities

Tony Dolan, National Chairperson

   

Credit Union Central of Canada

Gary Rogers, Vice-President, Financial Policy

   

Edmonton Chamber of Commerce

Robin Bobocel, Vice-President, Public Affairs

   

Financial Executives International Canada

Michael Conway, Chief Executive and National President

   

Peter Effer, Chair, Taxation Committee

   

Sport Manitoba Inc.

Jeff Hnatiuk, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Alberta Chambers of Commerce

Brad Severin, Chair Elect

2012/10/22

80

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

David Collyer, President

   

Canadian Convenience Stores Association

Alex Scholten, President

   

Canadian Doctors for Medicare

Danyaal Raza, Board Member

   

Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions

Pamela Foster, Policy Advisor

   

Canadian Steel Producers Association

Ron Watkins, President

 

 

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Toby Sanger, Senior Economist

   

McGill University

Rose Goldstein, Vice-Principal, Research and International

Relations

   

Public Service Alliance of Canada

Chris Aylward, National Executive Vice-President

   

Regroupement des jeunes chambres de commerce du Québec

Guillaum Dubreuil, Vice-President

   

Société de transport de Montréal

Bernard Blanchet, Board Member,

City Councillor, Lachine Borough, Montréal

   

University of Saskatchewan

Ilene Busch-Vishniac, President and Vice-Chancellor

   

Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists

Barry Blake, National Councillor, Actor

2012/10/23

81

Canadian Association of Retired Persons

Susan Eng, Vice-President, Advocacy

   

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Warren Everson, Senior Vice-President, Policy

   

Canadian Federation of Students

Adam Awad, National Chairperson

   

Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants

Gabe Hayos, Vice-President, Taxation

   

Chemistry Industry Association of Canada

Richard Paton, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Engineers Canada

Kim Allen, Chief Executive Officer

   

Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada

Marie-France Kenny, President

   

Kamloops Homelessness Action Plan

Tangie Genshorek, Coordinator

   

Mining Association of Canada

Pierre Gratton, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Brendan Marshall, Director, Economic Affairs

   

Petroleum Services Association of Canada

Elizabeth Aquin, Senior Vice-President

   

Kathy Marasco, Vice-President,

Corporate Human Resources, Sanjel Corporation

   

Calgary Chamber of Commerce

Ben Brunnen, Director,

Policy and Government Affairs and Chief Economist

2012/10/24

82

Canadian Alliance of Student Associations

Zachary Dayler, National Director

   

Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors

Mark A. Scholz, President

   

Doug Strong, President, Precision Drilling Corporation

   

Canadian Association of Social Workers

Fred Phelps, Executive Director

   

Canadian Renewable Fuels Association

W. Scott Thurlow, President

   

Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce

Art Sinclair, Vice-President

   

Investment Industry Association of Canada

Barbara Amsden, Director

   

Portfolio Management Association of Canada

Katie Walmsley, President

   

Rideau Institute

Steven Staples, President

   

Small Explorers and Producers Association of Canada

Gary C. Leach, Executive Director

   

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

Paul Davidson, President

2012/10/29

84

Canadian Association of University Teachers

James L.Turk, Executive Director

   

Canadian Co-operative Association

Shawn Murphy, Manager, Government Relations

   

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Jayson Myers, President and Chief Executive Officer,

National Office

 

 

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Brock Carlton, Chief Executive Officer

   

Karen Leibovici, President

   

Green Budget Coalition

Andrew Van Iterson, Manager

   

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Terry Audla, President

   

Merit Canada

Terrance Oakey, President

   

National Association of Career Colleges

Serge Buy, Chief Executive Officer

   

Polytechnics Canada

Nobina Robinson, Chief Executive Officer

   

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada

Rachel Gouin, Manager, Research and Public Policy

2012/11/19

92

Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Christopher Smillie, Senior Advisor,

Government Relations and Public Affairs

   

Canadian Bureau for International Education

Scott McAlpine, Board Member, President, Douglas College

   

Canadian Climate Forum

Gordon McBean, Chairman, Board of Directors

   

Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research

Alice Aiken, Director

   

Canadian Psychological Association

Karen Cohen, Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association

Joyce Reynolds, Executive Vice-President, Government Affairs

   

Council of Ontario Universities

Steven Liss, Vice-Principal of Research, Queen's University

   

Grain Growers of Canada

Richard Phillips, Executive Director

   

Nature Conservancy of Canada

John Lounds, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Retail Council of Canada

Diane J. Brisebois, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec

Claire Samson, President and Chief Executive Officer

2012/11/20

93

Canadian Arts Coalition

Shannon Litzenberger, Artist,

Arts Policy Fellow and Steering Committee Member

   

Canadian Bankers Association

Terry Campbell, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Medical Association

Anna Reid, President

   

Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada

Shellie Bird, Member, Board of Directors

   

Fair Pensions for All

William Tufts, Founder and Executive Director

   

Food Secure Canada

Diana Bronson, Executive Director

   

Medicine Hat and District Chamber of Commerce

Jason Melhoff, Chair

   

Réseau québécois d'action pour la santé des femmes

Lydya Assayag, Director

   

Skate Canada

Benoit Lavoie, President

   

Joannie Rochette, Olympic Bronze Medalist

   

University of Toronto

Judith Wolfson, Vice-President, University Relations

   

Writers Guild of Canada

Kelly Lynne Ashton, Director, Policy