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Appendix A: List of Witnesses

 

The following table lists the witnesses who appeared before the committee at its meetings related to this report. Transcripts of all public meetings related to this report are available on the committee’s webpage for this study.

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Canadian Centre for Food Integrity

Michael Dungate, Chair

John Jamieson, President and Chief Executive Officer

2022/11/21

38

Agri-Food Analytics Lab

Sylvain Charlebois, Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab and Professor, Dalhousie University

2022/12/05

42

Empire Company Limited

Pierre St-Laurent, Chief Operating Officer

2022/12/05

42

Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada

Michael Graydon, Chief Executive Officer

2022/12/05

42

Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada

Rebecca Lee, Executive Director

2022/12/05

42

Loblaw Companies Limited

Jodat Hussain, Senior Vice President, Retail Finance

2022/12/05

42

Retail Council of Canada

Karl Littler, Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs

2022/12/05

42

Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute

Tyler McCann, Managing Director

2023/02/06

47

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Mary Robinson, President

Scott Ross, Executive Director

2023/02/06

47

Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers

Gary Sands, Senior Vice-President

2023/02/06

47

Metro Inc.

François Thibault, Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

2023/02/06

47

Quebec Produce Growers Association

Catherine Lefebvre, President

Patrice Léger Bourgoin, General Manager

2023/02/06

47

Save-On-Foods LP

Paul Cope, Senior Vice-President, Retail Operations

2023/02/06

47

As an individual

James Brander, Professor, University of British Columbia

2023/02/13

49

Canadians for Tax Fairness

D.T. Cochrane, Economist and Policy Researcher

2023/02/13

49

Centre for Future Work

Dr. Jim Stanford, Economist and Director

2023/02/13

49

Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec

Sylvie Cloutier, Chief Executive Officer

Dimitri Fraeys, Vice-President, Innovation and Economic Affairs

2023/02/13

49

Restaurants Canada

Olivier Bourbeau, Vice-President, Federal and Quebec

2023/02/13

49

Union des producteurs agricoles

Martin Caron, General President

David Tougas, Coordinator, Business Economics

2023/02/13

49

Competition Bureau

Anthony Durocher, Deputy Commissioner, Competition Promotion Branch

Krista McWhinnie, Deputy Commissioner, Monopolistic Practices Directorate

Ann Salvatore, Deputy Commissioner, Cartels Directorate

2023/03/06

51

Dairy Processors Association of Canada

Mathieu Frigon, President and Chief Executive Officer

Philip Vanderpol, Chair of the Board of Directors

2023/03/06

51

Department of Industry

Mark Schaan, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic and Innovation Policy Sector

2023/03/06

51

Food and Beverage Canada

James Donaldson, Chief Executive Officer, BC Food and Beverage

2023/03/06

51

Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

Michael H. McCain, Executive Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

2023/03/06

51

Statistics Canada

Chris Li, Acting Director, Consumer Prices Division

Matthew MacDonald, Assistant Director, Consumer Prices Division

2023/03/06

51

Empire Company Limited

Michael Medline, President and Chief Executive Officer

2023/03/08

52

Loblaw Companies Limited

Galen G. Weston, Chairman and President

2023/03/08

52

Metro Inc.

Eric La Flèche, President and Chief Executive Officer

2023/03/08

52

As an individual

Ian Lee, Associate Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University

2023/03/20

53

Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan

Ian Boxall, President

2023/03/20

53

Assembly of First Nations

Chief Byron Louis, Okanagan Indian Band

Christine Shawana, Analyst, Research Policy

Roberta Stout, Senior Policy Advisor

2023/03/20

53

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director

2023/03/20

53

Daily Bread Food Bank

Neil Hetherington, Chief Executive Officer

2023/03/20

53

Second Harvest Canada

Lori Nikkel, Chief Executive Officer

2023/03/20

53

Wal-Mart Canada Corp.

Gonzalo Gebara, President and Chief Executive Officer

2023/03/27

55

100km Foods Inc.

Paul Sawtell, Owner, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

2023/04/17

56

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

David Macdonald, Senior Economist

2023/04/17

56

Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.

Pierre Riel, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Costco Wholesale International and Canada

2023/04/17

56

Farm Credit Canada

Jean-Philippe Gervais, Chief Economist

Justine Hendricks, President and Chief Executive Officer

2023/04/17

56

Association québécoise de défense des droits des personnes retraitées et préretraitées

Pierre Lynch, President

2023/04/19

57

Consumers Council of Canada

Ken Whitehurst, Executive Director

2023/04/19

57

Food Producers of Canada

Denise Allen, President and Chief Executive Officer

2023/04/19

57

La Tablée des Chefs

Jean-François Archambault, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

2023/04/19

57

Nutri Group

Sébastien Léveillé, Chief Executive Officer

2023/04/19

57

Public Interest Advocacy Centre

Amy Hill, Articling Student

John Lawford, Executive Director and General Counsel

2023/04/19

57