WITNESSES
Thursday, March 6, 1997 (Meeting No. 33)
Assembly of First Nations:
Alexandra Mackenzie.
Bank of Canada:
Colleen Leighton, Corporate Security and Chief Executive and Legal Services.
Black and White Communications Inc.:
Kate White.
Canada Post Corporation:
Antoinette Deguida, Privacy Protection Officer;
John Deven, General Counsel.
Canadian AIDS Society:
Rodney Kort.
Canadian Labour Congress:
David Onyalo.
Canadian National Institute for the Blind:
Deb Finn.
Canadian Teachers' Federation:
Marita Moll, Head of Research and Technology.
Canadian Union of Postal Workers:
Evert Hoogers, National Union Representative.
Canadian Union of Public Employees:
Richard Balnis.
Carleton University (Computer Services):
David Sutherland.
Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario:
Judith Allanson, Division of Genetics;
R. Hughes Benzie.
Civil Liberties of Ottawa:
Liz Rheume.
Consumers' Association of Canada:
Marnie McCall.
Department of Justice:
Fred Bobiasz, Criminal Law Section;
Michael Zigayer.
Domus Software:
Dan Morrison, Director of IT Security Services.
Human Rights Research and Education Centre (University of Ottawa):
Perez Nyamwanga, Research Associate.
Immigration and Refugee Board:
Larry Kearley.
Industry Canada:
Stephanie Perrin, Special Policy Advisor, Long Range Planning and Analysis.
McGill University:
Miyo Jean Yamashita.
Media Awareness Network:
Jan D'Arcy.
National Anti-Poverty Organization:
Mike Farrell.
National Federation of Nurses' Union:
Kathleen Connors, President.
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:
Brian Foran, Senior Policy Advisor;
Ann Goldsmith;
Eugene Oscapella.
Ottawa Public Library:
Brian Clement.
Price Waterhouse:
David McKendry, National Director, Consumer Affairs Reporting.
Progesta Communications Inc.:
Pierrôt Péladeau.
Queen's University:
David Lyon.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
André Thouin, Privacy Coordinator.
Royal Ottawa Health Care Group -- Rehabilitation Centre:
Cathy Kerr.
SHL Systemhouse Inc.:
Rick Charland, Vice-President, Emerging Markets Canada.
Saint Paul University (Centre for Techno-Ethics):
Greg Walters.
Social Sciences Employees Association:
Ian Mackenzie.
Sysnovators Limited:
Peter Brandon.
Treasury Board of Canada:
Mary Ann Stevens, Senior Policy Officer.
University of Ottawa:
Andrea Chia, student;
Ronald Crelinsten, Professor, Department of Criminology;
Geoffrey Gurd, Department of Communications;
Genie Lyon, student;
Dr. Ozkut;
Karen L. Rudner.
As individual:
Murray Long, Technology Consultant;
Ken Rubin.
Monday, March 10, 1997 (Meeting No. 34)
Aboriginal Council of B.C.:
Bill Hall.
AIDS Foundation of Canada Inc.:
Nathan Ganapathi, President.
Argenta Systems:
Don Specht.
B.C. Association for Community Living:
Joe Dickey.
B.C. Federation of Labour:
Dennis Blatchford, Director of Community and Social Affairs;
John Weir, Director of Health and Safety.
B.C. Human Rights Coalition:
Peter Beaudin.
B.C. Nurses' Union:
Leslie Bucke;
Frank Gillespie.
B.C. Tel:
Vern Lillies, Corporate Security Director.
B.C. Transit:
Chris Harris, Director.
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association:
Kay Stockholder;
John Westwood.
British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association:
Darrell Evans;
Els Mols, President.
British Columbia Health Association:
Darren Kopetsky.
British Columbia Human Rights Commission:
Mary-Woo Sims, Chief Commissioner.
British Columbia Information Services:
Chris Norman, Director.
British Columbia People with Disabilities:
Tom McAulay;
Mary Williams.
British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre:
Tim Timberg.
Canadian Bankers' Association:
Margaret Eckenfelder, Regional Director.
Canadian College of Medical Geneticists:
J.M. Friedman, President.
Canadian Press:
Stephen Ward, Chief of Bureau.
College of Physicians & Surgeons of B.C.:
T.F. Handley, Registrar.
Community Legal Assistance Society:
Frances Kelley.
EGALE -- Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere:
Lawrence Aronovitch.
``Fédération des francophones de la C.-B.'':
Serge Corbeil, Political Analyst.
Information and Privacy Commissioner of B.C.:
Celia Francis.
Information and Technology Access Office:
Eric Partridge, Corporate Strategies and Information.
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia:
Steve Heather, Manager, Information and Privacy.
Law Society of British Columbia:
Kuan Foo.
Office of the Privacy Commissioner:
Lorraine Dixon, Executive Director.
Parent Finders of Canada:
Jim Kelly.
Registered Nurses' Association:
Sheetal Donaldson.
Simon Fraser University:
Ian Wojtowicz, Student.
Technology Industries Association:
David Hughes.
Telecommunication Workers Union:
June Lewis.
The Province:
Joey Thompson.
University of British Columbia:
Barb Arneil, Department of Political Science;
Patricia Baird, Department of Medical Genetics;
Richard Rosenberg, Department of Computer Science.
University of Victoria:
Collin Bennett, Department of Political Science.
Vancouver Board of Trade:
Darcy Rezak.
Vancouver Police Department:
Bob Rich, Sergeant.
Vancouver Sun:
William Boei.
Workers Compensation Board:
Heather McDonald, Coordinator, FOI & Protection of Privacy.
Yukon Human Rights Commission:
Richard D'Aeth, Commissioner.
Tuesday, March 11, 1997 (Meeting No. 35)
Adsum Consulting:
Charles Hitchfeld.
Alberta Civil Liberties Association:
Rick Bennett, President;
Brian Edy.
Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities:
Robyn Joffe.
Alberta Community Development:
Joseph Forsyth, FOIP Director.
Calgary Herald:
Catherine Ford.
Canadian Council of Rehabilitation and Work:
Carl Schuler, Executive Director.
City of Calgary:
Peter Copple;
Cal Johnston;
Murray Stooke.
Consumer's Association of Canada -- Alberta:
Wendy Armstrong.
Council of Canadians with Disabilities:
Diana Brent.
Health Law Institute:
Tim Caulfield, Research Director.
Health Sciences Association of Alberta:
Elizabeth Ballermann, President;
John Vanderkaay, Director, Labour Relations.
Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties:
Valerie Price.
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner:
Robert Clark;
John Ennis, Portfolio Officer;
Frank Work.
Office of the Ombudsman Government of Manitoba:
Gail Perry.
Public Works -- Alberta:
Sue Kessler, Director, Information Management and Privacy Branch.
Stentor Resource Centre Inc.:
Bill Fisher, Manager.
Telus Communications:
Anne Coles, Regulatory Analyst.
University of Calgary:
Edna Einsiedel, Professor, Communications Studies Program;
Gregor Wolbring, Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry.
As individual:
Colin Laughlan;
Glennis Lewis, Barrister & Solicitor.
Wednesday, March 12, 1997 (Meeting No. 36)
Advanced Card Technology:
Catherine A. Johnston, President.
Advocacy Resource Centre for the Handicapped:
Patty Bregman, Executive Director.
Alzheimer's Society:
Linda Leduc.
Canadian Association for Community Living:
Connie Laurin-Bowie.
Canadian Bankers Association:
David McInnes, Director of Government Relations.
Canadian Civil Liberties Association:
Ken Swan
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce:
Norman Howey, Director.
Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association:
Charles Black.
Corporate Access & Privacy Office, Municipality of Toronto:
Sarah Funston-Mills.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation:
Cathleen Morrison, President
Globe & Mail:
Jack Kapica.
Hospital for Sick Children:
Joe Clarke, Department of Genetics.
Human Rights & Employment Equity Consultants:
Bart Sackrule.
Huntingtons Society of Canada:
Mary Shea.
IBM Canada
Wayne Scott, Government programs.
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario:
Tom Wright.
Life Underwriters Association of Canada:
Edward Rothberg, Assistant General Counsel.
Ministry of Natural Resources:
John Boufford.
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto:
Rita Reynolds.
North York General Hospital:
Anne Summers, Genetics Programmes.
OMERS:
Claude Vaillancourt, Vice-President.
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner:
Ann Cavoukian, Assistant Commissioner.
Ontario Human Rights Commission:
Selwyn McSween.
Ontario Nurses' Association:
David Nicholson.
Ontario Provincial Police Association:
Jimm Drennan.
Ontario Teachers' Federation:
Wendy Matthews, President.
Premier's Council for the Disabled:
Randy Dickinson.
Reid, McNaughton Barristers & Solicitors:
Rob McKeown.
Roeher Institute:
Miriam Ticoll.
Rogers Cablesystems Limited:
Pamela Dinsmore, Director, Regulatory Affairs.
Royal Bank:
Christina Walpert, Manager, Human Resources.
University of Toronto:
Calvin Gotlieb, Professor Emeritus, Department of Computer Science;
Liz Hoffman.
As individual:
Tim Falconer;
Elliott Goldstein;
Mairi S. MacDonald;
Frank White.
Thursday, March 13, 1997 (Meeting No. 37)
AIDS New Brunswick:
Elaine Sussey.
``Association des enseignantes et des enseignants francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick'':
Ronal LeBreton, General Director.
Atlantic Association of Chiefs of Police:
Les Chipperfield, Deputy Chief.
CUPE:
Adrian Charette.
Canadian Union of Postal Workers:
Bob Curran;
Herb Moore;
John Porter.
Department of Education:
Rebecca Moore.
Department of Veteran Affairs Canada:
Donna Cawley, Coordinator -- ATIP.
Government of N.B.:
Darce Fardy, Review Officer of Nova Scotia;
Ellen King, Ombudsman;
Glenys McLaughlin;
Claire Pitre, Office of the Ombusman;
Judy E. Ross;
Connie Taylor.
New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council:
Sandra Splude, President.
New Brunswick Federation of Labour:
Tom Steep.
New Brunswick Human Rights Commission:
Janet Cullinan;
Constantine Passaris;
Karen Taylor;
Francis Young.
N.B. Information Highway Secretariat:
Bill Hall.
New Brunswick Medical Society:
David Balmain;
Janet Maston.
New Brunswick Multicultural Association:
Francis Weil.
Newfoundland/Labrador Human Rights Association:
Gerry Vink.
Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission:
Mary MacLennan.
Prince Edward Island Council of the Disabled:
Jessie Campbell, President.
St. Thomas University:
Ron Byrne, ``Atlantic Human Rights Centre'';
Sheila Laidlaw, Third Age Centre;
Sandra Lonergan, Director, NATIV;
Josephine Lyman;
Andrea Bear Nicholas, Professor, Chair.
University of New Brunswick:
Liz Burge;
Kirby Keyser;
Mike MacDonald;
John McEvoy;
Roney McGreal;
David Townsend, Faculty of Law.
Youth Connexions Jeunesse:
Ivan Corbett.
As individual:
Kelly Janssens;
Camilla MacDougall;
Don McNaughton.
Friday, March 14, 1997 (Meeting No. 38)
Access to Information Commission:
Paul-André Comeau, Chair.
``Association coopérative d'économie familiale du centre de Montréal'':
Jacques Santamant.
Chait, Amyot Lawyers:
David Vallée.
``Chambre de commerce du Québec'':
Michel Audet, Chair.
``Collège de Chicoutimi'':
Marcel Melançon.
``Fédération des travailleurs du Québec'':
Émile Vallée.
``Fédération nationale des associations de consommateurs du Québec'':
Marie Vallée.
McGill University:
Sunny Handa, ``Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law'';
Abby Lippman;
Marie-Claude Premont, Faculty of Law.
National Computer Security Association:
Michel Kabay, Director of Education.
Osmose Pentox Inc.:
Alex Gabanski.
Progesta Communications Inc.
Pierrôt Péladeau.
Quebec Human Rights Commission:
Daniel Carpentier.
Régie de l'assurance-maladie du Québec:
Jean-Paul Fortin.
Ste-Justine Hospital:
Louis Dallaire, Department of Pediatrics.
As individual:
Antoine Soucsse.
Tuesday, March 18, 1997 (Meeting No. 39)
Department of Human Resources Development Canada:
David McNaughton, Assistant Deputy Minister, Systems;
Norine Smith, Assistant Deputy Minister, Insurance;
Ron Stewart, Director General, Investigation and Control, Insurance.
Wednesday, March 19, 1997 (Meeting No. 40)
Laurie Bellefontaine, 1995 Recipient, Centennial Flame Award;
Lynda Nancoo, 1994 Recipient, Centennial Flame Award.