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Appendix A

List of witnesses


Associations and Individuals

Issue

Date

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Terry Hayward, Director, Rural Secretariat

2

May 16, 1996

Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (Alberta)

Keith Price, Head, Rural Initiatives Branch

5

October 29, 1996

Almaguin 2000 Economic Development Agency

A.R. Fedeli, Officer

5

November 1, 1996

Assiniboine Community College, Brandon

Donna Campbell, Marketing Coordinator, Rural Development Program

5

October 31, 1996

Association forestière de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Normand Talbot, President

5

November 4, 1996

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agencies

Peter Estey, Vice-President, Programs and Development

5

December 5, 1996

Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce

Steven Eagles, Chair

5

November 5, 1996

BCA Holdings

Greg MacLeod, Chairman of the Board

5

November 6, 1996

B.C. Salmon Farmers Association

Marcel Gijssin, Representative

5

November 26, 1996

Bell Canada

Ray Lacroix, Deputy Director, Government Relations

5

November 1, 1996

British Columbia Shellfish Growers Association

Ruth Salmon, Executive Director

5

November 26, 1996

Business Development Bank of Canada

Don Layne, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs

John Ryan, Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer

2

June 19, 1996

Canadian Arctic Resources Committee

Kevin O'Reilly, Research Director

5

October 28, 1996

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Chris Peirce, Vice-President

2

June 4, 1996

Canadian Bankers Association

John Leckie, Senior Vice-President, Business Banking Service, Toronto Dominion Bank

David McInnes, Director, Government Relations

Craig Rothwell, Vice-President, Agriculture Division C.I.B.C.

Paul Toriel, Senior Manager, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Royal Bank of Canada

2

June 19, 1996

Canadian Chicken Marketing Agency

Cynthia Currie, General Manager

André Gravel, 2nd Vice-Chairman

John Maaskant, 1st Vice-Chairman

Lloyd Sandercock, Chairman

5

November 21, 1996

Canadian Co-operative Association

Linden Hillier, Executive Director

Mary Pat MacKinnon, Director, Policy

5

November 27, 1996

Canadian Electricity Association

Veikko Kammonen, Vice-President, Customer Services

Hans Konow, President and Chief Executive Officer

2

June 4, 1996

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association

Brian Curtis, Vice-President, Regulation and Policy

2

June 11, 1996

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Loretta Smith, Board Member

Jack Wilkinson, President

2

May 16, 1996

Canadian Federation of Independant Business

Pierre Cléroux, Vice-President, Quebec

Dan Kelly, Director, Provincial Affairs, Manitoba

Peter O'Brien, Executive Director, Atlantic Canada

Garth Whyte, Vice-President, National Affairs and Research

5

December 4, 1996

Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners

Peter DeMarsh, President

2

June 5, 1996

Canadian Gas Association

John Klenavick, Vice-President, Policy

2

June 4, 1996

Canadian Pulp and Paper Association

Lise Lachapelle, President

2

June 5, 1996

Canadian Rural Restructuring Foundation

Peter Apedaile, Past President

Bill Reimer, President

2

May 28, 1996

Cape Breton Board of Trade

Robert Sampson, President

5

November 6, 1996

Chamber of Commerce of Amos

Patrice Maltais, Chair

5

November 4, 1996

Chamber of Commerce of Val d'Or

Nicole Brien, Director General

Daniel Deschambault, President

5

November 4, 1996

Citizens Committee for Improved Health Care

Mike Barnes, Chairperson

5

November 7, 1996

Combined Councils of Labrador

Judy O'Dell, Vice-Chairperson, Central Region Labrador

Joe Roberts, Chair

Al Thoms, Vice-Chair

5

November 7, 1996

Combined Councils of Rigolet

Richard Rich, Mayor

Charlotte Wolfrey, Town Manager

5

November 7, 1996

Comité de la Grappe industrielle

Gérald Clavette, President

5

November 5, 1996

Community Business Development Corporation

Hugh Fairfield, Chairman

Don Forsyth, General Manager

Sylvia Purdon

5

November 1, 1996

Conseil de bande Abitibiwinni

Harry McDougall, Band Chief

5

November 4, 1996

Credit Union Central of Canada

Mary Pat MacKinnon, Director, Policy

Michel Paulin, First Vice-President and Director General ``Alliance des caisses populaires de l'Ontario"

2

June 19, 1996

Denendeh Development Corporation

Margaret Gorman, General Manager

5

October 28, 1996

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Paul Cuillerier, Acting Director General, Lands and Environment Branch, Lands and Trust Services

Peter Wyse, Senior Project Manager, Environment and Natural Resources Directorate.

5

December 3, 1996

Department of Transport

J.E. (Jed) Cochrane, Chief, Rail Freight, Rail Policy and Program Branch

Brian Fogarty, Chief, Divestiture Secretariat

Brian E. Hicks, Senior Policy Advisor, Highway Engineering and Environment, Highway Policy and Programs

André Pageot, Director General, Marine Policy

5

December 3, 1996

District Municipality of Muskoka

Gord Adams, District Chair

5

November 1, 1996

Economic Development Corporation

John Hickey, Director

5

November 7, 1996

Farm Credit Corporation

Max Pierce, Executive Vice-President and Chief Economist

John van Abbema, Vice-President, Eastern Region

5

November 19, 1996

Federal Economic Development Initiative in Northern Ontario (FedNor)

Louise Paquette

5

November 1, 1996

Federal Office of Regional Development (Quebec)

François Gauthier, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister Strategy and Liaison

5

December 5, 1996

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Michael Roche, Director, Programs and Policies

2

May 16, 1996

Forest Capital of Canada

Bernice Palaniuk, Committee Chair

Nick Walker, President, Spruce Products Ltd

5

October 31, 1996

Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce

Carolyn Baikie, Executive Director

Tim Walsh, Director

Katy Wood, President

5

October 29, 1996

Gateway North

Darryl Balasko, Executive Associate

5

October 31, 1996

Government of N.W.T.

Gary Singer, Director, Strategic Planning

5

October 28, 1996

Guysborough County Regional Development Authority

Gordon MacDonald, Executive Director

5

November 6, 1996

Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board

Peter Clarkson, Executive Director

5

October 28, 1996

Hopedale Community Council

Diane Flowers, Councillor

Ches Piercy, Councillor

5

November 7, 1996

Human Resources Development Canada

Ken Donnelly, Secretary, Interdepartmental Committee on Rural and Remote Canada

1

May 7, 1996

Huntsville Pioneer Village

John Finley, General Manager

5

November 1, 1996

Inco Limited

David Allen, Vice-President, Public and Government Affairs

5

November 19, 1996

Industry Canada

Doug Hull, Director General, Science Promotion and Academic Affairs

Wayne Tosh, Manager, Community Access

For Entrepreneurship and Small Business Office

Dean Knudson, Policy Advisor

Peter Sagar, Director General

Peter Webber, Team Leader

For Community Access Program

Wayne Tosh, Director, Science Promotion and Academic Affairs

For Telecommunications Infrastructure

Richard Simpson, Executive Director, Information Highway Advisory Council

Len St. Aubin, Acting Director, Business and Regulatory Analysis

For Tourism

Francine Boivin, Vice-President, Industry Competitiveness

2


5

5

June 11, 1996


November 21, 1996

November 28, 1996

Inuvialuit Community Economic Development Corporation

Patrick Schmidt, Manager

5

October 28, 1996

Inverness and Victoria County Federation of Agriculture

Fraser Hunter, Director

5

November 6, 1996

Keep Mining in Canada

Colin Seeley, Placer Dome Canada Limited

Eileen Wykes, Project Manager

2

June 5, 1996

Keewatin Community College

Jeffray Stepaniuk, Instructor, Natural Resources Management Program

5

October 31, 1996

Keystone Agriculture Producers

Don Dewar, 2nd Vice-President

5

October 31, 1996

Kitsaki Development Corporation

David McIlmoyl, General Manager

5

October 30, 1996

Labrador Inuit Development Corporation

Fred Hall, Managing Director

5

November 7, 1996

Labrador North Chamber of Commerce

John Fleet, President

5

November 7, 1996

LakeView Investments

Danny Chartrand, Business Manager

5

October 31, 1996

Madawaska Forests Products Marketing Board

Claude Pelletier, Director General

5

November 5, 1996

Manitoba Women's Institute

Barbara Steinwandt, President

5

October 31, 1996

Mattawa and Area Forestry Committee

Michael G. Brophy, Chair

Carmen Demarco, Consultant

Wilston (Bill) Steer, Educator and Environmentalist Nipissing Board of Education

5

November 26, 1996

Metis Association of Labrador

Carter Russell, Representative

5

November 7, 1996

Mikisew Cree First Nation

Lawrence Courtoreille

5

October 29, 1996

Municipality of Sullivan

Lucie Blais, Councillor

5

November 4, 1996

Muskoka Heritage Foundation

Don Gordon, Executive Director

5

November 1, 1996

Muskoka Tourism

Randy Clark, Marketing Manager

5

November 1, 1996

Natural Resources Canada

Marc-Denis Everell, Assistant Deputy Minister, Earth Sciences Sector

Yvan Hardy, Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Forest Service

Glen Kendall, Director, Policy Analysis and Coordination

Dan Whelan, Director General, Energy Resources Branch

2

May 9, 1996

New Brunswick Economic Council

Anne Bertrand, President

Joanne Losier, Executive Director

5

November 5, 1996

New Dawn Enterprises

Lisa Jacobs, Researcher

Rankin MacSween, President

Ora McManus, Manager, Special Projects

5

November 6, 1996

Northwest Industrial Commission

Réno Pelletier, Director General

5

November 5, 1996

N.W.T. Arctic Tourism Association

Arlene Carmichael, Director

Charles Furlong, President

Eric Yaxley, Director

5

October 28, 1996

N.W.T. Association of Municipalities

Denis Bevington, Mayor, President

5

October 28, 1996

N.W.T. Chamber of Commerce

Bob Brooks, Executive Director

5

October 28, 1996

N.W.T. Chamber of Mines

Mike Vaydik, General Manager

5

October 28, 1996

N.W.T. Co-operative Business Development Fund

Greg O'Neill, Operations Manager

5

October 28, 1996

N.W.T. Development Corporation

Doug Anguish, Director of Marketing

5

October 28, 1996

Panolam Industries

Greg Smith, Vice-President, General Manager

5

November 1, 1996

Parry Sound Area Business Development Corporation

Bill Spinney, Economic Development Officer

Tim West, Chairman

5

November 1, 1996

Prince Albert Chamber of Commerce

John Mitchell, Chair, Natural Resources Committee

5

October 30, 1996

Prince Albert Development Corporation

Trevor Ives, General Manager

5

October 30, 1996

Prospectors Association of Quebec

Gratien Gélinas, Director General

5

November 4, 1996

Regional Development Council of Abitibi-Témiscamingue

André Brunet, Chairman of the Board

5

November 4, 1996

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

Guy Boutilier, Mayor

Jim Carberry, Deputy Mayor

5

October 29, 1996

Regional Tourist Association of Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Louis Laliberté, Director General

5

November 4, 1996

Rural and Small Town Programme, Mount Allison University

John Higham, Director

5

November 5, 1996

Rural Development Institute

Richard Rounds, Director

2

June 18, 1996

Rural Education and Development Association

John Melicher, Executive Director

2

June 11, 1996

Russell Group

Rob Bruce-Barron

Ron Clement

5

October 31, 1996

Saskatchewan Council for Community Development

Joan Corneil, Executive

Louis Hradecki, Executive

Mick Ozeroff, Chairperson

Linda Pipke, Executive Director

5

October 30, 1996

Saskatchewan Labour Force Development Board

Roman Orynik, Business Reference Group Representative

Conrad Pura, Labour Representative

5

October 30, 1996

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool

Neil Ketilson, Coordinator, Responsible Stewardship Program

5

October 30, 1996

Saskatchewan Women's Agricultural Network

Noreen Johns, Executive Director

5

October 30, 1996

Solidarité rurale

François Lemieux, Chair

5

November 4, 1996

Southeastern Aurora Development Association

Byron Rumbolt, Youth Director

5

November 7, 1996

Statistics Canada

Ray Bollman, Research Economist

1

May 7, 1996

Steamship and Historical Society

Russ Brown, General Manager

5

November 1, 1996

Strait Highlands Regional Development Authority

René Aucoin, Economic Development Officer

Francis Gillies, Natural Resources Development

5

November 6, 1996

Suncor

Terrance J. Bachynski, Director, Project Approvals

5

October 29, 1996

Syncrude Canada Limited

Philip Lechambre, Chief Financial Officer, Vice-President Business and Corporate Affairs

5

October 29, 1996

Tembec Forest Products

Kenton Martin, Vice-President and General Manager

5

November 1, 1996

Town of Cartwright

Jessie Bird, Deputy Mayor

Allen Dyson, Councillor

5

November 7, 1996

Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay

Harry Baikie, Mayor

5

November 7, 1996

Union des producteurs agricoles d'Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Rosaire Mongrain, Chair

5

November 4, 1996

United Mine Workers of America

Steven Drake, President

5

November 6, 1996

University College of Cape Breton

Mike Gurstein, Professor

5

November 6, 1996

University of Alberta

Edward J. Chambers, Western Centre for Economic Research

5

October 29, 1996

University of Guelph

Tony Fuller, Professor, School for Rural Planning and Development

2

June 18, 1996

University of Saskatchewan

Jack Stabler, Chair, Department of Agricultural Economics

2

June 18, 1996

Western Economic Diversification Office

Maryantonett Flumian, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister

5

December 5, 1996

Weyerhaeuser Canada Limited

Steve Smith, Vice-President and Manager of Timberlands

5

October 30, 1996

Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce

Daniel Adam, Chairman, Business Development Committee

Gabrielle Decorby, President

Steven Richards, Past President

5

October 28, 1996


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