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APPENDIX C
39.1 - LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Department of Canadian Heritage Jean-Pierre Blais, Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs	2007/03/01	39
Amanda Cliff, Director General, Broadcasting Policy and Programs Branch
Chantal Fortier, Director, Policy, Planning and Resourcing, Portfolio Affairs
As Individuals
Aggie Brockman	2007/03/12	40
Batiste Foisy
Lois Little
Ben McDonald
Jennifer Morin
Christopher O'Brien
Catherine Pellerin
David Prichard
Barbara Saunders
Terry Woolf

Association franco-culturelle de Yellowknife Carmen Moral-Suarez, General Manager

Commission scolaire francophone Territoires du Nord-Ouest Gérard Lavigne, Executive Directeur

Fédération Franco-TéNOise Léo-Paul Provencher, Executive Director

Northwestel Cable Curtis Shaw, General Manager

Alliance for Arts and Culture Andrew Wilhelm-Boyles, Executive Director	2007/03/14	41

Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver Alexandre Houle, Executive Director

Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique Yseult Friolet, Executive Director
Christine Sotteau, Government Relations Coordinator

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting Anne Ironside
Ian Morrison, Spokesperson

Le Canard Réincarné Réjean Beaulieu, Principal

Music BC Bob D'Eith, Executive Director

New Media BC Lynda Brown, President
Phillip Djwa, President, Agentic
Adam Gooch, Manager, Program and Communications
As Individual
Norman Hill	2007/03/14	42
David W.C. Jones

British Columbia Film Michael Francis, Chair
Richard Brownsey, Executive Director

Canadian Film and Television Production Association Trish Dolman, Producer, Vancouver Branch
Brian Hamilton, Vice President/Executive Producer, Omni Film Productions Limited

Citizens' Coalition for the Protection of Canadian Films Carl Bessai, Chairperson

Save Our CBC Kamloops Pam Astbury, President
David Charbonneau, President, Trio Technical

Simon Fraser University Catherine Murray, Associate Professor, School of Communication

Union of B.C. Performers Howard Storey, President
Thom Tapley, Director, Operations and Communications - Film, Television and Digital Media, ACTRA - British Columbia
Mercedes Watson, Chief Executive Officer, ACTRA - British Columbia

Vancouver Community Television Association Pedro Mora

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Peter Foster, Manager, Conventional Television Services for English Markets	2007/03/20	43
Scott Hutton, Acting Associate Executive Director, Broadcasting
Doug Wilson, Director, Strategic Research and Economic Analysis

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages Renald Dussault, Assistant Commissioner, Compliance Assurance Branch
Gérard Finn, Assistant Commissioner, Policy and Communications Branch
Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Sylvain Lafrance, Executive Vice-President, French Services	2007/03/22	44
Jennifer McGuire, Acting Vice-President, English Radio
Robert Rabinovitch, President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard Stursberg, Executive Vice-President, Television (English)

Canadian Association of Broadcasters Glenn O'Farrell, President and Chief Executive Officer	2007/03/27	45
Susan Wheeler, Vice-President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs (Television)

Canadian Conference of the Arts Monica Auer, Legal Counsel
Alain Pineau, National Director
As Individual
Anthony S. Manera	2007/03/29	46

Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada Marielle Beaulieu, Executive Director
Serge Quinty, Director of Communications

Public Policy Forum Bill Neville, Senior Advisor to the President

ACTRA (Manitoba) Sharon Bajer, President	2007/04/11	47
Claude Dorge, Secretary
Rea Kavanagh, Vice-President
Rob Macklin, Branch Representative

Manitoba Arts Council Judith Flynn, Chair
Douglas Riske, Executive Director

Native Communication Inc. Dave McLeod, General Manager

Manitoba Motion Picture Industry Association Louis Paquin, Board Member	2007/04/11	48
Kim Todd, Chairperson

Productions Rivard Louis Paquin, Executive Producer

Société franco-manitobaine Daniel Boucher, President and Executive Director

Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists Raoul Bhaneja, Member	2007/04/17	49
Arlene Duncan, Member
Richard Hardacre, National President
Ken Thompson, Director, Public Policy and Communications

Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Monica Auer, Consultant, Interconnected
Diane Goulet, Researcher, Research Department
Peter Murdoch, Vice-President, Media

Canadian Broadcast Standards Council Ronald Cohen, National Chair	2007/04/19	50
Teisha Gaylard, Director of Policy
John MacNab, Executive Director
Burhaan Warsame, Project Manager

Fédération culturelle canadienne-française Pierre Bourbeau, Director General
Annick Schulz, Director, Communications

Canadian Broadcast Museum Foundation David Taylor, Director	2007/04/20	51
Robert Underwood, Director
Kealy Wilkinson, Executive Director

Canadian Media Directors Council Bruce Claassen, President

Canadian Media Guild Benoit Cantin, Member
Lise Lareau, National President
Marc-Philippe Laurin, President, CBC Branch

Centre for Community Study Sonja Macdonald, Director

City of Hamilton Brian McHattie, City Councillor

Directors Guild of Canada Pamela Brand, National Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Monique Lafontaine, General Counsel and Director of Regulatory Affairs

Writers Guild of Canada Kelly Lynne Ashton, Director, Industrial and Policy Research
Maureen Parker, Executive Director
Rebecca Schechter, President
Deborah Windsor, Executive Director
As Individual
Joe Clark Media Access	2007/04/20	52
Frank Gue
Viggo Lewis
John Spence, Editor, cbcwatch.ca

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Joel Fortune, Lawyer, Fasken, Martineau, Du Moulin
Jean LaRose, Chief Executive Officer

Association of Canadian Advertisers Ronald Lund, President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert Reaume, Vice-President, Policy and Research

Corus Entertainment Inc. Sylvie Courtemanche, Vice President, Government Relations

Corus Entertainment Inc. Gary Maavara, Vice-President and General Counsel

Documentary Organisation of Canada Samantha Hodder, Executive Director
Daniel Margetic, Member

REAL Women of Canada Gwendolyn Landolt, National Vice-President

TVN Niagara Inc. Wendell G. Wilks, President and Chief Executive Officer

Alliance de la francophonie de Timmins Pierre Bélanger, Chairman of the Board	2007/04/24	53
Sylvain Lacroix, Executive Director	2007/04/24

Our Public Airwaves Paul Gaffney, Member, Coordinating Committee
Arthur Lewis, Executive Director

Canada Council for the Arts André Courchesne, Director, Arts Division	2007/04/26	54
John Goldsmith, Director, Partnership, Networking and Arts Promotion

Canadian Film and Television Production Association Guy Mayson, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mario Mota, Senior Director, Broadcast Relations and Research

Canadian Association of Film Distributors & Exporters Ted East, President	2007/05/01	55

National Film Board of Canada Deborah Drisdell, Director, Strategic Planning and Government Relations
Claude Joli-Coeur, Acting Government Film Commissioner and President of the National Film Board of Canada
As Individual
Renaud Gilbert, Former Ombudsman, French Services, Radio-Canada	2007/05/03	56

Centre d'études sur les médias Florian Sauvageau, Director

Office of the Auditor General of Canada Julie Charron, Principal	2007/05/08	57
Richard Flageole, Assistant Auditor General		57
Sheila Fraser, Auditor General of Canada
As Individual
Jacques Bensimon, Former Government Film Commissioner and former Chairperson, National Film Board of Canada	2007/05/10	58

Department of Industry Bernard Caron, Vice-President, Broadcast Technology Research Branch / Communications Research Centre Canada
Veena Rawat, President, Communications Research Centre Canada

McMaster University Christina Oreskovich, Student
Philip Savage, Assistant professor, Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia

University of Ottawa Pierre C. Bélanger, Professor, Institute of Canadian Studies

Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada Serge Paquin, Secretary General	2007/05/15	59

Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec Brigitte Duchesneau, Secretary-Treasurer
Magalie Paré, Assistant, Communications and Members Services

Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund Robin Jackson, Executive Director
Jean-Louis Robichaud, President

National Campus and Community Radio Association Melissa Kaestner, National Coordinator
John Harris Stevenson, Advisory Board

Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council John Doyle, Chair	2007/05/23	61

Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation Chris Bonnell, Executive Director
Doug Engbrecht, Manager of Programs
Dorian Rowe, Professional Development Administrator

St. John's International Women's Film and Video Festival Noreen Golfman, Chair of the Board of Directors

Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists Marlene Cahill, Branch Representative, Newfoundland and Labrador	2007/05/24	62
Amy House, Branch President, Newfoundland and Labrador

Documentary Organisation of Canada Bart Simpson, Board Member, Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter

Film Producers Association of Newfoundland Lynne Wilson, President

Newfoundland Independent Filmmakers Cooperative Paul Pope, Vice-President

Alliance for Children and Television Madeleine Lévesque, Director	2007/05/24	63
Peter Moss, President

Documentary Organisation of Canada John Christou, Vice-Chair
Yanick Létourneau, Executive Committee, Quebec Chapter

English Language Arts Network Kirwan Cox, Member
Ian Ferrier, Member

Independent Media Arts Alliance Jennifer Dorner, National Director

CKRT-TV Pierre Harvey, Vice-President, Operations	2007/05/25	64
Marc Simard, President

Coalition pour la radiotélévision publique francophone François Lewis, Member of the Steering Committee
Sylvio Morin, Spokeperson

Conseil provincial du secteur des communications du Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique Michel Bibeault, Union Advisor and Coordinator, Communications Sector, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Jacqueline Turgeon, President, Syndicat de Radio-Canada, section locale

Fédération nationale des communications Pierre Roger, Secretary General

Productions Virage Monique Simard, Chief Executive Officer

Radio Nord Communications Raynald Brière, Executive Director

Réalisatrices équitables Isabelle Hayeur, Member
Marie-Pascale Laurencelle, Producer
Marquise Lepage, Producer
Lucette Lupien, Consultant - film and television

Syndicat des communications de Radio-Canada Robert Fontaine, Former President
Wojtek Gwiazda, Delegate, Radio-Canada International
Alex Levasseur, President

Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec Vincent Leduc, Chair of the Board of Directors	2007/05/25	65
Claire Samson, President and Chief Executive Officer
Lise Lachapelle, Director General

Association des réalisateurs et des réalisatrices du Québec Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, President

Maliseet Nation Radio Inc. Christopher Collrin, Research Director
Tim Paul, President

Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma Marc Grégoire, President of the Board of Directors
Louise Pelletier, Member of the Board of Directors

Sports-Québec Raymond Côté, President
Michelle Gendron, Coordinator

Union des artistes Raymond Legault, President
As Individual
Peter Grant, Counsel and Past Chair Technology, Communications and Intellectual Property Group, McCarthy Tétrault	2007/05/31	67
Anthony S. Manera
Trina McQueen

Association of Canadian Advertisers Ronald Lund, President and Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Association of Broadcasters Glenn O'Farrell, President and Chief Executive Officer

Corus Entertainment Inc. Gary Maavara, Vice-President and General Counsel

McGill University Marc Raboy, Professor, Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications,Department of Art History and Communication Studies

McMaster University Philip Savage, Assistant professor, Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia

Native Communication Inc. Dave McLeod, General Manager

Public Policy Forum Bill Neville, Senior Advisor to the President

Telefilm Canada S. Wayne Clarkson, Executive Director

Telefilm Canada Elizabeth Friesen, Chief Operating Officer

Writers Guild of Canada Rebecca Schechter, President

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Tony Burman, Editor in Chief , CBC News, Current Affairs and Newsworld, CBC Radio and Television	2007/06/05	68
Alain Saulnier, General Manager, News and Current Affairs, French Services

Ministry for Culture and Heritage of New Zealand Martin Matthews, Chief Executive Officer	2007/06/12	70

39.2 - LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Sylvain Lafrance, Executive Vice-President, French Services	2007/11/27	4
Robert Rabinovitch, President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard Stursberg, Executive Vice-President, Television (English)

British Broadcasting Corporation Wilf White, Chief Advisor, Public Policy	2008/01/29	10
Daniel Wilson Deputy, Public Policy

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