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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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