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APPENDIX D: LIST OF WITNESSES

 

40th Parliament – Third Session

Biotechnology Industry

 

   

 

Organizations and Individuals

 

Date

Meeting

     

Ontario Agri-Food Technologies

Gord Surgeoner, President

 

2010/12/14

44

University of Guelph

Rickey Y. Yada, Professor,
Department of Food Science

 

   

University of Victoria

Ian J. Mauro, Postdoctoral Fellow,
School of Environmental Studies

 

   

Canadian Biotechnology Action Network

Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator

 

2010/12/16

45

CropLife Canada

Lorne Hepworth, President

 

   

Janice Tranberg, Vice-President,
Western Canada

 

   

As an individual

Richard Gold, Professor,
Faculty of Law, McGill University

 

2011/02/03

47

Réseau québécois contre les organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM)

Éric Darier, Quebec representative,
Greenpeace

 

   

André Nault, Representative

 

   

Saskatchewan Pulse Growers

Kofi Agblor, Director of Research

 

   

University of Florida

Andrew Schmitz, Professor,
Food and Resource Economics Department

 

   

As an individual

John Cross

 

2011/02/07

48

Brad Hanmer, President,
Hanmer Ag Ventures Inc.

 

   

University of Saskatchewan

Mary Buhr, Dean and Professor,
College of Agriculture and Bioresources

 

   

Jill Hobbs, Professor and Department Head,
Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics

 

   

William A. Kerr, Professor,
Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics

 

   

Andrew Potter, Director,
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre

 

   

Bert Vandenberg, Professor

 

   

Mark Wartman, Development Officer,
College of Agriculture and Bioresources

 

   

Advanced Foods and Materials Network

Allan Paulson, Associate Scientific Director

 

2011/02/09

49

As an individual

Frank Ingratta, President,
Ingratta Innovations Inc.

 

   

Monsanto Canada Inc.

Mike McGuire, East Sales, Marketing Lead

 

   

Derek Penner, President and General Manager

 

   

Nutrasource Diagnostics Inc.

William J. Rowe, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

   

Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association

John Kelly, Vice President,
Erie Innovations

 

   

University of Guelph

Michael J. Emes, Dean,
College of Biological Science

 

   

Manish N. Raizada, Associate Professor, International Relations Officer, Department of Plant Agriculture

 

   

Steven Rothstein, Professor,
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology

 

   

Rene Van Acker, Professor and Associate Dean,
Department of Plant Agriculture

 

   

As an individual

William Van Tassel

 

2011/02/15

50

Canadian Soybean Council

Jim Gowland, Chair

 

   

Michelle McMullen, Manager

 

   

Organic Council of Ontario

Jodi Koberinski, Executive Director

 

   

A&L Canada Laboratories Inc.

George Lazarovits, Research Director

 

2011/02/17

51

Greg Patterson, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

   

As an individual

Larry Black

 

   

Canadian Organic Growers

Arnold Taylor, Past President

 

   

Wilfrid Laurier University

Alison Blay-Palmer, Associate Professor,
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

 

   

Agrisoma Biosciences Inc.

Steve Fabijanski, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

2011/03/01

52

Organic Federation of Canada

Nicole Boudreau, Coordinator

 

   

Ted Zettel, President

 

   

University of Saskatchewan

Peter W.B. Phillips, Professor,
Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

 

   

FarmStart

Christie Young, Executive Director

 

2011/03/03

53

National Research Council Canada

Jerome Konecsni, Director General,
Plant Biotechnology Institute

 

   

Science Media Centre of Canada

Suzanne Corbeil, Founding Chair and Champion

 

   

Penny Park, Executive Director

 

   

Canadian Canola Growers Association

Richard White, General Manager

 

2011/03/24

57

Canola Council of Canada

Jim Everson, Vice-President,
Corporate Affairs

 

   

Grain Growers of Canada

Richard Phillips, Executive Director

 

   

Stephen Vandervalk, President