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APPENDIX F
LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Department of Veterans Affairs

Hon. Julian Fantino, P.C., M.P., Minister of Veterans Affairs
Mary Chaput, Deputy Minister
LGen Walter Semianiw, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Communications and Commemoration

2013/11/19

5

   

Department of Veterans Affairs

Janice Burke, Senior Director, Strategic Policy Integration
LGen Walter Semianiw, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Communications and Commemoration

2013/11/21

6

   

Royal Canadian Legion

Andrea Siew, Director, Service Bureau

   
   

As individuals

Judy Geary
Cameron Mustard, President and Senior Scientist, Institute for Work & Health

2013/11/26

7

   

Office of the Veterans Ombudsman

Col Denys Guérin, Senior Analyst
Guy Parent, Veterans Ombudsman, Chief Warrant Officer (Retired)
Gary Walbourne, Executive Director of Operations, Deputy Ombudsman

2013/11/28

8

   

Department of Veterans Affairs

Keith Hillier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Service Delivery
Anne-Marie Pellerin, Director, Case Management and Support Services
Nathalie Pham, Manager, Client Service Team, Montreal Office

2013/12/03

9

   

As individuals

Aaron Bedard
Kevin Berry
Glen Kirkland
Donald Sorochan

2013/12/10

10

   

Equitas Society

Jim Scott, President

   
   

Canadian Association of Veterans in United Nations Peacekeeping

Ronald Griffis, National President

2014/02/25

14

   

Veterans Transition Network

Tim Laidler, Executive Director

   
   

As an individual

Medric Cousineau, Captain (Retired)

2014/03/04

15

   

Veterans Emergency Transition Services

Barry Yhard, National Executive Director, National Executive Board of Directors

   
   

NATO Veterans Organization of Canada

Gordon Jenkins, President, Head Office
Percy Price, Acting Director of Advocacy, Head Office

2014/03/06

16

   

Royal Canadian Legion

Gordon Moore, Dominion President, Dominion Command
Brad White, Dominion Secretary, Dominion Command

   
   

Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research

Alice Aiken, Director

2014/03/25

17

VeteranVoice.info

Ronald Cundell, Publisher

   

Wounded Warriors Canada

Chris Linford, National Ambassador
Phil Ralph, National Program Director

   
   

As individuals

Heather Nielsen
Sgt Bjarne Nielsen

2014/03/27

18

   

Canadian Veterans Advocacy

Michael L. Blais, President and Founder
Sylvain Chartrand, Director
Jerry Kovacs, Director

   
   

Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada

Deanna Fimrite, Dominion Secretary-Treasurer

2014/04/01

19

As an individual

Cpl Mark Fuchko

   

Canadian Aboriginal Veterans and Serving Members Association

Richard Blackwolf, National President and Chief Executive Officer, CAV, National Alliance
Joseph Burke, National Service Officer, Ottawa, NAV, National Alliance

 

 

   

National Council of Veteran Associations in Canada

Brian Forbes, Chairman
Derrill Henderson, Vice-Chair, National Secretary, Hong Kong Veterans Association

   
     

As an individual

Thomas MacEachern

2014/04/03

20

   

Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association

Joseph E.L. Gollner, Patron
Ray Kokkonen, National President

   
   

Canadian War Brides

Don Chapman, Subject Matter Expert
Melynda Jarratt, Historian

   
   

Last Post Fund

Daniel O'Connor, National President

   
   

Senate

Hon. Roméo A. Dallaire, Senator

   
   

31 CBG Veterans Well Being Network

Derryk Fleming, Member

2014/04/08

21

   

Aboriginal Veterans Autochtones

Robert Thibeau, President

   
   

As individuals

Sean Bruyea, Retired Captain (Air Force), Advocate and Journalist
David Fascinato
Harold Leduc

   
   

Veterans of Canada

Donald Leonardo, Founder and National President