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APPENDIX B
LIST OF WITNESSES

 

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Canadian Council of Chief Executives

Brian Kingston, Senior Associate

 

2014/09/29

43

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Gregory Thomas, Federal Director

 

 

 

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Paul Moist, National President

 

 

 

Conference Board of Canada

Glen Hodgson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist

 

 

 

Fraser Institute

Sean Speer, Associate Director,
Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy

 

 

 

Frontier Centre for Public Policy

Peter Holle, President

 

 

 

Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Philip Cross, Senior Fellow

 

 

 

National Association of Federal Retirees

Gary Oberg, President

 

 

 

Office of the Veterans Ombudsman

Guy Parent, Veterans Ombudsman

 

 

 

University of Ottawa

Kevin Page, Jean-Luc Pepin Research Chair

 

 

 

Alzheimer Society of Canada

Jim Mann, Member, Board of Directors

 

2014/09/30

44

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

David T. Barnard, President and Vice-Chancellor,
University of Manitoba

 

 

 

Canadian Alliance of Student Associations

Travis Gordon, Chair

 

 

 

Canadian Medical Association

Chris Simpson, President

 

 

 

 Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Andrew Martin, Senior Project Director,

Centre for Equitable Library Access

 

 

 

Victoria Nolan, Volunteer

 

 

 

Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU)

Martha Friendly, Executive Director

 

 

 

Indspire

Roberta Jamieson, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Mitacs

Graham Carr, Member,
Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, ConcordiaUniversity

 

 

 

Neurological Health Charities Canada

Bruce Ireland, Caregiver

 

 

 

YWCA Canada

Ann Decter, Director, Advocacy and Public Policy

 

 

 

Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association

Mark Nantais, President

 

2014/10/01

45

Canadian Water Network

Gord Lambert, Partner and Past Board Member,
Executive Advisor, Sustainability and Innovation, Suncor Energy

 

 

 

Clean Energy Canada

Merran Smith, Director

 

 

 

Confédération des syndicats nationaux

Pierre Patry, Treasurer

 

 

 

Downsview Aerospace Innovation and Research

Andrew Petrou, Executive Director

 

 

 

Forest Products Association of Canada

Catherine Cobden, Executive Vice-President

 

 

 

National Angel Capital Organization

Robert Douglas, Director

 

 

 

Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada

Charles Beaudry, Member, Board of Directors

 

 

 

U15 - Group of Canadian Research Universities

Feridun Hamdullahpur, Chair

 

 

 

 Assembly of First Nations

Ghislain Picard, National Chief

 

2014/10/06

46

William Traverse, Manitoba Regional Chief

 

 

 

Canadian Doctors for Medicare

Richard Klasa, Board Member

 

 

 

Canadian Federation of Students

Jessica McCormick, National Chairperson

 

 

 

Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement

Maureen O'Neil, President

 

 

 

Centre for Drug Research and Development

Kathryn Hayashi, Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

David Sculthorpe, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Hope Air

Douglas Keller-Hobson, Executive Director

 

 

 

National Initiative for Eating Disorders

Bill Rogers, Advisor

 

 

 

Partners for Mental Health

Hon. Michael J. L. Kirby, Founding Chairman

 

 

 

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Barry McLellan, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Canada Green Building Council

Thomas Mueller, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

2014/10/07

47

Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx & D)

Mark Fleming, Director,
Federal Affairs and Health Policy, Janssen Inc.

 

 

 

Walter Robinson, Vice-President, Government Affairs

 

 

 

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Jayson Myers, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Lorraine Royer, Manager,
Stakeholder and Corporate Relations, Williams Energy

 

 

 

Canadian Rare Earth Element Network

Ian London, Chair

 

 

 

Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada

Shawn Murphy, Manager, Government Relations

 

 

 

Information Technology Association of Canada

Karen Atkinson, Chair,
Tax and Finance Committee, Tax Partner, Ernst & Young

 

 

 

Mental Health Commission of Canada

Jennifer Vornbrock, Vice-President, Knowledge and Innovation

 

 

 

Polytechnics Canada

Nobina Robinson, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Société de promotion économique de Rimouski

Martin Beaulieu, Director General

 

 

 

TRIUMF

Jonathan Bagger, Director

 

 

 

Canadian Airports Council

Mark Laroche, Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ottawa International Airport Authority

 

2014/10/08

48

Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships

Mark Romoff, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Canadian Electricity Association

Francis Bradley, Vice-President, Policy Development

 

 

 

Ron Gentle, Chief Security Officer, Hydro One Inc.

 

 

 

Canadian Home Builders' Association

Bard Golightly, President

 

 

 

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.

Frank Swedlove, President

 

 

 

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Brad Woodside, President

 

 

 

KPMG

Stephen Beatty, Partner

 

 

 

Large Urban Mayors' Caucus of Ontario

Jeff Lehman, Chair, Mayor, City of Barrie

 

 

 

Union of Quebec Municipalities

Robert  Coulombe, Board Member, Mayor of Maniwaki

 

 

 

Wellesley Institute

Michael Shapcott, Director, Housing and Innovation

 

 

 

Amalgamated Transit Union

Michael Mahar, Director, Canadian Council

2014/10/20

49

As individual

Marcelin Joanis, Associate Professor,
Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal

 

 

 

Canadian Climate Forum

Catherine Cobden, Member,
Board of Directors, Executive Vice-President, Forest Products Association of Canada

 

 

 

Canadian Parks and Recreation Association

Jennifer Reynolds, Past President,
Director, Community Services, Town of Milton

 

 

 

Canadian Urban Transit Association

Michael Roschlau, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Merit Canada

Domenic Mattina, Chairman

 

 

 

Mowat Centre

Sunil Johal, Policy Director, University of Toronto

 

 

 

Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

Ray Orb, Vice-President

 

 

 

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

David McKenna, Member, President, Brewster Travel Canada

 

 

 

As individuals

Brigitte Alepin, Tax Expert, Agora Fiscalité

 

2014/10/21

50

Arthur Cockfield, Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University

 

 

 

Mike Moffat, Assistant Professor, Ivey Business School

 

 

 

Jennifer Robson, Assistant Professor,
Kroeger College, Carleton University

 

 

 

Frances Woolley, Professor, Associate Dean, Carleton University

 

 

 

Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting

Clay Gillespie, Member, Board of Directors

 

 

 

Credit Union Central of Canada

Eric Dillon, Chief Executive Officer, Conexus Credit Union

 

 

 

Imagine Canada

Bruce MacDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Institute of Marriage and Family Canada

Andrea Mrozek, Executive Director

 

 

 

 Investment Funds Institute of Canada

Jon Cockerline, Director, Policy and Research

 

 

 

 

 

As individual

Gareth Kirkby

 

2014/10/27

51

Canadian Bankers Association

Terry Campbell, President

 

 

 

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Economist

 

 

 

Canadians for Tax Fairness

Dennis Howlett, Executive Director

 

 

 

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

Kevin Dancey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Executive Office

 

 

 

Deloitte

Albert Baker, Global Tax Policy Leader

 

 

 

Investment Industry Association of Canada

Brian Parker, Member,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Institutional Sales, Acumen Capital Partners

 

 

 

Portfolio Management Association of Canada

Scott Mahaffy, Chair, Industry, Regulation and Tax Committee

 

 

 

Restaurants Canada

Joyce Reynolds, Executive Vice-President, Government Affairs

 

 

 

Tax Executives Institute, Inc.

Paul Magrath, Vice-President, Canadian Affairs

 

 

 

As individual

Scott Clark, President, C.S. Clark Consulting

 

2014/10/28

52

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Hendrik Brakel, Senior Director,
Economic, Financial and Tax Policy

 

 

 

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Corinne Pohlmann, Senior Vice-President, National Affairs

 

 

 

Canadian Labour Congress

Angella MacEwen, Senior Economist,
Social and Economic Policy

 

 

 

Chemistry Industry Association of Canada

Fiona Cook, Director, Business and Economics

 

 

 

Green Budget Coalition

Andrew Van Iterson, Manager

 

 

 

Metcalf Foundation

Tom Zizys, Metcalf Fellow

 

 

 

Quebec Employers' Council

Norma Kozhaya, Vice-President of Research and Chief Economist

 

 

 

Retail Council of Canada

David Wilkes, Senior Vice-President,
Grocery Division and Government Relations

 

 

 

Startup Canada

Victoria Lennox, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Canada's Building Trades Unions

Christopher Smillie, Senior Advisor,
Government Relations and Public Affairs

 

2014/10/29

53

Canadian Arts Coalition

Frédéric Julien, Member,
Project Manager, Canadian Arts Presenting Association

 

 

 

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Janet Annesley, Vice-President,
Ottawa and Eastern/Atlantic Canada

 

 

 

Canadian Gas Association

Timothy M. Egan, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Canadian Intern Association

Claire Seaborn, President

 

 

 

Futurpreneur Canada

Julia Deans, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Institut de recherche et d'informations socio-économiques

Éric Pineault, Researcher

 

 

 

Monster Canada

Scott Byrne, Manager, Strategy, Monster Government Solutions

 

 

 

Solidarité rurale du Québec

Christian Thivierge, Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

Toronto Region Board of Trade

Patrick Gill, Manager, Policy