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HESA Committee Report

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APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES

Department of Health

Sandra Bruce, Director General
Non-Insured Health Benefits Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

 

2013/11/06

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Debra Gillis, Acting Director General
Interprofessional Advisory and Program Support, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada

 

   

Robert Ianiro, Director General
Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch

 

   

John Patrick Stewart, Senior Executive Director
Therapeutic Products Directorate

 

   

Correctional Service of Canada

Don Head, Commissioner

 

2013/11/18

4

Department of Justice

Jennifer Goldstone, Acting Head
National Anti-Drug Strategy

 

   

Denis Kratchanov, Director and General Counsel
Information Law and Privacy Section

 

   

Paul Saint-Denis, Senior Counsel
Criminal Law Policy Section

 

   

Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Trevor Bhupsingh, Director General
Law Enforcement and Border Strategies Directorate

 

   

Taunya Goguen, Manager
Serious and Organized Crime

 

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Luc Chicoine, National Drug Coordinator
Federal Coordination Centre, Federal and International Support Services

 

   

Jean Cormier, Director
Federal Coordination Centres

 

   

Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse

Michel Perron, Chief Executive Officer

 

2013/11/20

5

Paula Robeson, Knowledge Broker

 

   

Canadian Medical Association

Maura Ricketts, Director
Policy and Research

 

2013/11/27

7

Chris Simpson, President-Elect

 

   

Canadian Nurses Association

Rachel Bard, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Josette Roussel, Senior Nurse Advisor
Professional Practice

 

   

College of Family Physicians of Canada

Jamie Meuser, Associate Executive Director

 

   

Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada

Jessica Ma, Project Lead

 

   

Donna Walsh, Educator

 

   

Apotex Inc.

Colin D'Cunha, Director Global Medical Affairs

 

2013/12/02

8

Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association

Jim Keon, President

 

   

Canadian Pharmacists Association

Mark Barnes, Pharmacy Manager and Owner
Westboro Pharmasave, Respect Rx Pharmasave

 

   

Phil Emberley, Director
Pharmacy Innovation

 

   

Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada

Rocco Gerace, President

 

   

LouiseA. Marcus, Director
Professional Affairs

 

   

National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities

Carole Bouchard, Executive Director

 

   

Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario

Irwin Fefergrad, Registrar, Chief Executive Officer

 

   

Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario

David Mock, Professor

 

   

Peter Trainor, President

 

   

Advocates for the Reform of Prescription Opioids

Ada Giudice-Tompson, Vice-President

 

2013/12/04

9

Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

Donald MacPherson, Executive Director
Simon Fraser University

 

   

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Peter Selby, Chief
Addictions Program

 

   

Beth Sproule, Clinician Scientist, Pharmacy

 

   

Coalition on Prescription Drug Misuse

Collin Harris, Member

 

 

 

Susan Ulan, Co-Chair

 

   

Canadian Pain Coalition

Lynn Cooper, President

 

2013/12/09

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McMaster University

Norman Buckley, Professor and Chair
National Pain Centre

 

   

Narcotics Advisory Board

Lisa Bromley, Physician
MoHLTC

 

   

Wellbeing Pain Management & Dependency Clinic Inc.

Peggi DeGroote, Founder and President

 

   

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police

Mark Mander, Chair
Drug Abuse Committee

 

2014/02/06

12

Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

Roger Skinner, Regional Supervising Coroner
Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario

 

   

Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Canada

Cameron Bishop, Director
Government Affairs and Health Policy

 

   

Assembly of First Nations

Peter Dinsdale, Chief Executive Officer

 

2014/02/11

13

National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation

Carol Hopkins, Executive Director

 

   

As an individual

Meldon Kahan, Medical Director
Women's College Hospital

 

2014/02/13

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Navindra Persaud, Staff Physician
St.Michael's Hospital

 

   

Orchard Recovery Center

Maire Durnin-Goodman, Physician

 

   

Lorinda Strang, Executive Director

 

   

Purdue Pharma Canada

Craig Landau, President and Chief Executive Officer