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APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Michael Craig, Manager English Television Applications

2016/02/23

4

Scott Hutton, Executive Director Broadcasting

   

Competition Bureau

Jeanne Pratt, Senior Deputy Commissioner Mergers and Monopolistic Practices Branch

   

Department of Canadian Heritage

Jean-François Bernier, Director General Cultural Industries

   

Marthe Bujold, Director Strategic Policy, Broadcasting and Digital Communications Branch

   

Helen C. Kennedy, Director General Broadcasting and Digital Communications

   

Luc Marchand, Director Periodical Publishing Policy and Programs

   

Department of Industry

Paul Halucha, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Sector

   

Carleton University

Dwayne Winseck, Professor School of Journalism & Communication

2016/02/25

5

Forum for Research and Policy in Communications

Monica Auer, Executive Director

   

Al MacKay, Director

   

Université Laval

François Demers, Professor Centre des études sur les médias

   

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Joel Fortune, Legal Advisor

2016/03/08

6

Jean La Rose, Chief Executive Officer

   

Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada

François Côté, Secretary General

   

Simon Forgues, Development and Communications Officer

   

Association de la presse francophone

Jean-Patrice Meunier, Executive Director and Director of Legal Affairs

 

 

Francis Sonier, President

   

Canadian Media Guild

Carmel Smyth, President of the Canadian Media Guild

   

Jeanne d'Arc Umurungi, Communications Director

   

Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada

Sylviane Lanthier, President

   

Serge Quinty, Director of Communications

   

Quebec Community Newspapers Association

Richard Tardif, Executive Director

   

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting

Peter Miller, Expert on Local Broadcasting

2016/04/12

8

Ian Morrison, Spokesperson

   

Quebec Community Groups Network

Walter Duszara, Board Secretary

   

Hugh Maynard, Past President

   

TELUS

Frédéric April, Manager maCommunauté, TELUS Télé Optik

   

Ann Mainville-Neeson, Vice President Broadcasting Policy and Regulatory Affairs

   

DBC Communications inc

Benoit Chartier, President, Director General

2016/04/19

10

Fédération nationale des communications

Pierre Roger, Secretary General-Treasurer

   

Pascale St-Onge, President

   

Public Interest Advocacy Centre

Alysia Lau, Legal Counsel

   

Geoff White, External Counsel

   

Rogers

Colette Watson, Vice-President Television and Broadcast Operations

   

Susan Wheeler, Vice-President, Regulatory, Media

   

Transcontinental Inc.

François Olivier, Chief Executive Officer

   

Bell Canada

Wendy Freeman, President CTV News

2016/05/03

12

Kevin Goldstein, Vice-President Regulatory Affairs, Content and Distribution

   

Richard Gray, Vice-President and General Manager Radio and TV, Ottawa and Pembroke, and National Head, CTV Two News

   

Pierre Rodrigue, Vice President Industry Relations

   

Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations

André Desrochers, Board Member

   

Catherine Edwards, Executive Director

   

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Nathalie Blais, Research Advisor SCFP-Québec

   

Denis Bolduc, General Secretary SCFP-Québec

   

Magazines Canada

Matthew Holmes, President and Chief Executive Officer

2016/05/05

13

Douglas Knight, Board Chair

   

National Campus and Community Radio Association

Luke Smith, Membership Coordinator

   

Canadian Punjabi Post Inc.

Jagdish Grewal, Editor and Publisher

2016/05/10

14

Jagdeep Kailey, Associate Editor

   

National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada

Thomas S. Saras, President and CEO Head Office

   

Mohammad Tajdolati, Ombudsman

   

New Pathway Media Group

Yuri Bilinsky, Managing Editor

   

Postmedia Network Canada Corp.

Paul Godfrey, President and Chief Executive Officer

2016/05/12

15

Doug Lamb, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer

   

Gerry Nott, Senior Vice-President Content and Senior Vice-President, National Post

   

La Presse

Guy Crevier, President and Editor

2016/05/17

16

Caroline Jamet, Vice-President Communication

   

Radio Television Digital News Association

Ian Koenigsfest, President

   

Andy LeBlanc, Past President

   

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Andrew Cochran, Senior Managing Director Strategy, CBC News

2016/05/19

17

Michel Cormier, General Manager News and Current Affairs, French Services

   

Marco Dubé, Executive Director of Regional Services French Services

   

Jennifer McGuire, General Manager and Editor in Chief CBC News

   

Canadian Newspaper Association

Bob Cox, Chair

2016/05/31

18

John Hinds, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association

Kurt Eby, Director Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations

   

Bernard Lord, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Cogeco Inc.

Louis Audet, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Nathalie Dorval, Vice-President Regulatory Affairs and Copyright

   

Corriere Canadese

Dan Montesano, Chair Community Advisory Board

   

Hon. Joseph Volpe, Publisher and President

   

Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association

Dennis Merrell, Executive Director

2016/09/22

25

Duff Jamison, Chair Government Relations Committee, Former President (AWNA)

   

Canadian Association of Journalists

Hugo Rodrigues, Past President

   

Nick Taylor-Vaisey, President

   

Glacier Media Group

Peter Kvarnstrom, President, Community Media

   

Télé Inter-Rives Ltée

Pierre Harvey, Director CHAU-TV

2016/09/27

26

Jean-Philippe Nadeau, Director Information, CIMT-TV / CKRT-TV Rivière-du-Loup

   

Cindy Simard, Vice-Chair Information, Télé Inter-Rives Ltée, CIMT-TV / CKRT-TV

   

The Tyee

Michelle Hoar, Cofounder Former Business Director

   

Robyn Smith, Editor in Chief

   

As an individual

Robert Picard, Professor Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford

   

Coalition pour la pérennité de la presse d’information au Québec

Hon. Martin Cauchon, Executive Chairman Groupe Capitales Médias

2016/09/29

27

Brian Myles, Editor and Director Le Devoir

   

Pierre-Paul Noreau, President and Publisher le Droit

   

iPolitics Inc

James Baxter, Founding Editor

   

Torstar Corporation

John Honderich, Chair

   

Department of Canadian Heritage

Marthe Bujold, Director Strategic Policy, Broadcasting and Digital Communications Branch

2016/10/06

29

Helen C. Kennedy, Director General Broadcasting and Digital Communications

   

Luc Marchand, Director Periodical Publishing Policy and Programs

   

Jean-François Bernier, Director General Cultural Industries

   

As individuals

Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law Professor of Law, University of Ottawa

   

April Lindgren, Principal Investigator, Professor Local News Research Project, Ryerson University School of Journalism

   

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Christianne Laizner, Senior General Counsel, Executive Director

2016/10/20

31

Jean-Pierre Blais, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer

   

Scott Hutton, Executive Director Broadcasting

   

Competition Bureau

Julien Brazeau, Associate Deputy Commissioner Competition Promotion Branch

2016/11/01

34

Jeanne Pratt, Senior Deputy Commissioner Mergers and Monopolistic Practices Branch

   

Department of Industry

Mark Schaan, Director General Marketplace Framework Policy Branch, Strategic Policy Sector

   

Adam Scott, Director Business and Regulatory Analysis, Telecommunications Policy Branch, Strategic Policy Sector

   

Department of Public Works and Government Services

Louise de Jourdan, Director Advertising Coordination and Partnerships

   

Marc Saint-Pierre, Director General Government Information Services Sector