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APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Laurie Hunter, Director, Economic Immigration Policy and Programs

Ümit Kiziltan, Director General, Research and Evaluation

Corinne Prince, Director General, Integration and Foreign Credentials Referral Office

2017/05/29

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Government of New Brunswick

Hon. Donald Arseneault, Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour

Charles Ayles, Assistant Deputy Minister, Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, Population Growth Division

   

Government of Prince Edward Island

Hon. Sonny Gallant, Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning

Abbey MacPherson, Director and Senior Operations Manager, Office of Immigration

Neil Stewart, Deputy Minister, Workforce and Advanced Learning

   

Atlantic Institute for Market Studies

Marco Navarro-Génie, President and Chief Executive Office

2017/05/31

63

Atlantic Provinces Economic Council

Finn Poschmann, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Jordi Morgan, Vice-President, Atlantic Canada

   

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Amanda McDougall, Councillor

   

Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador

Juanita Ford, Manager, Workforce and Industry Development

   

KEYS Job Centre

Karl Flecker, Immigrant Employment Specialist

Alaina Lockhart, M.P., Fundy Royal

2017/06/07

65

Acadia University

Ray Ivany, President and Vice-Chancellor

   

Association of Atlantic Universities

Peter Halpin, Executive Director

   

Canadian Federation of Students - Newfoundland and Labrador

Sofia Descalzi, Chairperson

   

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Natasha Clark, International Student Advisor

   

TD Bank Group

Hon. Frank McKenna, Deputy Chair, Corporate Office

   

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Kevin Lacey, Director, Atlantic

2017/06/14

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Fédération des francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador

Sarah Parisio, Coordinator

   

New Brunswick Multicultural Council

Alex LeBlanc, Executive Director

   

Prince Edward Island Association for Newcomers to Canada

Craig Mackie, Executive Director

   

University of New Brunswick

James Ted McDonald, Professor of Economics

   

Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia

Gerry Mills, Executive Director

2017/06/19

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Louisbourg Seafoods Ltd.

Adam Mugridge, Product Development Manager

   

Nova Scotia Office of Immigration

Suzanne Ley, Executive Director

   

W.M. Fares Group

Wadih Fares, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

As an individual

Herb Emery, Vaughan Chair in Regional Economics, University of New Brunswick

Roxanne Reeves, Author and Researcher, Intercultural Mentoring Specialist, University of New Brunswick

2017/10/16

74

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Amanda McDougall, Councillor

   

Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce

Penny Walsh McGuire, Executive Director

   

KEYS Job Centre

Karl Flecker, Immigrant Employment Specialist

   

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick

Katherine d'Entremont, Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick

   

As an individual

David Campbell, President, Jupia Consultants Inc.

2017/10/17

75

Atlantic Provinces Economic Council

Finn Poschmann, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Reint-Jan Dykstra, Director

   

Refugee and Immigrant Advisory Council

Jose Rivera, Executive Director

   

Statistics Canada

Laurent Martel, Director, Demography Division

   

As an individual

Ather Akbari, Professor, Atlantic Research Group on Economics of Immigration, Aging and Diversity, Saint Mary's University

2017/10/17

76

Day & Ross Transportation Group

Crystal DeLong, Owner Operator Recruiter

Vaughn Hatcher, National Manager, Owner Operator Recruiting, Day & Ross Freight

 

 

Restaurants Canada

Bill Allen, Chairman of the Board

Luc Erjavec, Vice-President, Atlantic Canada

   

Sunrise Group of Companies

Shuo (Sherry) Huang, Chief Executive Officer

   

The Farmer's Daughter Country Market

Heather Coulombe, Owner

   

Tisdale Trucking Ltd.

Dave Tisdale, Owner

   

As individuals

Michael Haan, Canada Research Chair in Migration and Ethnic Relations, Department of Sociology, Western University

Howard Ramos, Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University

Yoko Yoshida, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University

2017/10/19

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City of Moncton

Charles Leger, Deputy Mayo

Angelique Reddy-Kalala, Immigration Strategy Officer

   

J.D. Irving, Limited

Jeffrey Green, Director, Talent Acquisition

Susan Wilson, Director, Human Resources, Sawmills and Woodlands Division