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APPENDIX C: LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Department of Employment and Social Development

Andrew Brown, Acting Director General Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch

2017/09/19

102

Catherine Demers, Director General Strategy and Partnerships, Skills and Employment Branch

   

Rachel Wernick, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Skills and Employment

   

Department of Finance

Phil King, Director Economic Analysis and Forecasting

   

Claude Lavoie, Director Economic Studies and Policy Analysis Division, Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch

   

Nicholas Leswick, Assistant Deputy Minister Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch

   

William MacMinn, Senior Economist Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch

   

Glenn Purves, General Director Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch

   

Department of Industry

Krista Campbell, Director General Digital Transformation Sector

   

Lisa Setlakwe, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector

   

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

Mark Beauregard, Vice-President Regulatory Affairs

2017/09/20

103

Air Transport Association of Canada

John McKenna, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Appraisal Institute of Canada

Keith Lancastle, Chief Executive Officer

   

Peter McLean, President Elect

   

Assembly of First Nations

Daniel Wilson, Special Advisor Research and Policy Coordination

   

Beer Canada

Luke Harford, President

   

Canadian Airports Council

Daniel-Robert Gooch, President

   

Canadian Alliance of Student Associations

Shifrah Gadamsetti, Chair Board of Directors

   

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Hendrik Brakel, Chief Economist

   

Canadian Home Builders' Association

Kevin Lee, Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Vintners Association

Dan Paszkowski, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Chemistry Industry Association of Canada

Bob Masterson, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

David Podruzny, Vice-President Business and Economics

   

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Charlotte Bell, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Agriculture and Agri-Food Labour Task Force

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst, Executive Director Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council

2017/09/21

104

Mark Wales, Chair

   

Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne

Lise Bourgeois, Co-Chair and President of La Cité collégiale

   

Lynn Brouillette, Acting Director General

   

Pierre-Yves Mocquais, Member of the Board of Directors Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta

   

Association of Consulting Engineering Companies - Canada

John Gamble, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canada Foundation for Innovation

David Moorman, Senior Advisor Policy and Planning

   

Roseann O'Reilly Runte, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canada Green Building Council

Thomas Mueller, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association

Kim Hollihan, Deputy Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Daniel Kelly, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Medical Association

John Feeley, Vice-President Member Relevance

   

Laurent Marcoux, President

   

Canadian Psychiatric Association

Glenn Brimacombe, Chief Executive Officer

   

Nachiketa Sinha, President

   

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Toby Sanger, Senior Economist

 

 

Restaurants Canada

David Lefebvre, Vice-President Federal and Québec Affairs

   

Joyce Reynolds, Executive Vice-President Government Affairs

   

The Conference Board of Canada

Craig Alexander, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist

   

Association of Canadian Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Jean-Claude Dufour, President Elect Dean, Laval University

2017/09/25

105

Jeffrey Wichtel, President Dean, Ontario Veterinary College

   

Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada

Geneviève Moineau, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada

Peter Coleridge, National President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canada Without Poverty

Michèle Biss, Legal Education and Outreach Coordinator

   

Harriett McLachlan, Acting Deputy Director

   

Canadian Association of Science Centres

Sandra Corbeil, Board Member

   

Stephanie Deschenes, Executive Director

   

Canadian Construction Association

Michael Atkinson, President

   

Canadian Labour Congress

Mike Luff, Senior Economist

 

 

Hassan Yussuff, President

   

Canadian Urban Transit Association

Patrick Leclerc, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada

Timothy Ross, Director Strategic Affairs

   

Douglas Wong, Program Manager Policy and Government Relations

   

CropLife Canada

Dennis Prouse, Vice-President Government Affairs

   

Railway Association of Canada

Michael Bourque, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Gérald Gauthier, Vice-President

   

Spirits Canada

C.J. Helie, Executive Vice-President

   

Association of University Research Parks Canada

Laura O'Blenis, Co-Founder and Managing Director

2017/09/26

107

Business Council of Canada

Brian Kingston, Vice-President Policy, International and Fiscal Issues

   

Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation

Henri Rothschild, President

   

Canadian Apprenticeship Forum

Sarah Watts-Rynard, Executive Director

   

Canadian Association of Social Workers

Sally Guy, Director of Policy and Strategy

   

Canadian Cancer Society

Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst

 

 

Lynne Hudson, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Kelly Masotti, Director Public Issues

   

Canadian Construction Innovations

Pierre Boucher, President

   

David Hudock, Manager, Business Development,  Canadian Buildings and Civil Infrastructure PCL Constructors Canada

   

Canadian Credit Union Association

Athana Mentzelopoulos, Vice-President Government Relations

   

Marc-André Pigeon, Assistant Vice-President Financial Sector Policy

   

Canadian Produce Marketing Association

Ron Lemaire, President

   

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director

   

Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Philip Cross, Fellow

   

Advocis, The Financial Advisors Association of Canada

Greg Pollock, President and Chief Executive Officer

2017/09/27

108

Association of Canadian Financial Officers

Scott Chamberlain, Director of Labour Relations, General Counsel

   

Dany Richard, President

   

Association of Canadian Publishers

Kate Edwards, Executive Director

 

 

Glenn Rollans, President

   

BIOTECanada

Andrew Casey, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health

Karen R. Cohen, Member of the Management Committee

   

Fred Phelps, Member of the Management Committee

   

Canadian Cardiovascular Society

Catherine Kells, President

   

Canadian Child Care Federation

Don Giesbrecht, Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Consortium for Research

Lisa Votta-Bleeker, Chair

   

Canadian Dental Association

Kevin Desjardins, Director Public Affairs

   

Larry Levin, President

   

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

Noah Shack, Director of Policy

   

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

Bruce Ball, Vice-President Taxation

   

National Airlines Council of Canada

Massimo Bergamini, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Retail Council of Canada

Karl Littler, Vice-President Public Affairs

   

Agricultural Institute of Canada

Serge Buy, Chief Executive Officer

2017/09/28

110

Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Tim Kennedy, Executive Director

   

Canadian Association for Graduate Studies

Brenda Brouwer, President

   

Sally Rutherford, Executive Director

   

Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs

Ken Block, President

   

Tina Saryeddine, Executive Director

   

Canadian Association of Optometrists

Laurie Clement, Chief Executive Officer

   

Michael Dennis, President

   

Canadian Association of Radiologists

Emil Lee, President

   

Canadian Association of Radiologists

Nicholas Neuheimer, Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Kate McInturff, Senior Researcher National Office

   

Canadian Federation of Students

Charlotte Kiddell, National Deputy Chairperson

   

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Brock Carlton, Chief Executive Officer

   

Daniel Rubinstein, Acting Director Policy and Research

   

Forest Products Association of Canada

Derek Nighbor, Chief Executive Officer

   

Imagine Canada

Bruce MacDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Mining Association of Canada

Brendan Marshall, Vice-President Economic and Northern Affairs

   

Northern Air Transport Association

Glenn Priestley, Executive Director

   

As an individual

Angela Howell

2017/10/03

111

Viktoriya Kalchenko

   

Tyrone McKenzie

   

Sheila Taylor

   

Terry Youzwa

   

Ag-West Bio Inc.

Boni Dorish, Director Finance, Administration and Human Resource

   

Patrick Pitka, Chief Financial Officer

   

Canadian Institute of Nuclear Physics

Garth Huber, Executive Director Professor, University of Regina, Department of Physics

   

Canadian Neutron Initiative Working Group

Rob Norris, Senior Strategist, Research Partnerships Office of Vice-President Research, University of Saskatchewan

   

Canadian Neutron Initiative Working Group

John Root, Executive Director Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation Inc.

   

Enterprise Machine Intelligence & Learning Initiative

Ray Bouchard, Chair of the Board

   

Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce

Darla Lindbjerg, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers

Vince Engel, International Vice-President Western Canada

 

 

Chuck Rudder, Business Manager

   

North Saskatoon Business Association

Keith Moen, Executive Director

   

Brenda Wasylow, Past Chair

   

Polytechnics Canada

Dennis Johnson, Vice-President Strategy and Business Development

   

Kevin Rogers, Director Applied Research and Innovation

   

Regina and District Chamber of Commerce

John Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer

   

Saskatchewan Economic Development Association

Sean Wallace, Director, Board Representative Economic Development of Tisdale

   

Saskatchewan Mining Association

Pamela Schwann, President

   

Thomson Jaspar and Associates

Michael Gorniak, Partner

   

Braden Turnquist, Partner

   

Universities Canada

Paul Davidson, President

   

University of Saskatchewan

Jamie Miley, Senior Strategist, Public Affairs President's Office

   

As an individual

Erin Arnold

2017/10/04

112

Celena Benndorf

   

Ann Frost

   

Raymond Frost

   

Sharon Gregson

   

Dawson Markle

   

Fernande Pool

   

Lucia Rincon

   

British Columbia Council for International Cooperation

Darren Schemmer, Co-chair Board of Directors

   

Burnaby Board of Trade

Paul Holden, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Clean Energy Canada

Dan Woynillowicz, Policy Director Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University

   

Fraser Institute

Charles Lammam, Director Fiscal Studies

   

Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

Iain Black, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

HealthCareCAN

Robert McMaster, Member of the Board of Directors

   

Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association of Canada

Ian Moore, Past Chairman

   

Rogers Group Financial

Clay Gillespie, Managing Director

   

UNITE HERE! Local 40

Michelle Travis, Research Coordinator

 

 

University of Victoria

Jamie Cassels, President and Vice-Chancellor

   

Val Napoleon, Associate Professor and Law Foundation Professor of Aboriginal Justice and Governance

   

As an individual

David Connelly

2017/10/05

113

Pamela Murray

   

Andy Wong

   

Dene Nation

Bill Erasmus, National Chief

   

Fédération franco-ténoise

Jean de Dieu Tuyishime, Executive Director

   

Government of the Northwest Territories

Sandy Kalgutkar, Deputy Secretary to the Financial Management Board Department of Finance

   

David Stewart, Secretary to the Financial Management Board/Deputy Minister Department of Finance

   

Northwest Territories and Nunavut Chamber of Mines

Tom Hoefer, Executive Director

   

Gary Vivian, President

   

Northwest Territories and Nunavut Construction Association

John Rowe, Vice-President

   

Northwest Territories Association of Communities

Sara Brown, Chief Executive Officer

   

Northwest Territories Chamber of Commerce

Trevor Wever, President

   

Northwest Territories/Nunavut Council of Friendship Centres

Kyle Bird, Executive Director

 

 

Shari Caudron, Board Member

   

Anthony Rabesca, President

   

Tlicho Government

Bertha Rabesca Zoe, Legal Counsel

   

YWCA Yellowknife

Caroline Wawzonek, Vice-President

   

As an individual

Shane Bishop

2017/10/06

114

Gillian Eloh

   

John Forgeron

   

Kenneth Goodall

   

Saqib Qureshi

   

Jeremy Zhao

   

Calgary Chamber of Commerce

Zoe Addington, Director of Policy and Government Relations

   

Adam Legge, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors

John Bayko, Vice-President Communications

   

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Ben Brunnen, Vice-President Oil Sands, Fiscal and Economic Policy

   

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association

Chris J. Bloomer, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

Michael Holden, Chief Economist

   

City of Calgary

Naheed Nenshi, Mayor

 

 

Festivals and Major Events Canada

Martin Roy, Executive Director

   

Hotel Association of Canada

David Kaiser, Member Board of Directors

   

Leanne Shaw, Vice-Chair Alberta Hotel and Lodging Association

   

National Cattle Feeders' Association

Casey Vander Ploeg, Vice-President

   

Oxfam Canada

Ricardo Acuna, Chair

   

Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

Ray Orb, President

   

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Alex Zahavich, Vice-President of Corporate Development and Applied Research Education

   

Stem Cell Network

Ubaka Ogbogu, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law University of Alberta

   

As an individual

Fred G. Dodd

2017/10/16

115

Pauline Finlay

   

Matthew Fuchs

   

Kevin Nicholas Bell

   

Mark Power

   

Kevin Stacey

   

Association of Seafood Producers

Derek Butler, Executive Director

 

 

Community Sector Council Newfoundland and Labrador

Penelope Rowe, Chief Executive Officer

   

Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Gabriel Miller, Executive Director

   

Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland

Carey Bonnell, Head School of Fisheries

   

Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador

Craig Foley, Chief Executive Officer

   

Investment Industry Association of Canada

Ian Russell, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Mining Industry NL

Ed Moriarity, Executive Director

   

Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association

Mark Lane, Executive Director

   

St. John's Board of Trade

Nancy Healey, Chief Executive Officer

   

Dorothy Keating, Chair

   

As an individual

Hannah Dawson-Murphy

2017/10/17

116

Rhonda Doyle Leblanc

   

Julianne Karavayeva

   

Jane Ouillette

   

Manal Quraishi

   

Atlantic Canada Airports Association

Monette Pasher, Executive Director

   

Atlantic Chamber of Commerce

Glenn Davis, Vice-President Policy

 

 

Atlantic Institute for Market Studies

Marco Navarro-Génie, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Atlantic Partnership for Literacy and Essential Skills

Jinny Greaves, Incoming Executive Director P.E.I. Literacy Alliance

   

Jayne Hunter, Executive Director Literacy Nova Scotia

   

Canadian Association of University Teachers

Pamela Foster, Director, Research and Political Action

   

Canadian Cable Systems Alliance

Chris Edwards, Vice-President Regulatory Affairs

   

Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation

Hazel Corcoran, Executive Director

   

Sonja Novkovic, Member

   

Colleges and Institutes Canada

Denise Amyot, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Don Bureaux, Board Member and President of Nova Scotia Community College

   

Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce

Rory Francis, President Board of Directors

   

Penny Walsh McGuire, Executive Director

   

Halifax Chamber of Commerce

Nancy Conrad, Senior Vice-President Policy

2017/10/17

116

Patrick Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

National Harbour Authority Advisory Committee

Osborne Burke, National Committee Member

   

Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association

Craig Avery, Director and Past President

   

Ian MacPherson, Executive Director

   

As an individual

Nathalie Blais

2017/10/18

117

Bridget Doherty

   

Catherine Ferriter

   

Kristen Kiggen

   

Nathalie Lemay

   

Shawn McGuirk

   

Nathalie Michaud

   

Daniel Morin

   

Julie Poupart

   

Association francophone pour le savoir

Frédéric Bouchard, President

   

Association pour le développement de la recherche et de l’innovation du Québec

Albert De Luca, President of the Board of Directors

   

Pascal Monette, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal

Céline Huot, Vice-President Strategy and Public Affaires

   

Canadian Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Josh Levac, Treasurer

 

 

Cara Piperni, Past President

   

Coalition québécoise sur la problématique du poids

Clara Couturier, Research Analyst, Public Policy

   

Corinne Voyer, Director

   

Confédération des syndicats nationaux

François Bélanger, Union Advisor

   

Pierre Patry, Treasurer

   

Electric Mobility Canada

Chantal Guimont, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Federal Fleet Services Inc.

Sarah McMillan, Executive Vice-President Project Administration

   

John Schmidt, Vice-President Commercial

   

Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec

Gaétan Morin, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Mario Tremblay, Vice-President Public and Corporate Affairs

   

Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited

Eric Gagnon, Head Corporate and Regulatory Affairs

   

Montreal Economic Institute

Mathieu Bédard, Economist

   

Ovarian Cancer Canada

Elisabeth Baugh, Chief Executive Officer

   

Quebec Employers' Council

Norma Kozhaya, Vice-President of Research and Chief Economist

   

As an individual

Kamal Mann

2017/10/19

118

Jerome St-Denis

   

Ron Watt

   

3M Company Canada

Elise Maheu, Director Government Affairs

   

Nicole Rayner, Senior Manager Taxation

   

Canadian Convenience Stores Association

Satinder Chera, President

   

Canadian Music Publishers Association

Margaret McGuffin, Executive Director

   

City of London

Jesse Helmer, Councillor

   

Adam Thompson, Manager Government and External Relations

   

Council of the Great Lakes Region

Mark Fisher, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Earth Rangers

Tovah Barocas, Vice-President, External Relations

   

Institute for Quantum Computing

Tobi Day-Hamilton, Director, Communications and Strategic Initiatives University of Waterloo

   

Martin Laforest, Senior Manager Scientific Outreach

   

McMaster University

Robert Baker, Vice-President Research

   

RESULTS Canada

Christina Dendys, Interim Executive Director

 

 

Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce

Shirley De Silva, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Monica Shepley, Manager Policy and Advocacy

   

Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce

Matthew Marchand, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

As an individual

Aaron Brown

2017/10/20

119

Jay Goodis, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder Tax Templates Inc.

   

Eden Hildebrand

   

John Humphrey

   

Donald K. Johnson, O.C., LL.D. Volunteer Board Member of not-for-profit organizations

   

Inez Kelly

   

Duncan Alexander Kirby

   

Alastair Love

   

Fiona Price

   

Cian Rutledge

   

Selma Sahin

   

Jason Tetro

   

Melanie Woodin

   

Addictions and Mental Health Ontario

Gail Czukar, Chief Executive Officer

   

Airbnb

Alexandra Dagg, Public Policy Manager, Canada

 

 

Bruce Power

James Scongack, Vice-President Corporate Affairs and Environment

   

Canadian Beverage Association

Jim Goetz, President

   

Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations

Dennis Burns, Executive Director

   

Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health

Julia Anderson, Director Operations

   

Helen Scott, Executive Director

   

Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association

Mark Nantais, President

   

Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada

Morna Ballantyne, Executive Director

   

Food and Consumer Products of Canada

Michi Furuya Chang, Vice-President Scientific Affairs and Nutrition

   

Greater Toronto Airports Authority

Lorrie McKee, Director Public Affairs and Stakeholder Relations

   

Indspire

Roberta Jamieson, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

Nathaniel Lipkus, Councillor

   

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada

Dave Prowten, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Patrick Tohill, Director, Government Relations

   

Kids Help Phone

Alisa Simon, Vice-President Counselling Services and Programs

 

 

March of Dimes Canada

Steven Christianson, National Manager Government Relations and Advocacy

   

Jackie Legge, Government Relations Associate

   

No Fly List Kids

Sulemaan Ahmed

   

Khadija Cajee

   

ParticipACTION

Elio Antunes, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Marilyn Knox, Chair Board of Directors

   

Toronto Region Board of Trade

Jeff Parker, Manager Policy

   

Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council

Margaret Eaton, Executive Director