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APPENDIX C: LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Carla Staresina, Vice-President Affordable Housing

2016/10/04

20

Michel Tremblay, Senior Vice-President Policy, Research and Public Affairs

   

Department of Employment and Social Development

Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos, P.C., M.P., Minister of Families, Children and Social Development

   

Louise Levonian, Deputy Minister

   

Kathryn McDade, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Income Security and Social Development

   

Jacques Paquette, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Strategic and Service Policy Branch

   

Paul Thompson, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Skills and Employment Branch

   

Department of Employment and Social Development

Nancy Milroy-Swainson, Director General Seniors and Pensions Policy Secretariat, Income Security and Social Development Branch

2016/10/18

22

Barb Schwartz, Director Program Integrity, Canada Education Savings Program

   

James Van Raalte, Director General Office for Disability Issues

   

Department of Finance

Galen Countryman, Director, Social Policy Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch

   

Pierre LeBlanc, Director, Personal Income Tax Division Tax Policy Branch

   

Statistics Canada

Andrew Heisz, Assistant Director Income Statistics Division

   

Tracey Leesti, Director Income Statistics Division

   

As individuals

Allan Moscovitch, Professor Emeritus School of Social Work, Carleton University

2016/10/20

23

As individuals

Geranda Notten, Associate Professor Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa

 

 

Richard Shillington

   

Canadian Poverty Institute

Derek Cook, Director

   

Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Philip Cross, Senior Fellow

   

As individuals

Brad Brain, Registered Financial Planner Brad Brain Financial Planning Inc.

2016/10/25

24

Gwendolyn Piller

   

Canadian Association of Retired Persons

Wanda Morris, Chief Operating Officer Vice-President of Advocacy

   

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director

   

Working Canadians

Catherine Swift, President

   

As an individual

James Hughes, Senior Fellow The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

2016/10/27

25

Community Society to End Poverty - Nova Scotia

Stella Lord, Voluntary Coordinator

   

Income Security Advocacy Centre

Jennefer Laidley, Research and Policy Analyst

   

South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario

Khadeeja Ahsan, Barrister and Solicitor / Staff Lawyer

   

Women's Centres Connect

Georgia Barnwell, Coordinator

   

As an individual

Ian Lee, Associate Professor Carleton University

 

 

Canada Without Poverty

Leilani Farha, Executive Director

   

Harriett McLachlan, President Board of Directors

   

West Coast LEAF

Kendra Milne, Director Law Reform

 

 

Department of Employment and Social Development

Monika Bertrand, Director General Employment Program Policy and Design Directorate

2016/11/15

28

Jessica Kerr, Director General Canada Education Savings Program

   

Mary Pichette, Director General Canada Student Loans Program

   

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Jonathan Allen, Deputy Director Education and Social Development Programs and Partnerships

   

Paula Isaak, Assistant Deputy Minister Education and Social Development Programs and Partnerships

   

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

Julie Hauser, Officer Partnership and Stakeholder Engagement

   

Jérémie Ryan, Director Financial Literacy and Stakeholder Engagement

   

Statistics Canada

Heather Dryburgh, Director Tourism and Centre for Education Statistics

   

Klarka Zeman, Senior Analyst Tourism and Centre for Education Statistics

   

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada

Achan Akwai Cham, Volunteer

2016/11/17

29

Rachel Gouin, Director Research and Public Policy

   

Canadian Council for Career Development

Lynne Bezanson, Executive Board Member

   

Canadian Labour Congress

Emily Norgang, Senior Researcher

   

Canadian Teachers' Federation

Robert McGahey, Director of Advocacy and Labour Rights

   

Heather Smith, President

   

Pathfinder Youth Centre Society

Orville Lee, President and Co-Founder

   

Ruth Lee, Executive Director and Co-Founder

   

Actua

Jennifer Flanagan, Chief Executive Officer

2016/11/22

30

As an individual

Danielle Levine, Executive Director Aboriginal Social Enterprise Program

   

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Monique Moreau, Director of National Affairs

   

Momentum

Courtney Hare, Manager of Public Policy

   

As an individual

Mark Wafer, President Megleen operating as Tim Hortons

2016/11/24

31

Canadian Federation of Students

Bilan Arte, Chairperson

   

Metcalf Foundation

John Stapleton, Fellow

   

Meticulon

Joy Hewitt, Chief Employment Coach

   

Garth Johnson, Chief Executive Officer

   

Peel Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee

Sonia Pace, Co-Chair

   

Adaoma C. Patterson, Advisor

   

As an individual

Randy Lewis, Former Senior Vice-President Walgreens

2016/11/29

32

C.D. Howe Institute

Alexandre Laurin, Director of Research

   

Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction

Laura Cattari, Campaign Co-ordinator

   

Keewatin Tribal Council

George Neepin, Executive Director

   

Kikinaw Energy Services

Kory Wood, President

   

Regroupement québécois des organismes pour le développement de l'employabilité

Valérie Roy, Director General

   

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Vicky Stergiopoulos, Physician-in-Chief

2016/12/08

35

City of Toronto

Kelly Murphy, Policy Development Officer Social Development, Finance and Administration

   

Ricardo Tranjan, Manager, Poverty Reduction Strategy Social Development, Finance and Administration

   

Mental Health Commission of Canada

Ed Mantler, Vice President Programs and Priorities

   

Working for Change

Michael Creek, Director Strategic Initiatives

   

Lubna Khalid, Coordinator Women Speak Out

   

As an individual

Timothy Diette, Redenbaugh Associate Professor of Economics Washington and Lee University

2016/12/13

36

McMaster Children's Hospital

Peter Fitzgerald, President

   

Ellen Lipman, Medical Doctor Child and Youth Mental Health Program

   

Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada

Tracy O'Hearn, Executive Director

   

Department of Employment and Social Development

Doug Murphy, Director General Social Development Policy

2017/01/31

37

Department of Health

Sony Perron, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

   

Patricia Wiebe, Medical Specialist in Mental Health Population Health and Wellness Division, First Nations and Inuit Health

   

Public Health Agency of Canada

Anna Romano, Director General Centre for Health Promotion, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch

   

Statistics Canada

Jennifer Ali, Chief Health Statistics Division

 

 

François Nault, Director Health Statistics

   

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Charles MacArthur, Senior Vice President Regional Operations and Assisted Housing

2017/02/02

38

Michel Tremblay, Senior Vice President Policy, Research and Public Affairs

   

Department of Employment and Social Development

Catherine Scott, Director General Community Development and Homelessness Partnerships Directorate

   

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Lynda Clairmont, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Regional Operations

   

Allan Clarke, Director General Economic Research and Policy Development, Lands and Economic Development

   

Daniel Leclair, Director General Regional Infrastructure Delivery, Regional Operations

   

David Smith, Acting Director General Community Infrastructure, Regional Operations

   

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Stephen Van Dine, Assistant Deputy Minister Northern Affairs Organization

2017/02/07

39

Office of Infrastructure of Canada

Jeff Moore, Assistant Deputy Minister Policy and Communications

   

As individuals

Jody Kliffer

2017/02/09

40

Erin Schryer, Executive Director Elementary Literacy Inc.

   

Daniel Shoag, Assistant Professor Harvard Kennedy School

   

Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation

Althea Arsenault, Manager of Resources Development

   

Housing Alternatives Inc.

Kit Hickey, Executive Director

 

 

Living SJ

Penni Eisenhauer, Community Organizer

   

Donna Gates, Executive Director

   

Saint John Human Development Council

Randy Hatfield, Executive Director

   

The ONE Change Inc.

Anthony Dickinson, President

   

United Way Saint John, Kings and Charlotte

Wendy MacDermott, Executive Director

   

YMCA of Greater Saint John

Shilo Boucher, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Housing and Renewal Association

Stéphan Corriveau, Board President

2017/02/14

41

Jeff Morrison, Executive Director

   

City of Prince George

Chris Bone, Manager Social Planning

   

Lyn Hall, Mayor

   

Fraser Institute

Kenneth Green, Senior Director Natural Resources Studies

   

Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain

Émilie E. Joly, Community Organizer

   

Groupe actions solutions pauvreté

Nicolas Luppens, Coordinator

   

Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction

Aqattuaq Kiah Hachey, Acting Assistant Director Department of Social and Cultural Development, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.

   

Aluki Kotierk, President Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.

   

Central Neighbourhoods Development Corporation

Allan Wise, Executive Director

2017/02/15

42

City of Edmonton

Kate Gunn, Director Community Inclusion and Investment, Citizen Services

   

EndPovertyEdmonton

Jeffrey Bisanz, Co-Chair

 

 

Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Inc.

Diane Redsky, Executive Director

   

Right to Housing Coalition

Clark Brownlee, Member Federal Working Group, Manitoba

   

Tyler Pearce, Chair Federal Working Group, Manitoba

   

Social Planning Council of Winnipeg

Josh Brandon, Community Animator

   

University of Winnipeg

Jino Distasio, Vice-President, Research and Innovation Institute of Urban Studies

   

City of Medicine Hat

Ted Clugston, Mayor

2017/02/16

43

Celina Symmonds, City Councillor

   

Immigrant Access Fund Canada

Vanessa Desa, Vice-Chair Board of Directors

   

Dianne Fehr, Executive Director

   

Medicine Hat College

Kristen Desjarlais-deKlerk, Instructor of Sociology Division of Art, Education and Business

   

Denise Henning, President and Chief Executive Officer Executive Office

   

Medicine Hat Community Housing Society

Robin Miiller, Chief Administrative Officer

   

Jaime Rogers, Manager Homeless and Housing Development Department

   

Miywasin Friendship Centre

Jeannette Hansen, Executive Director

   

Prairie Rose School Division

Reagan Weeks, Assistant Superintendent Alberta Education

   

Turner Strategies

Alina Turner, Principal

   

University of Calgary

John L. Brown, Associate Dean Faculty of Environmental Design

 

 

As an individual

Stephen Elliott-Buckley Labour Studies Department, Simon Fraser University

2017/02/17

44

City of Maple Ridge

Nicole Read, Mayor

   

City of New Westminster

Lorrie Williams, Councillor

   

Community Education on Environment and Development Centre Society

Christian Cowley, Executive Director

   

Teesha Sharma, Youth Services Director

   

Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia

Thom Armstrong, Executive Director

   

Covenant House Vancouver

John Harvey, Director Program Services

   

Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services

Vicki Kipps, Executive Director

   

Multicultural Helping House Society

Marius Alparaque, Program Coordinator Pre-Arrival and Post-Arrival Programs

   

Township of Langley

William R. Storie, Senior Advisor to Council Corporate Administration

   

As an individual

Gavin Still, MNP LLP, Fort St. John

2017/02/21

45

Canadian Association of Social Workers

Sally Guy, Director of Policy and Strategy

   

Canadian Home Builders' Association

Kevin Lee, Chief Executive Officer

   

Food Banks Canada

Shawn Pegg, Director Policy and Research

   

Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Sean Speer, Munk Senior Fellow

   

Reena

Gary Gladstone, Head of Stakeholder Relations

 

 

Kativik Municipal Housing Bureau

Linda Roy Makiuk, Administrative Technician

2017/03/07

47

Marie-Christine Vanier, Communications Officer

   

Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services

Françoise Bouchard, Director Public Health

   

Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario

Magda Barrera, Housing and Economics Policy Analyst

2017/03/10

48

Mary Todorow, Research and Policy Analyst

   

As an individual

Donald K. Johnson, Member, Advisory Board BMO Capital Markets

   

Canadian Association for Community Living

Michael Bach, Executive Vice-President

   

City of London

Sandra Datars Bere, Managing Director, Housing, Social Services and Dearness Home

   

City of Toronto

Pamela McConnell, Deputy Mayor

   

Good Shepherd

Alan Whittle, Director, Community Relations and Planning

   

Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre

Victor Willis, Executive Director

   

Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton

Alana Baltzar, Volunteer Hamilton Organizing for Poverty Elimination

   

Deirdre Pike, Senior Social Planner

   

United Way Toronto and York Region

Pedro Barata, Senior Vice-President Strategic Initiatives and Public Affairs