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APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Department of Transport

Brigitte Diogo, Director General, Rail Safety

2016/03/21

6

Nicole Girard, Director General, Transport Dangerous Goods

   

Laureen Kinney, Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security

   

Teamsters Canada

Don Ashley, National Legislative Director, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference

2016/04/11

7

Phil Benson, Lobbyist

   

Unifor

Jerry Dias, National President

   

Brian Stevens, National Rail Director

   

Union of Canadian Transportation Employees

Christine Collins, National President

   

Michael Teeter, Political Advisor

   

United Steelworkers

Pierre Arseneau, Coordinator, Montréal

   

Canadian National Railway Company

Sam Berrada, Vice-President, Safety and Sustainability

2016/04/13

8

Michael Farkouh, Vice-President, Eastern Region

   

Sean Finn, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Legal Officer

   

Jim Vena, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer

   

Canadian Pacific Railway

Peter Edwards, Vice-President, Human Resources and Labour Relations

   

Jim Kozey, Director, Hazardous Materials Programs

   

Keith Shearer, General Manager, Regulatory and Operating Practices

   

Central Maine and Quebec Railway

Ryan Ratledge, Chief Operating Officer

   

Saskatchewan Shortline Railway Association

Perry Pellerin, Chairman

   

Southern Railway of British Columbia

Frank Butzelaar, President

   

Derek Ollmann, Director, Operations

   

As an individual

Mary-Jane Bennett, Lawyer

2016/04/18

9

BNSF Railway Company

Orest Dachniwsky, Associate General Counsel, Operations and Regulatory

   

Glen Gaz, Engineering

   

Johan Hellman, Executive Director, Government Affairs

   

Courtney Wallace, Regional Director, Public Affairs

   

Jared Wootton, General Manager, Operations

   

City of Surrey

Jaime Boan, Manager, Transportation

   

Dan Branscher, Deputy Fire Chief, Surrey Fire Service

   

Len Garis, Fire Chief, Surrey Fire Service

   

GO Transit

Gregory Percy, President

   

VIA Rail Canada Inc.

Marc Beaulieu, Chief, Transportation and Safety Office

   

Jacques Fauteux, Director, Government and Community Relations

   

Canadian Transportation Agency

Fred Gaspar, Chief Compliance Officer

2016/05/16

14

Randall Meades, Chief Strategy Officer

   

Department of Transport

Brigitte Diogo, Director General, Rail Safety

   

Laureen Kinney, Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security

   

Benoit Turcotte, Acting Director General

   

Transportation Safety Board of Canada

Kathy Fox, Chair

   

Kirby Jang, Director, Investigations Rail and Pipeline

   

Jean L. Laporte, Chief Operating Officer