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Appendix A: List of Witnesses

 

The following table lists the witnesses who appeared before the committee at its meetings related to this report. Transcripts of all public meetings related to this report are available on the committee’s webpage for this study.

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

As an individual

Shelley Denny

2020/10/21

3

Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen's Association

Colin Sproul, President

2020/10/21

3

Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative

Allison Bernard, Wildlife Lead Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office

2020/10/21

3

Regroupement des pêcheurs professionnels du Sud de la Gaspésie

Claire Canet, JOBEL Project Officer

O'neil Cloutier, Director General

2020/10/21

3

Assembly of First Nations

Paul J. Prosper, Regional Chief Nova Scotia and Newfoundland

2020/10/26

4

Cape Breton Fish Harvesters Association

Michael Barron

2020/10/26

4

Listuguj Mi'gmaq Government

Darcy Gray

2020/10/26

4

Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association

Bobby Jenkins, President

Ian MacPherson, Executive Director

2020/10/26

4

Eastern Shore Fisherman's Protective Association

Peter Connors, President

2020/10/29

5

Maritime Fishermen's Union

Martin Mallet, Executive Director

Kevin Squires, President Local 6

2020/10/29

5

Potlotek First Nation

Wilbert Marshall

Justin Martin, Fishery Coordinator Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative

2020/10/29

5

As an individual

Naiomi Metallic, Assistant Professor Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

Thierry Rodon, Associate Professor Department of Political Science, Université Laval

William Craig Wicken, Professor Department of History, York University

2020/11/02

6

As an individual

Naiomi Metallic, Assistant Professor Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

Thierry Rodon, Associate Professor Department of Political Science, Université Laval

William Craig Wicken, Professor Department of History, York University

2020/11/16

7

Eel Ground First Nation

George Ginnish, Chief Executive Officer North Shore Mi’gmaq District Council

2020/11/16

7

Lennox Island First Nation

Darlene Bernard

2020/11/16

7

Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Hon. Bernadette Jordan, P.C., M.P., Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard

Robert Lamirande, Senior Advisor

Sylvie Lapointe, Assistant Deputy Minister Fisheries and Harbour Management

Timothy Sargent, Deputy Minister

Doug Wentzell, Associate Regional Director General Maritimes Region

2020/11/18

8

Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Matthew Hardy, Manager Fisheries and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Gulf Region

Kent Smedbol, Manager Population Ecology Division, Maritimes Region

2020/11/23

9

Oceans North Canada

Susanna Fuller

2020/11/23

9

As an individual

Alan Clarke, South West Nova Scotia Area Chief of Enforcement (Retired) Department of Fisheries and Oceans

2020/11/25

10

Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters

Richard Williams, Research Director

2020/11/25

10

Coldwater Lobster Association

Bernie Berry, President

2020/11/25

10

As an individual

Sterling Belliveau, Retired Fisherman, Former Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Nova Scotia

Michael Dadswell, Professor of Biology (Retired)

Gary Hutchins, Detachment Supervisor (Retired) Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Andrew Roman, Retired Lawyer

2020/11/30

11

Canadian Independent Fish Harvester's Federation

Jim McIsaac, Vice-President Pacific

Melanie Sonnenberg, President

2020/11/30

11

Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office

Eric Zscheile, Barrister and Negotiator

2020/11/30

11

As an individual

Sterling Belliveau, Retired Fisherman, Former Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Nova Scotia

Michael Dadswell, Professor of Biology (Retired)

Gary Hutchins, Detachment Supervisor (Retired) Department of Fisheries and Oceans

2020/12/02

12

Canadian Independent Fish Harvester's Federation

Melanie Sonnenberg, President

2020/12/02

12