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Appendix B: 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

  • Mary Beth MacLean, PhD Candidate, Queen's University

2023/01/30

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Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Steven Harris, Assistant Deputy Minister, Service Delivery Branch
  • Jane Hicks, Acting Director General, Service Delivery and Program Management
  • Chris Hutt, CD, Director, Transition and Program Support, Service Delivery Branch
  • Nathan Svenson, Director, Research

2023/01/30

33

University of Ottawa

  • Serge Blais, Executive Director, Professional Development Institute

2023/01/30

33

Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada

  • Gordon MacEachern, Dominion Vice President and Chairman Advocacy Committee

2023/02/02

34

Canadian Corps of Commissionaires

  • Paul Guindon, Chief Executive Officer, Commissionaires Ottawa
  • Harry Harsch, Chief of Staff, Commissionaires National Office

2023/02/02

34

The Royal Canadian Legion

  • Carolyn Hughes, Director, Veterans Services, National Headquarters

2023/02/02

34

Veterans Emergency Transition Services

  • Debbie Lowther, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

2023/02/02

34

City of Ottawa Veterans Task Force

  • André Thivierge, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Major (Retired)

2023/02/06

35

Garda World Security Corporation

  • Colleen Arnold, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs
  • Simon Bernier, National Director, Innovation and Technologies
  • Jean-Luc Meunier, President and Chief Operating Officer, Security Services, Canada

2023/02/06

35

National Association of Career Colleges

  • Michael Sangster, Chief Executive Officer

2023/02/06

35

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

  • Mike Mueller, President and Chief Executive Officer

2023/02/09

36

Helmets to Hardhats

  • Paul Bury, Director, Transition Services
  • Normand Trépanier, Deputy Director

2023/02/09

36

Persian Gulf Veterans of Canada

  • Harold Davis, President

2023/02/09

36

Prévactions

  • Alexandre Tremblay, Chief Executive Officer, Safety and Health

2023/02/09

36

Challenge Factory

  • Lisa Taylor, President

2023/02/13

37

City of Ottawa Veterans Task Force

  • André Thivierge, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Major (Retired)

2023/02/13

37

Quatre-Chemins

  • Cassandra Poudrier, Executive Director

2023/02/13

37

Veteran Staffing Canada

  • Jason Wahl, Founder and Director

2023/02/13

37

Veterans Transition Network

  • Oliver Thorne, Executive Director

2023/02/13

37

Agilec

  • Tara Jones, Contract Manager

2023/02/16

38

March of Dimes Canada

  • Marc-André Dufour, Regional Manager

2023/02/16

38

Prince's Trust Canada

  • Erin Copeland, Captain (Retired), Program Ambassador
  • Kathleen Kilgour, Senior Program Manager
  • Patrick Lamothe, Sergeant (Retired), Program Ambassador

2023/02/16

38

ReTrain Canada Incorporated

  • Jeannine Adams, Chief Executive Officer

2023/02/16

38

The Pendulum Foundation

  • Guy Riel, Founding President

2023/02/16

38

True Patriot Love Foundation

  • Nick Booth, Chief Executive Officer

2023/02/16

38