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APPENDIX C
LIST OF WITNESSES


Associations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

 


 


Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

Mark Connolly, Director General, Contraband and Intelligence Services Directorate

Michael Crichton, Chief, Intelligence Development, Intelligence and Operations Division, Contraband and Intelligence Services Directorate

Susan Hague, Senior Program Advisor, Contraband Operations Section, Contraband and Intelligence Services Directorate


01/10/2001


3

 


Department of Justice

Croft Michaelson, Director and Senior General Counsel, Strategic Prosecution Policy Section

Paul Saint-Denis, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section



4

 


Department of Health

Cathy Airth, Acting Director, Office of Canada’s Drug Strategy, Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Program, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch

Carole Bouchard, Director, Office of Controlled Substances, Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Program, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch

Dr. Jody Gomber, Director General, Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Program, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch


03/10/2001


5

 


Correctional Service Canada

Julie Keravel, Director, Security Information and Emergency Management

Ross Toller, Acting Director General, Offender Programs and Reintegration



6

 


Royal Canadian Mounted Police

R.G. Bob Lesser, Chief Superintendent, Officer in Charge, Drug Enforcement Branch, Federal Services Directorate



 


Senate

Blair Armitage, Clerk, Special Committee on Illegal Drugs

The Hon. Pierre Claude Nolin, Senator, Chair, Special Committee on Illegal Drugs

Dr. Daniel Sansfaçon, Director of Research, Special Committee on Illegal Drugs


18/10/2001


8

 

Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse

Dr. Colleen Anne Dell, National Research Advisor

Michel Perron, Chief Executive Officer


25/10/2001


9

 


University of Toronto

Dr. Eric Single, Professor of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine


07/11/2001


11

 


Department of the Solicitor General

Karen Kastner, Senior Policy Analyst

Paul E. Kennedy, Senior Assistant Deputy Solicitor General, Policing and Security Branch


08/11/2001


12

 


Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

Angelo De Riggi, Intelligence Officer


21/11/2001


13

 


Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Pierre Primeau, Investigator



 


Montreal Urban Community Police Department

Yvan Côté, Investigator



 


Fraser Institute

Fred McMahon, Director, Social Affairs Centre


03/12/2001


14

 


Kaiser Foundation

Dan Reist, President



 


Prevention Source B.C.

Dr. Colin Mangham, Director



 


Simon Fraser University

Bruce Alexander, Professor, Department of Psychology



 


University of British Columbia

Dr. Michael O’Shaughnessy, Vice-President, Research, Director of the Centre for Excellence on HIV

Dr. Martin Schechter, Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Dr. Julian Somers, Mental Health Evaluation and Community Consultation Unit, Department of Psychiatry, St. Paul’s Hospital

Dr. Mark Tyndall



 


As an Individual

Larry Campbell, Former Chief Coroner, BC



 


Abbotsford Police Department

Ian Mackenzie, Chief Constable



15

 


Alcohol — Drug Education Services

Art Steinmann, Executive Director


03/12/2001


15

 


Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

Brian Flagel, Director, Customs Border Services, Vancouver International Airport District



 


John Howard Society of the Lower Mainland

Larry Howett, Spokesperson, CHOICES



 


Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia

Peter Ditchfield, Deputy Chief



 


Pacifica Treatment Centre

Kathy Oxner, Executive Director



 


Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Carl Busson, Superintendent, Officer in Charge, Drug Enforcement Branch

Chuck Doucette, Staff Sergeant, Provincial Coordinator, Drug Awareness Service, “E” Division



 


Seaview Addictions Services Society

Donna Baird, Executive Director



 


Vancouver Police Department

Kash Heed, Commanding Officer, Vice/Drugs Section



 


City of Vancouver

Donald MacPherson, Drug Policy Coordinator, Social Planning Department


04/12/2001


16

 


International Drug Education and Awareness Society

Linda Bentall, President



 


Vancouver/Richmond Health Board

Dr. Mark McLean, Associate Medical Health Officer



 


As an Individual

Joan Gadsby



 


AIDS Vancouver

Thomas Kerr, Health Researcher

Warren O’Briain, Director, Community Development


05/12/2001


17

 


BC Persons with AIDS Society

Naomi Brunemeyer, Director of Communications



 


British Columbia Civil Liberties Association

Lindsay Lyster, Policy Director



 


Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society

John Turvey, Executive Director, Street Services


05/12/2001


17

 


Life Is Not Enough Society

Thia Walter, Family Member, Coordinator



 


Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users

Earl Crow, President

Ann Livingston, Project Coordinator

Dean Wilson



 


Vancouver Board of Trade

Dennis Farrell, Chair, Property Crime Task Force, Co-Chair, Downtown Eastside Task Force

Glenn Young, Co-Chair, Downtown Eastside Task Force; President, International Tradewind Strategies, Inc.



 


Abbotsford Addiction Centre

Charlaine Avery, Clinical Director


06/12/2001


18

 


Abbotsford Detox Steering Committee

Uultje De Jong



 


Abbotsford Downtown Business Area

Mary Reeves, Executive Director



 


Abbotsford Police Victims Services

Delaine Milette, Coordinator



 


Abbotsford School Board District

Joanne Field, Vice-Chair

Des McKay, Principal, W.J. Movat Secondary School



 


Campbell Valley Women’s Centre

Terri-Lee Seeley, Executive Director



 


Cannabis Culture Magazine

Dana Larsen, Editor



 


City of Abbotsford

George Ferguson, Mayor



 


Full Circle Life Recovery Strategy

Andy Rowe, Director



 


National Training Centre

John Parker, Director, Self-Protection and Functional Fitness



 


Taking Back the Streets

Diane Sowden



 


Wagner Hill Farms

Helmut Boehm, Executive Director


06/12/2001


18

 


As Individuals

Jamie Hamilton

Marcyne Heinrichs

Barry Neufeld, Abbotsford youth probation officer

Les Talvio



 


Office of the Auditor General

David Brittain, Principal

Michael McLaughlin, Deputy Auditor General


06/02/2002


20

 


Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy and Harm Reduction Network

Dr. Diane Riley


18/02/2002


22

 


Centres for Addictions and Mental Health

Dr. Patricia Erickson, Senior Scientist



 


University of Toronto

Dr. Peggy Millson, Department of Public Health Sciences

Dr. Robert Remis, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences



 


York University

Alan Young, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School



 


Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Mike Naymark



23

 


Department of Justice

Croft Michaelson, Director and Senior General Counsel, Strategic Prosecution Policy Section



 


Halton Regional Police Services

Signy Pittman, Inspector



 


Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association

George Birtig

Henry Watson, President



 


Queen East Business Association

Hélène St. Jacques

Margaret Steeves



 


Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Ron Allen, Inspector, Greater Toronto Area Drug Enforcement Unit



 


Toronto Drug Treatment Court

Kofi Barnes, Senior Counsel


18/02/2002


23

 


Toronto East Downtown Neighbourhood Alliance

Steve Bourgeois

Madelyn Webb, Chair



 


Toronto Police Services

Courtland Booth, Detective, Central Drug Information Unit

Julian Fantino, Chief



 


Waterloo Regional Police Services

Bill Stevens, Superintendent, Operational Support

Matt Torigian, Inspector, Operational Support



 


Canadian HIV-AIDS Legal Network

Glenn Betteridge, Lawyer


19/02/2002


24

 


Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Dr. David Marsh



 


Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network

Koshala Nallanayagam, Hep 'C' Co-ordinator



 


Seaton House

Toby Druce, Program Coordinator

Chris Gibson, Program Supervisor



 


The Canadian Harm Reduction Network

Walter Cavalieri



 


Breakaway

Dennis Long, Executive Director


21/02/2002


25

 


Caritas

Elio Sergnese, Director



 


Illicit Drug Users Union of Toronto

Raffi Balian, Co-founder

Marc McKenzie, Assistant



 


Operation Springboard

Wanda McPherson, Diversion Office

Remo Paglia



 


Toronto Public Health

Dr. Joyce Bernstein, Drug Prevention Centre



 


Alcohol and Drug Recovery Association of Ontario

Jeff Wilbee, Executive Director



26

 


Bellwood Total Health Centre 

Linda Bell, President


21/02/2002


26

 


Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation of Toronto

Dr. Douglas Gourlay, Pain and Chemical Dependency, Wasser Pain Management Centre



 


Ontario Medical Association

Dr. Frank Evans, Chair, Addictions Medicine Committee



 


Salvation Army Harbour Light Centre

Dean Tate, Program Coordinator



 


The Jean Tweed Centre

Nancy Usher, Executive Director



 


Parliament of Westminster

Paul Flynn, Labour, Newport West


26/02/2002


27

 


Department of Health

Peter Cooney, Acting Director General, Non-Insured Health Benefits, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

Nick Hossack, Senior Manager, Addictions Team, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch


27/02/2002


28

 


Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy and Harm Reduction Network

Eugene Oscapella, Executive Director


28/02/2002


29

 


University of Ottawa

Line Beauchesne, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology


11/03/2002


30

 


Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada

Cynthia Callard, Executive Director

Christy Ferguson, Researcher

Dr. Jim Walker, Secretary-Treasurer


13/03/2002


31

 


Department of Health and Social Services of Prince Edward Island          

Maureen McIver, Provincial Addictions Consultant, Child, Family and Community Services

Kevin McKinnon, Coordinator, Youth and Family Programs


15/04/2002


34

 


Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Rick Gibbons, Sergeant, Joint Drug Enforcement

Ken Murray, Corporal, Co-Chair, Hep “C” Committee



 


Talbot House

Wayne Clark, Director



 


Marijuana Party of Canada

Mike Patriquen


16/04/2002


35

 


Memorial University of Newfoundland

Dr. Robert Adamec, Professor of Psychology

Dr. William McKim, Professor of Psychology



 


AIDS New Brunswick

Margaret Dykeman, President


17/04/2002


36

 


Dalhousie University

Dr. Christiane Poulin, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology



 


Halifax Regional Police Drug Unit

Rosco Larder, Sergeant



 


Healing Our Nation

Renée Masching, Executive Director



 


Miramichi Police Force

Mike Gallagher, Corporal, Supervisor, Drug Section



 


RCMP Coastal Watch Programme

Jim Skanes, Sergeant, “B” Division



 


RCMP DAS Programme

Peter Keirstead, Corporal, Halifax



 


Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Michel Frenette, Corporal, Drug Awareness Services Coordinator, Fredericton, N.B.



 


SANE Sharp Advice Needle Exchange

Howie Sullivan, Executive Director



 


York County Court House

Dianne Kelly, Chief Coroner, Province of New Brunswick



 


Charles J. Andrew Restoration Centre

John Graham, Executive Director


18/04/2002


37

 


Direction 180

Cindy MacIsaac, Program Director



 


Nova Scotia Department of Health

Shaun Black, Pharmacologist, Drug Dependency, Central Region



 

Ontario Provincial Police

Rick Barnum, Detective Superintendent

Gwen Boniface, Commissioner

Morris Elbers, Detective Superintendent

Jim Hutchinson, Detective Superintendent


22/04/2002


38

 


Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Bill Marra, Councillor; Chair, FCM’s Standing Committee on Community Safety and Crime Prevention

Janet Neves, Policy Analyst


24/04/2002


39

 


As an Individual

Dr. Keith Martin, M.P., Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca


25/04/2002


40

 


Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police

Michael Boyd, Deputy Chief, Toronto Police Services, Chair, Drug Abuse Committee

Jim Hutchinson, Detective Superintendent, Ontario Provincial Police

Michel Pelletier, Staff Sergeant, National Coordinator, Drug Awareness Service


08/05/2002


42

 


Canadian Police Association

Glen Hayden, Former Drug Investigator with Edmonton Police Service and CPA Vice-President

Mike Niebudek, Vice-President



 


Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission

Ed Sawka, Director, Research Studies


21/05/2002


43

 


Capital Health Authority

Dr. Marcia Johnson, Deputy Medical Officer of Health



 


Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Doug Carruthers, Staff Sergeant

Jim Jancsek, Corporal



 


University of Alberta

Cameron Wild, Professor, Centre for Health Promotion Studies



 


Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission

Howard Faulkner, Executive Director, Prevention/Treatment Services

Kathy Landry, Manager, AADAC Northern Addiction Centre

Beth Lipsett, Manager, Adult Counselling and Prevention Services


22/05/2002


44

 


Aventa

Cathy Wood, Manager


22/05/2002


44

 


Boyle Street Co-op

Faye Dewar, Street Reach Worker



 


DARE Evaluation Committee of Alberta

Debra Williams, Chair



 


HIV Edmonton

Deborah Foster, Program Manager

Kate Gunn, Interim Director



 


St. Albert Association for People with Disabilities

Julie-Ann Miller, PARTY Coordinator



 


Streetworks

Marliss Taylor, Manager



 


Métis Indian Town Alcohol Association

Doug Bellerose, Executive Director



45

 


Native Addictions Services Society

Shawn Meier, Program Manager



 


Native Counselling Services of Alberta

Allen Benson, Chief Executive Officer



 


Rocky Mountain House Native Friendship Centre

Ellen Sanderson



 


Faith Alive Ministries

Rev. Ross Powell


23/05/2002


46

 


Regina Health District

Lyell Armitage, Former Director, Alcohol and Drug Services



 


Saskatoon District Health

Sandra Lane, Primary Prevention Worker, Addictions Services



 


White Buffalo Youth Lodge

Gary Beaudin, Executive Director



 


Addictions Services — Outpatient

Ernie How, Coordinator



47

 


Calder Centre

Blair Buchholz, Manager, Youth Services



 


Larson House

Bill Logue, Director



 


Addictions Foundation of Manitoba

Dr. David Brown, Director of Research and Quality Monitoring


24/05/2002


48

 


Royal Canadian Mounted Policy

William Blanshard, Sergeant, Drug Awareness, “F” Division

Cory Lerat, Sergeant, Prince Albert Joint Forces Unit, “F” Division

Rick Torgunrud, Sergeant, Prince Albert Joint Forces Unit, “F” Division

Keith Van Steelandt, Corporal, Prince Albert Joint Forces Unit, “F” Division



 


Saskatoon City Police

Brian Dueck, Superintendent, Human Resources

Jerome Engele, Sergeant, Saskatoon Integrated Drug Unit



 


Western Safety and Disability Management

H. Alex Taylor



 


Winnipeg Police Services

Blair McCorrister



 


Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE Canada)

Brad Melnychuk, Executive Director


30/05/2002


49

 


Narconon

Devinder Luthra



 


REAL Women of Canada

Sophie Joannou, Executive Member

Gwendolyn Landolt, National Vice-President

Diane Watts, Researcher



 


Carleton University

Dr. Peter Fried, Faculty of Psychology


10/06/2002


50

 


University of Manitoba

Barney Sneiderman, Professor, Faculty of Law



 


“Centre de réadaptation Le Portage”

Dr. Peter Vamos, Director


13/06/2002


51

 


“Groupe de recherche et d’intervention psychosociale de Montréal”

Jean-Sébastien Fallu



 


McGill University

Dr. Mark Zoccolillo, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics



 


As an Individual

Dr. Carole Morissette, Community Health Specialist


13/06/2002


51

 


Canadian Pharmacists Association

Dr. Barry Power, PharmD, Director of Practice Development

Shelley Stepanuik, Vice-President


27/08/2002


52

 


National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities

Jeff May, Past President

Barbara Wells, Executive Director



 


Purdue Pharma

Andrew Darke, PhD, Vice-President, Scientific Affairs

Kathryn Raymond, Manager, Health and Education

Dr. Roman Jovey, M.D.



 


Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Terry Cormier, Director, International Crime Division



53

 


Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association of Canada

Gerry Harrington, Director, Public and Professional Affairs

Robert White, Director, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs



 


Department of Health

Carole Bouchard, Director, Office of Controlled Substances

Dr. Gillian Lynch, Director General, Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Program, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch

Dann Michols, Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch

Beth Pieterson, Associate Director General, Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Program, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch


28/08/2002


54

 


College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia

Peter Hickey, Pharmacist

Dr. Brian Taylor, M.D.



55

 


College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan

Dr. Dennis Kendel, M.D., Registrar



 


Nova Scotia Prescription Monitoring Program

Coleen Conway, Manager



 

Canadian Executive Council on Addictions

John Borody, Chief Executive Officer, Addictions Foundation of Manitoba

Murray Finnerty, Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission

Michel Perron, Chief Executive Officer and President of CECA, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse

Patrick Smith, Executive Vice-President, Centre for Addictions and Mental Health


29/08/2002


56