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APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES

 

Organizations and Individuals

 

Date

Meeting

Canada Revenue Agency

Cathy Hawara, Director General,
Charities Directorate, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch

 

2012/01/31

38

Bryan McLean, Director,
Policy, Planning and Legislation Division, Charities Directorate, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch

 

   

Department of Finance

Sean Keenan, Director,
Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch

 

   

Blaine Langdon, Chief,
Charities, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch

 

   

Statistics Canada

Sonia Demers, Assistant Director, Director, Administration

 

   

Alison Hale, Director, Income Statistics

 

   

Sylvie Michaud, Director General,
Education, Labour and Income Statistics Branch

 

   

As Individuals

Laforest, Rachel, Associate Professor,
School Of Policy Studies, Queen's University

 

2012/02/02

39

Payne, A. Abigail, Professor,
Department of Economics, McMaster University

 

   

Reed, Paul, Professor,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University

 

   

Thompson Rivers University

Laura Lamb, Assistant Professor,
School of Business and Economics

 

   

University of Western Ontario

Adam Parachin, Professor, Faculty of Law

 

   

As an individual

Johnson, Donald K., witness of Advisory Board,
BMO Capital Markets

 

2012/02/07

40

Canadian Association of Gift Planners

Robert Kleinman, Executive Director,
Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal

 

   

Canadian Land Trust Alliance

Karen Cooper, Director

 

   

Imagine Canada

Marcel Lauzière, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

   

United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton

Len Lifchus, Chief Executive Officer

 

   

United Way of Canada

Alan Hatton, President, Chief Executive Officer

 

   

As an individual

Alepin, Brigitte, Chartered Accountant,
Tax Policy Specialist, Author

 

2012/02/09

41

BMO Nesbitt Burns

John Waters, Vice President,
Head of Technical Expertise, Wealth Group

 

   

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Gregory Thomas, Federal and Ontario Director

 

   

Drache Aptowitzer LLP

Adam Aptowitzer

 

   

Scotiabank

Malcolm Burrows, Head,
Philanthropic Advisory Services, Scotia Private Client Group

 

   

TD Bank Financial Group

Craig Alexander, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist

 

   

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada

Bruce MacDonald, President, Chief Executive Officer

 

2012/02/14

42

Canadian Council of Christian Charities

Barry Bussey, Vice-President, Legal Affairs

 

   

Cardus

Michael Van Pelt, President

 

   

Community Foundations of Canada

Ian Bird, President,
Chief Executive Officer

 

   

David Suzuki Foundation

Peter Robinson, Chief Executive Officer

 

   

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

Don Hutchinson, Vice-President and General Legal Counsel,
Centre for Faith and Public Life

 

   

Association of Fundraising Professionals

Andrea McManus, Chair

 

2012/05/03

56

CanadaHelps

Owen Charters, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

   

Canadians for Tax Fairness

Dennis Howlett, Coordinator

 

   

Mobile Giving Foundation Canada

Jim Patrick, Senior Vice-President,
Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association

 

   

Volunteer Canada

Ruth MacKenzie, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

   

Canadian Diabetes Association

Michael Cloutier, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

2012/05/08

57

CanadianCharityLaw.ca

Mark Blumberg, Lawyer and Partner, Blumberg Segal LLP

 

   

Charity Intelligence Canada

Kate Bahen, Managing Director

 

   

Food Banks Canada

Shawn Pegg, Director, Policy and Research

 

   

Social Innovation Generation

Allyson Hewitt, Director, Social Entrepreneurship

 

   

Women's College Hospital Foundation

Mary Dodd, Vice-President, Finance and Operations

 

   

Canadian Bar Association

Peter Broder, Chair,
Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section

 

2012/10/03

75

Carleton University

Calum Carmichael, Associate Professor,
Research Associate, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton Centre for Community Innovation

 

   

GIV3

John Hallward, Chairman, Hallmont Foundation

 

   

Philanthropic Foundations Canada

J. Alexander Houston, Chair