February 14, 2017 (Meeting 46)
Competition Bureau
Anthony Durocher, Deputy Commissioner, Monopolistic Practices Directorate
Julien Brazeau, Associate Deputy Commissioner, Competition Promotion Branch
Facebook Inc.
Kevin Chan, Global Directeur and Head of Public Policy, Facebook Canada
Marc Dinsdale, Head, Media Partnerships, Facebook Canada
Google Canada
Aaron Brindle, Head, Communications and Public Affairs
Jason Kee, Counsel, Public Policy and Government Relations, YouTube
January 31, 2017 (Meeting 43)
Public Policy Forum
Carl Neustaedter, Director of communications
Claude Lauziere, Associate, Policy
Edward Greenspon, President and Chief Executive Officer
December 6, 2016 (Meeting 42)
Observer Media Group
Linda Solomon Wood, Chief Executive Officer
December 1, 2016 (Meeting 41)
Canada Revenue Agency
Danielle Laflèche, Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch
Department of Finance
Sean Keenan, Director, Sales Tax Division
November 17, 2016 (Meeting 37)
Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta
Bert Crowfoot, General Manager
Facebook Inc.
Kevin Chan, Global Directeur and Head of Public Policy, Facebook Canada
Marc Dinsdale, Head, Media Partnerships, Facebook Canada
Neepawa Banner, Neepawa Press, Rivers Banner
Ken Waddell, Publisher
Northern News Services Ltd.
Bruce Valpy, Managing Editor
Casey Lessard, Editor, Nunavut News/North
Mikle Langenhan, Associate Editor, Kivalliq News
The Chronicle Herald
Mark Lever, President, Chief Executive Officer
November 15, 2016 (Meeting 36)
Cogeco Media inc.
Pierre Martineau, Director General, News and Programming, FM93
Google Canada
Aaron Brindle, Head, Communications and Public Affairs
Jason Kee, Counsel, Public Policy and Government Relations, YouTube
Richard Gingras, Vice-President, News
Influence Communication
Jean-François Dumas, President
The Globe and Mail
Phillip Crawley, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto
The Rebel Media
Brian Lilley, Co-founder, Reporter
VICE
Michael Gruzuk, Director, News, Digital and Special Programming, VICE Canada
November 1, 2016 (Meeting 34)
Competition Bureau
Jeanne Pratt, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Mergers and Monopolistic Practices Branch
Julien Brazeau, Associate Deputy Commissioner, Competition Promotion Branch
Department of Industry
Adam Scott, Director, Business and Regulatory Analysis, Telecommunications Policy Branch, Strategic Policy Sector
Mark Schaan, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch
Department of Public Works and Government Services
Louise de Jourdan, Director, Advertising Coordination and Partnerships
Marc Saint-Pierre, Director General, Government Information Services Sector
October 20, 2016 (Meeting 31)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Christianne Laizner, Senior General Counsel, Executive Director
Jean-Pierre Blais, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer
Scott Hutton, Executive Director, Broadcasting
October 6, 2016 (Meeting 29)
As an individual
April Lindgren, Principal Investigator, Professor, Local News Research Project, Ryerson University School of Journalism
Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Department of Canadian Heritage
Helen Kennedy, Director General, Broadcasting and Digital Communications
Jean-François Bernier, Director General, Cultural Industries
Luc Marchand, Director, Periodical Publishing Policy and Programs
Marthe Bujold, Director, Strategic Policy, Broadcasting and Digital Communications Branch
September 29, 2016 (Meeting 27)
Coalition pour la pérennité de la presse d’information au Québec
Brian Myles, Editor, Director, Le Devoir
Hon. Martin Cauchon, Executive Chairman, Groupe Capitales Médias
Pierre-Paul Noreau, President and Publisher, Le Droit
iPolitics Inc
James Baxter, Founding Editor
Torstar Corporation
John Honderich, Chair
September 27, 2016 (Meeting 26)
As an individual
Robert Picard, Professor, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
Télé Inter-Rives Ltée
Cindy Simard, Vice-Chair, Information, Télé Inter-Rives Ltée, CIMT-TV / CKRT-TV
Jean-Philippe Nadeau, Director, Information, CIMT-TV / CKRT-TV Rivière-du-Loup
Pierre Harvey, Director, CHAU-TV
The Tyee
Michelle Hoar, Cofounder, Former Business Director
Robyn Smith, Editor in Chief
September 22, 2016 (Meeting 25)
Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association
Dennis Merrell, Executive Director
Duff Jamison, Chair, Government Relations Committee, Former President (AWNA)
Canadian Association of Journalists
Hugo Rodrigues, Past President
Nick Taylor-Vaisey, President
Glacier Media Group
Peter Kvarnstrom, President, Community Media
May 31, 2016 (Meeting 18)
Canadian Newspaper Association
Bob Cox, Chair
John Hinds, President and Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
Bernard Lord, President and Chief Executive Officer
Kurt Eby, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations
Cogeco Inc.
Louis Audet, President and Chief Executive Officer
Nathalie Dorval, Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs and Copyright
Corriere Canadese
Dan Montesano, Chair, Community Advisory Board
Hon. Joseph Volpe, Publisher and President
May 19, 2016 (Meeting 17)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Andrew Cochran, Senior Managing Director, Strategy, CBC News
Jennifer McGuire, General Manager and Editor in Chief, CBC News
Marco Dubé, Executive Director of Regional Services, French Services
Michel Cormier, General Manager, News and Current Affairs, French Services
May 17, 2016 (Meeting 16)
La Presse
Caroline Jamet, Vice-President, Communication
Guy Crevier, President and Editor
Radio Television Digital News Association
Andy LeBlanc, Past President
Ian Koenigsfest, President
May 12, 2016 (Meeting 15)
Postmedia Network Canada Corp.
Doug Lamb, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
Gerry Nott, Senior Vice-President Content, and Senior Vice-President, National Post
Paul Godfrey, President and Chief Executive Officer
May 10, 2016 (Meeting 14)
Canadian Punjabi Post Inc.
Jagdeep Kailey, Associate Editor
Jagdish Grewal, Editor and Publisher
National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada
Mohammad Tajdolati, Ombudsman
Thomas Saras, President and Chief Executive Officer
New Pathway Media Group
Yuri Bilinsky, Managing Editor
May 5, 2016 (Meeting 13)
Magazines Canada
Douglas Knight, Board Chair
Matthew Holmes, President and Chief Executive Officer
National Campus and Community Radio Association
Luke Smith, Membership Coordinator
May 3, 2016 (Meeting 12)
Bell Canada
Kevin Goldstein, Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, Content and Distribution
Pierre Rodrigue, Vice President, Industry Relations
Richard Gray, Vice-President and General Manager, Radio and TV, Ottawa and Pembroke, and National Head, CTV Two News
Wendy Freeman, President, CTV News
Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations
André Desrochers, Board Member
Catherine Edwards, Executive Director
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Denis Bolduc, General Secretary, SCFP-Québec
Nathalie Blais, Research Advisor, SCFP-Québec
April 19, 2016 (Meeting 10)
DBC Communications inc
Benoit Chartier, President, Director General
Fédération nationale des communications
Pascale St-Onge, President
Pierre Roger, Secretary General-Treasurer
Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Alysia Lau, External Counsel, Regulatory and Public Policy
Geoff White, External Counsel
Rogers
Colette Watson, Vice-President, Television and Broadcast Operations
Susan Wheeler, Vice-President, Regulatory, Media
Transcontinental Inc.
François Olivier, Chief Executive Officer
April 12, 2016 (Meeting 8)
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
Ian Morrison, Spokesperson
Peter Miller, Expert on Local Broadcasting
Quebec Community Groups Network
Hugh Maynard, Past President
Walter Duszara, Board Secretary
TELUS
Ann Mainville-Neeson, Vice-President, Broadcasting Policy and Regulatory Affairs
Frédéric April, Manager, maCommunauté, TELUS Télé Optik
March 8, 2016 (Meeting 6)
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
Jean La Rose, Chief Executive Officer
Joel Fortune, Legal Advisor
Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada
François Côté, Secretary General
Simon Forgues, Development and Communications Officer
Association de la presse francophone
Francis Sonier, President
Jean-Patrice Meunier, Executive Director and Director of Legal Affairs
Canadian Media Guild
Carmel Smyth, President of the Canadian Media Guild
Jeanne d'Arc Umurungi, Communications Director
Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes du Canada (FCFA)
Serge Quinty, Director of Communications
Sylviane Lanthier, President
Quebec Community Newspapers Association
Richard Tardif, Executive Director
February 25, 2016 (Meeting 5)
Carleton University
Dwayne Winseck, Professor, School of Journalism & Communication
Forum for Research and Policy in Communications
Al MacKay, Director
Monica Auer, Executive Director
Université Laval
François Demers, Professor, Centre des études sur les médias
February 23, 2016 (Meeting 4)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Michael Craig, Manager, English and Third-language Television
Scott Hutton, Executive Director, Broadcasting
Competition Bureau
Jeanne Pratt, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Mergers and Monopolistic Practices Branch
Department of Canadian Heritage
Helen Kennedy, Director General, Broadcasting and Digital Communications
Jean-François Bernier, Director General, Cultural Industries
Luc Marchand, Director, Periodical Publishing Policy and Programs
Marthe Bujold, Director, Strategic Policy, Broadcasting and Digital Communications Branch
Department of Industry
Paul Halucha, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Sector