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APPENDIX B: LIST OF WITNESSES

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health

Brian O'Rourke, President and Chief Executive Officer

2016/04/13

6

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Brent Diverty, Vice-President Programs

   

Michael Gaucher, Director Pharmaceuticals and Health Workforce Information Services

   

Department of Health

Scott Doidge, Director General Non-Insured Health Benefits, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

   

Frances Hall, Director Office of Pharmaceuticals Management Strategies, Strategic Policy Branch

   

Abby Hoffman, Assistant Deputy Minister Strategic Policy Branch

   

Patented Medicine Prices Review Board

Guillaume Couillard, Director Board Secretariat, Communications and Strategic Planning

   

Tanya Potashnik, Director Policy and Economic Analysis Branch

   

As an individual

Marc-André Gagnon, Associate Professor School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University

2016/04/18

7

Steven G. Morgan, Professor School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

   

Marie-Claude Prémont, Professor École nationale d'administration publique

   

Women's College Hospital

Danielle Martin, Vice-President Medical Affairs & Health System Solutions

   

As an individual

Katherine Boothe, Assistant Professor Department of Political Science, McMaster University

2016/04/20

8

David Henry, Professor Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

   

As an individual

Anne Holbrook, Physician/Clinical Pharmacologist, Professor and Director Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, McMaster University

   

Health Quality Ontario

Irfan Dhalla, Vice President Evidence and Development Standards

   

3Sixty Public Affairs

William Dempster, Chief Executive Officer

2016/05/02

9

Canadian Blood Services

Graham Sher, Chief Executive Officer Head Office

   

PDCI Market Access

N. Dylan Lamb-Palmer, Manager Health Economics and Analytics

   

W. Neil Palmer, President and Principal Consultant

   

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association

Stephen Frank, Vice-President Policy Development and Health

2016/05/09

10

Frank Swedlove, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Surrey Board of Trade

Anita Huberman, Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Health Coalition

Julie White, Board Member

2016/05/16

11

Canadian Nurses Association

Lisa Ashley, Senior Nurse Advisor Policy, Advocacy and Strategy

   

Canadian Pharmacists Association

Perry Eisenschmid, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Philip Emberley, Director Professional Affairs

   

Health Charities Coalition of Canada

Connie Côté, Executive Director

   

Debra Lynkowski, Governing Council Member

   

As an individual

Matthew Herder, Associate Professor Faculties of Medicine and Law, Health Law Institute, Dalhousie University

2016/05/30

12

Christopher McCabe, Capital Health Research Chair Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta

   

Robyn Tamblyn, Professor Department of Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University

   

Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders

Maureen Smith, Board Secretary

   

Durhane Wong-Rieger, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Association for Retired Persons

Natasha Mistry, Director Stakeholder Relations and Community Development

2016/06/01

13

Canadian Medical Association

Owen Adams, Chief Policy Advisor

   

Cindy Forbes, President

   

Consumer Health Products Canada

Gerry Harrington, Vice President Policy and Regulatory Affairs

   

Kristin Willemsen, Director Scientific and Regulatory Affairs

   

As an individual

Gregory Marchildon, Professor and Ontario Research Chair in Health Policy and System Design Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

2016/06/06

14

Roy Romanow, Commissioner and former Premier of Saskatchewan Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada

   

Angus Reid Institute

Shachi Kurl, Executive Director

   

Canadian Doctors for Medicare

Monika Dutt, Chair

   

Innovative Medicines Canada

Glenn Monteith, Vice President Innovation and Health Sustainability

   

Innovative Medicines Canada

Brett Skinner, Executive Director Health and Economic Policy

   

BIOTECanada

Andrew Casey, President and Chief Executive Officer

2016/09/22

19

Canadian Federation of Medical Students

Jessica Harris, Vice President Government Affairs

   

Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association

Jim Keon, President

   

Diabetes Canada

Jan Hux, Chief Science Officer

   

As an individual

Mélanie Bourassa Forcier, Professor and Director, Health Law and Policy Programs Université de Sherbrooke-CIRANO

2016/09/27

20

Colleen Flood, Professor and University Research Chair Director of the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, University of Ottawa

   

C.D. Howe Institute

Ake Blomqvist, Health Policy Scholar

 

 

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Victor Elkins, Regional Vice President for British Columbia

   

Chandra Pasma, Senior Research Officer

   

Library of Parliament

Mostafa Askari, Assistant Parliamentary Budget Officer Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

2016/09/29

21

Jean-Denis Fréchette, Parliamentary Budget Officer

   

Carleigh Malanik, Financial Analyst Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

   

Peter Weltman, Senior Director, Costing and Program Analysis Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

   

As an individual

Doug Coyle, Professor and Interim Director University of Ottawa, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine

2016/11/29

33

Arthritis Society

Janet Yale, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions

Anil Naidoo, Government Relations Officer

   

Linda Silas, President

   

University of British Columbia Therapeutics Initiative

Thomas L. Perry, Chair, Education Working Group

   

Department of Health

Scott Doidge, Director General Non-Insured Health Benefits, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

2016/12/01

34

Sony Perron, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

   

Department of Veterans Affairs

Michel Doiron, Assistant Deputy Minister Service Delivery

 

 

Elizabeth Douglas, Director General Service Delivery and Program Management

   

Fiona Jones, Manager Strategic Priorities

   

Office of the Auditor General

Dawn Campbell, Director

   

Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada

   

As an individual

Larry Lynd, Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia

2016/12/06

35

Citizens' Reference Panel on Pharmacare

Peter MacLeod, Chair

   

Jean-Pierre St-Onge, Member

   

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Lesley James, Senior Manager Health Policy

   

Library of Parliament

Mostafa Askari, Assistant Parliamentary Budget Officer Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

2016/12/13

37

Jean-Denis Fréchette, Parliamentary Budget Officer

   

Jason Jacques, Director, Economic and Fiscal Analysis Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

   

Mark Mahabir, Director of Policy (Costing) and General Counsel Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

   

Library of Parliament

Carleigh Malanik, Financial Analyst Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

   

Alberta Blue Cross

Dianne Balon, Vice President Government

2017/02/02

39

Margaret Wurzer, Senior Manager Benefit and Product Development

   

Department of National Defence

Sylvain Grenier, Senior Staff Officer Pharmacy Services

   

As an individual

Matthew Brougham

2017/02/14

42

Medicines New Zealand

Graeme Jarvis, General Manager Headquarters

   

Heather Roy, Chair of Board Head Office

   

As an individual

Amir Attaran, Professor Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

2017/02/23

43

Bruce Ryder, Associate Professor Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

   

Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency

Sofia Wallström, Director General

2017/05/02

51

Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports

Aldo Golja, Senior Policy Advisor on Pricing and Reimbursement of Pharmaceuticals Department of Pharmaceutical Affairs and Medical Technology

   

Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

Mostafa Askari, Deputy Parliamentary Budget Officer

2017/10/17

73

Jean-Denis Fréchette, Parliamentary Budget Officer

   

Jason Jacques, Senior Director Costing and Budgetary Analysis

   

Mark Mahabir, Director of Policy and General Counsel

   

Carleigh Malanik, Financial Analyst

   

As an individual

Marc-André Gagnon, Associate Professor School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University

2017/10/19

74

Steven Morgan, Professor School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

   

Canadian Doctors for Medicare

Danyaal Raza, Chair

   

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association

Stephen Frank, President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Karen Voin, Vice-President Group Benefits and Anti-Fraud