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APPENDIX F
List of Witnesses

Witnesses Heard in Canada

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Department of Transport Tuesday, February 17, 1998
Honourable David Collenette, Minister

David McGovern, Director, Passenger Rail Review

Louis Ranger, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy

Via Rail Canada Thursday, February 26, 1998
Terry Ivany, President and Chief Executive Officer

Gerry Kolaitis, Director

Michael Gushue, Vice-President

Canadian National Railway Wednesday, March 11, 1998
Paul Tellier, President and Chief Executive Officer

Jack MacBain, Executive Vice-President

Canadian Pacific Railway Tuesday, March 17, 1998
Hugh MacDiarmid, Executive Vice-President

Sandy McFadzean, Manager

Transport 2000 - Atlantic Wednesday, March 18, 1998
John Pearce, President
Transport 2000 - Québec Wednesday, March 18, 1998
Normand Parisien, Director-Coordinator
Transport 2000 - West Wednesday, March 18, 1998
John Bakker, Vice-President
Transport 2000 Canada Wednesday, March 18, 1998
David Glastonbury, President

Harry Gow, Vice-President

``Coalition sur l'utilisation accrue du rail" Tuesday, March 24, 1998
Richard Couture, President

Louis François Garceau, Secretary-Treasurer

Witnesses Heard in Canada

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Railway Association of Canada Tuesday, March 24, 1998
Roger Cameron, General Manager

Cynthia Hick, Secretary-Treasurer

Martin Lacombe, Vice-President

Mercer Management Consulting Wednesday, March 25, 1998
William Rennicke, Vice-President
C.A.W. (International Automobile, Aerospace,Transportation and General Workers Unionof Canada) Tuesday, March 31, 1998
Pierre Rouleau, Vice-President

Bill Coolen, Secretary-Treasurer

Gary Fane, Director of Transportation

Tony Wohlfarth, National Representative

City of Montreal Wednesday, April 1, 1998
Pierre-Yves Mélançon, Member of the Executive Committee, Responsible for Transport

Stéphane Brice, Research Assistant

Federation of Canadian Municipalities Wednesday, April 29, 1998
Bill Comaskey, Mayor of Thompson, Manitoba

Dan McGregor, Senior Policy Analyst

Air Canada Thursday, May 14, 1998
Geoffrey Elliot, Senior Vice-President
Corporate Affairs and Government Relations
Tourism Industry Association of Canada Thursday, May 14, 1998
Debra Ward, President

Adam Belyea, Director of Policy

City of Kamloops Thursday, May 21, 1998
Shirley O. Culver, Councillor

Patricia K. Kootz, Councillor

J.E. Martignago, City Administrator

E.G. Kurtz, Assistant Administrator/City Engineer

Great Canadian Railtour Company
(Rocky Mountaineer Railtours)
Friday, May 22, 1998
Peter Armstrong, President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer

Mark S. Andrew, Senior Vice-President

Witnesses Heard in Canada

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Lynx Project Wednesday, May 27, 1998
Jean-Paul Gourdeau, Project Director

Ann MacDonald, Deputy Project Director

Witnesses Heard in the United Kingdom

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Office of Passenger Rail Franchising Wednesday, April 22, 1998
John O'Brien, Director
Railtrack Wednesday, April 22, 1998
Peter Durman, Head, Investor Relations
Office of the Rail Regulator Wednesday, April 22, 1998
Chris Bolt, Director, Economic Regulation
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Wednesday, April 22, 1998
Bob Linnard, Divisional Manager, RailwaysSponsorship Division
GB Railways Wednesday, April 22, 1998
Michael Schabas, Director

Mark Walker, Political Officer

``Société Générale" Thursday, April 23, 1998
James Stewart, Executive Director, Project Finance
Forward Trust Rail Thursday, April 23, 1998
Noel Quinn, Director General and General Manager
Save our Railways Thursday, April 23, 1998
Jonathan Bray, Campaign Director

Witnesses Heard in France

Organizations and Individuals

Date

``Ministère aménagement du territoire et de
l'environnement"
Friday, April 24, 1998
Jean Guillot, Assistant Director
``Société nationale des chemins de fer français" Friday, April 24, 1998
M. Maillard, Director of Strategies
``Réseau ferré de France" Friday, April 24, 1998
Claude Martinand, President

Witnesses Heard in the U.S.A.

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Amtrak Monday, May 4, 1998
Arlene Friner, Chief Financial Officer, North East Corridor

Joe McHugh, Director, Government Affairs

James Larson, Assistant Vice-President, Contract Operations

National Association of Railroad Passengers Monday, May 4, 1998
Ross Capon, Executive Director

Scott Leonard, Assistant Director

Tim Gillespie, NARP Member

Federal Railroad Administration Tuesday, May 5, 1998
Jolene Molitoris, Administrator

Jim McQueen, Associate Administrator, Railroad Development, RDV

Arrigio Mongini, Deputy Associate Administrator RDV

Mark Yachmetz, Chief, Passenger Programs
Division, RDV

Charles White, Associate Administrator, Policy and Program Development

Barbara Pelletier, International Policy

American Public Transit Association Tuesday, May 5, 1998
Dan Duff, Vice-President, Government Affairs

Anthony Kouneski, Vice-President, Member Services

Frances Hooper, Manager-Member, Support Services

Conrail Tuesday, May 5, 1998
Paul Carey, General Manager, Contracts, Conrail Philadelphia

Bill Newman, Vice-President and Counsel, Conrail Washington, D.C.

General Accounting Office Tuesday, May 5, 1998
Phyllis Scheinberg, Associate Director
Transportation Issues

Jim Ratzenberger, Assistant Director, Transportation Issues

Richard Jorgenson, Senior Evaluator, Transportation Issues