RNNR Committee Report
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Appendix A: List of Witnesses
The following table lists the witnesses who appeared before the committee at its meetings related to this report. Transcripts of all public meetings related to this report are available on the committee’s webpage for this study.
Organizations and Individuals |
Date |
Meeting |
Department of Natural Resources Beth MacNeil, Assistant Deputy Minister Canadian Forest Service Jeff Waring, Director General Trade, Economics and Industry Branch, Canadian Forest Service |
2020/10/30 |
2 |
Forest Products Association of Canada Kate Lindsay, Senior Vice-President Sustainability and Environmental Partnerships Derek Nighbor, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2020/11/03 |
3 |
FPInnovations Geneviève Mathieu, Manager Government Partnerships and Strategies Stéphane Renou, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2020/11/03 |
3 |
Quebec Forest Industry Council Jean-François Samray, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2020/11/03 |
3 |
SEREX Patrick Dallain, General Manager |
2020/11/03 |
3 |
Alberta Forest Products Association Jason Krips, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2020/11/16 |
4 |
British Columbia Council of Forest Industries Susan Yurkovich, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2020/11/16 |
4 |
Meadow Lake Tribal Council Industrial Investments Tina Rasmussen, Corporate Development and Administration Officer |
2020/11/16 |
4 |
Nawitka Capital Advisors Ltd. Don Roberts, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2020/11/16 |
4 |
Quebec Wood Export Bureau Sylvain Labbé, Chief Executive Officer |
2020/11/16 |
4 |
United Steelworkers Jeff Bromley, Chair Wood Council |
2020/11/16 |
4 |
Chantiers Chibougamau Frédéric Verreault, Executive Director Corporate Development |
2020/11/23 |
5 |
Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd. Ken Kalesnikoff, Chief Executive Officer Ryan Marshall, Finance Manager |
2020/11/23 |
5 |
Kruger Inc. Maxime Cossette, Vice-President Fiber, Biomaterials and Sustainability |
2020/11/23 |
5 |
Peak Renewables Brian Baarda, Chief Executive Officer Brian Fehr, Founder and Chairman |
2020/11/23 |
5 |
Coopérative forestière de Petit Paris Alain Paradis, General Manager |
2020/11/30 |
6 |
Department of Natural Resources Werner Kurz, Senior Research Scientist Canadian Forest Service |
2020/11/30 |
6 |
ERS Fuels Inc. Sam Kazemeini, President John Small, Chief Executive Officer and Founder |
2020/11/30 |
6 |
GreenNano Technologies Inc. Mohini Mohan Sain, Chief Consultant |
2020/11/30 |
6 |
Vision Biomasse Québec John Arsenault, Co-spokesperson Emmanuelle Rancourt, Coordinator and Co-spokesperson |
2020/11/30 |
6 |
As an individual Kathy Lewis, Acting Vice-President Research, University of Northern British Columbia |
2020/12/04 |
7 |
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Florence Daviet, Director National Forest Program |
2020/12/04 |
7 |
Carbone boréal Claude Villeneuve, Professor Université du Québec à Chicoutimi |
2020/12/04 |
7 |
Consortium de recherche et innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec Mohammed Benyagoub, President and Chief Executive Officer Roger Laurent Bernier, Microbiologist and Agronomist |
2020/12/04 |
7 |
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Kathy Abusow, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2020/12/04 |
7 |
Tree Canada Adrina Bardekjian, Manager Urban Forestry Programs and Research Development Léo Duguay, Chair of the Board of Directors Danielle St-Aubin, Chief Executive Officer |
2020/12/04 |
7 |
Government of Alberta Hon. Devin Dreeshen, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry |
2020/12/07 |
8 |
Government of British Columbia Diane Nicholls, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Forester Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development |
2020/12/07 |
8 |
Government of Ontario Sean Maguire, Assistant Deputy Minister Forest Industry Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Monique Rolf von den Baumen-Clark, Deputy Minister Forest Industry Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Hon. John Yakabuski, Minister Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry |
2020/12/07 |
8 |
As an individual William Lahey, President and Vice-Chancellor University of King's College |
2021/02/01 |
10 |
Gitxsan Development Corporation Rick Connors, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2021/02/01 |
10 |
Unifor Scott Doherty, Executive Assistant to the National President Marc Hollin, National Representative |
2021/02/01 |
10 |
As an individual Derek Orr, Indigenous Relations |
2021/02/05 |
11 |
Capacity Forest Management Ltd. Mike Beck, Operations Manager |
2021/02/05 |
11 |
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Arun Alexander, Director General North America Trade Policy Bureau Colin Barker, Director Softwood Lumber Division Rosaline Kwan, Director General Trade Sectors Michèle Landry, Deputy Director Natural Resources and Agriculture, Trade Commissioner Service Hon. Mary Ng, P.C., M.P.,Minister of International Trade Michael Owen, Acting General Counsel and Executive Director Softwood Lumber Litigation Division |
2021/02/26 |
14 |