WITNESSES
Monday, November 27, 1995 (Meeting No. 175)
Canadian Labour Congress - PEI Federation of Labour:
Sandy MacKay, President.
Cooper Institute:
Vince Murnaghan, Member.
Federation of Prince Edward Island Municipalities:
Doug Doncaster, President.
Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce:
Cleve Myers, Policy Committee.
Prince Edward Island Chamber of Commerce:
Harvey MacKinnon.
Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture:
Barry Cudmore, President.
Prince Edward Island Health Coalition:
Mary Boyd.
Prince Edward Island Teachers' Federation:
Joyce McCardle, President.
Tourism Industry Association of Prince Edward Island:
Don Cudmore, Executive Director;
Alfred V. Groom, President.
Monday, November 27, 1995 (Meeting No. 176)
Action Canada Network:
Leo Cheverie.
Construction Association of Prince Edward Island:
Kevan MacLean, President.
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada for Prince Edward Island:
Judy Bayliss, Member, Board of Directors.
Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce:
David Groom, President-Elect.
Prince Edward Island Association of Professional Engineers:
Robert Sear, Past President.
Smith Greene Associates:
John Eldon Greene.
YMCA Leader Corps:
Andrew Warren.
As Individuals:
Elinor Reynolds;
Gordon Sobey, Past President, Atlantic Farmers' Council.
Monday, November 27, 1995 (Meeting No. 177)
Ad Hoc Coalition Against the Head Tax:
Avvy Go;
Tanya Suvendrini Lena.
Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto:
John Bech-Hansen, Deputy Director;
Don McIvor.
Canadian Association for Canadian Living:
Connie Laurin-Bowie, Coordinator and Government Liaison;
Jim Mahaffy, Board Member.
Canadian Institute of Child Health:
Graham Chance, Chairperson.
Canadian Religious Conference - Ontario/ Ecumenical Coalition for Social Justice:
Lorraine Michael.
Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association:
Michael Ferrabee, Vice-President of Government Affairs.
Low Income Families Together:
Josephine Grey.
National Action Committee (Ontario South):
Winnie Ng.
OCASI - Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants:
Kay Blair, President;
Gordon Norwood, Member of the Board;
Sharmin Peries, Executive Director.
Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizen's Organizations:
Hank Goldberg, Vice-President.
World Vision Canada:
Rebecca Sutherns, Public Policy Officer;
Linda Tripp, Vice-President, International and Government Relations.
As Individuals:
Jim Chorostecki;
Tony Crawford.
Monday, November 27, 1995 (Meeting No. 178)
Alliance of Seniors to Protect Canada's Social Programs (Association of Jewish Seniors):
James Buller, Program Coordinator;
Ray McLeod, Pension Advocate.
Black Women's Coalition:
Vuyiswa Keyi.
Canadian Association of Retired Persons:
Lillian Morgenthau, President.
Child Poverty Action Group:
Christa Freiler, Program Director;
Brigitte Kitchen.
Citizens for Public Justice:
Stephanie Baker Collins, National Researcher;
Gerald Vandezande, Director, National Public Affairs.
Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform:
Jack Biddell, Board Member;
John Hotson, Executive Director;
William Krehm, Chairman of the Board.
Foundation for International Training:
Jim Berner, Accountant;
Ranjit Kumar, Executive Director;
Faith Williamson, Accountant.
Metropolitan Toronto Association of Legal Clinics:
Suchetna Channan.
Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic:
Steven Lee, Member;
David Yee, Member.
Mississauga Board of Trade:
Charles Coles, President.
Ontario Coalition for Better Childcare:
Kerry McCuaig, Chair;
Laurel Rothman.
Peter Leigh-Bell & Associates:
Eric Helms;
Peter Leigh-Bell.
Romero House:
Norbert Piché.
Roncesvalles Business Improvement Area:
Andrew Musial, Vice-President;
Jerry Taciuk.
Senior Link:
David Kelly, Policy and Planning.
Social Planning Council of Metropolitan Toronto:
Andrew Ranachan.
2% Solution Network, Solvency Analysis Corporation:
Ross Healy, President and CEO;
Andrew Kolodziej, Consultant.
As Individuals:
Mike Jensen;
Roland J. LaMarre.
Monday, November 27, 1995 (Meeting No. 179)
Association of Canadian Pension Management:
Michael Beswick, Chair Elect;
Gretchen Van Riesen, Chair.
Bruce Trail Association:
R.E. Barnett, Director.
Canadian Centre for Philanthropy:
Patrick Johnston, President and C.E.O.
Canadian Manufacturers' Association:
David Burn, Vice-President, Taxation, Northern Telecom Canada;
Brian Collinson, Director of Taxation and Financial Issues;
Jayson Myers, Economist.
Canadian Tax Foundation:
David Perry, Senior Research Associate.
Different Products/MORGIJ2 Software:
Ron Cirotto, President.
Financial Executives Institute Canada:
Phillip Connell;
Peter Rollason.
Grocery Products Manufacturers Council:
Sandra Banks, First Vice-President, Government Affairs;
Laurie Curry, Vice-President, Technical;
George Fleischmann, CEO.
Hamilton/Halton Home Builders' Association:
Don Condon, Executive Director;
John Mitchell, Member of the Board;
Larry Szpirglas, Immediate Past President.
Information Technology Association of Canada:
Robert Crow, Vice-President, Policy;
Gaylen Duncan, CEO;
Donald Woodley, Director.
MEBCO Multi-Employer Benefit Plan Council of Canada:
William Anderson, President;
Darrell Brown, Advisor;
Raymond Koskie, Director and Chair of the Government Industry Relations Committee.
Ontario Federation of Agriculture:
Bob Down, Chairman, Finance Committee;
Ed Ketchabaw, Policy Analyst;
Tony Morris, President.
Ontario Technology Development Council:
Greg Warren, President.
As Individuals:
Hamid Akbar;
A.J. Parker.
Tuesday, November 28, 1995 (Meeting No. 180)
Atlantic Provinces Economic Council:
David Amirault, Economist.
Canadian Pensioners Concerned Inc.:
Myrna Slater, National President.
Chandler & Davis, Chartered Accountants:
Harry Davis.
Forest Group Venture Association of Nova Scotia:
John W. Roblee, President.
Health Action Coalition and Coalition for the Support of Canada's Social Safety Net:
Joan O'Keefe.
Nova Scotia Confederation of University Faculty Associations:
John d'Orsay, Executive Director.
Nova Scotia Family and Child Welfare Association:
Yvonne Blanchard, Executive Director.
Nova Scotia Printing Industries Association:
Paul Fitzgibbons, President.
Nova Scotia Union of Public Employees:
Ronald Stockton, Business Agent.
As Individual:
Bruce Stephen.
Tuesday, November 28, 1995 (Meeting No. 181)
ABT Building Products Canada Limited:
Peter Hatt, Purchasing Superintendent, Canexel Hardboard Division.
Halifax County Regional Development Agency:
Peter F. Wilde, Treasurer.
Lunenburg Industrial Foundry & Engineering:
Ralston E. MacDonnell, President, Vaughan Engineering Associates Limited.
Metro Committee for the Employment of Persons with Disabilities:
Charlie Macdonald, Member.
Real Expectations of Communities Against Poverty (RECAP):
Stella Lord, Committee Member.
Tuesday, November 28, 1995 (Meeting No. 182)
Association of Atlantic Women Business Owners:
Linda Beckett.
East Hants & District Chamber of Commerce:
David Hubley, Chair, Policy Committee.
Fairview United Church:
Kevin Little, Minister.
MS Society of Canada - Atlantic Division:
Cathy Jourdain, Executive Director.
Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women:
Katherine McDonald, President.
Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities:
Linda Stiles, Chair.
St. Mary's University:
Ervin Doak, Economics Department.
YWCA Halifax:
Dawn Rae Downton, Executive Director.
Tuesday, November 28, 1995 (Meeting No. 183)
Brandon Real Estate Board:
Bill Madder, Executive Director.
Council of Canadians with Disabilities:
Laurie Beachell, National Coordinator;
Allan Simpson, Executive Director, Independent Living Resources Centre.
Insurance Bureau of Canada:
George D. Anderson, President and CEO;
Paul Kovacs, Vice-President, Policy Development.
Manitoba Chamber of Commerce:
Robert Brazzell, Chair, Taxation, Labour and Government Regulations Committee.
Manitoba Fashion Institute:
Allan Finkel.
Manitoba Federation of Union Retirees (Congress of Union Retirees of Canada:
Albert Cerilli.
Manitoba Real Estate Association:
Derek Thorvaldson, Treasurer.
Rice Financial Group Limited:
Tom Rice, President and CEO.
Thomas Sill Foundation (Inc.):
Norman Fiske, Chairman.
Tuesday, November 28, 1995 (Meeting No. 184)
Citizens Against Government Excess:
David Lindsay, Secretary-Treasurer.
Crossroads Resource Group:
Kenneth Emberly, Representative.
Jacks Institute:
Evelyn Jacks.
Keystone Agricultural Producers:
Mac McCorquodale, Administrative Secretary;
Marg Remple, member of the Executive - Region 4.
Manitoba Society of Seniors:
Albert Cerilli, Member of the Joint Advocacy Committee;
Mary Pankiw, Vice-President.
Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet:
David Marion, Mayor.
Union of Manitoba Municipalities:
Jerome Maus, Executive Director;
Bill Roth, Director.
Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce:
Andrew Alleyne, Chair of the Federal Finance Committee.
Tuesday, November 28, 1995 (Meeting No. 185)
Canadian Association of the Unemployed:
Joan Johannson.
Canadian Executive Service Organization:
Arthur Trapp, volunteer counsellor.
CHO!CES:
George Harris, Co-President.
International Institute for Sustainable Development:
Stephen Barg, Associate;
Arthur J. Hansen, President and CEO.
As Individuals:
Robert Johannson;
Martha Owen.
Wednesday, November 29, 1995 (Meeting No. 186)
Cabot Institute of Applied Arts, Technology and Continuing Education:
Edna Turpin-Downey, President.
National Action Committee on the Status of Women - Nfld. and Labrador:
Jane Robinson, Regional Representative.
Newfoundland & Labrador Chamber of Commerce:
Brendan Fahey, Chairman of the Board.
Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour:
Elaine Price, President.
Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women:
Wendy Williams.
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) - St. John's Region:
Mike Stokes, Regional Representative.
St. John's Board of Trade:
Roger Flood, President.
Town of Glovertown:
Lewis Rose, Mayor.
Wednesday, November 29, 1995 (Meeting No. 187)
Bay d'Espoir Chamber of Commerce:
Tracey Perry, President.
Bradbury & Company Consultants Ltd.:
J. Nelson Bradbury, President.
Canadian Federation for the Humanities:
John A. Scott, President.
Fish, Food and Allied Workers:
Earle McCurdy, President.
Fortis Trust:
Ron McCabe, Vice-President, Customer Service.
Newfoundland & Labrador Federation of Students:
Zaki Saleemi, Chair.
Newfoundland Homebuilders Association:
Keith O'Neill, President.
Newfoundland and Labrador Women's Fishnet:
Brenda O'Brien.
P.J. Gardiner Institute, Memorial University:
Doug May.
St. John's Status of Women Council/Women's Centre:
Lynn Peddle, Coordinator.
Women's Enterprise Bureau:
Susan Adams, Executive Director.
Wednesday, November 29, 1995 (Meeting No. 188)
Battleford Tribal Council:
Gary LaPlante;
Milton MacKay, Intergovernmental Relations.
Citizens Concerned About Free Trade:
David Orchard, National Chairman.
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities:
Sinclair Harrison, President.
Saskatchewan Childcare Association:
Mary Ann Knowles.
Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce:
Phil Mamchur, President;
Greg Sherloski, member of the Board.
Social fairness Action Coalition:
Bob Fink;
Warren Peterson.
Wanuskewin Heritage Park:
Jeremy Morgan, Director General.
Wednesday, November 29, 1995 (Meeting No. 189)
Harvest Foods Ltd:
Stuart Garvin.
Saskatchewan Federation of Labour:
Don Anderson, Executive Assistant;
Barbara Byers, President.
Saskatchewan Health Coalition:
Ed Holgate, President.
Saskatoon Council of Women:
Lori Isinger, Chair, Economy;
Ruth Robinson, Chair.
Saskatoon YMCA:
Jo-Anne Coleman, Housing Director;
Marta Juorio, Childcare Director.
SASKFILM:
Mark Prasuhn, General Manager.
University of Saskatchewan:
Marv Painter, Assistant Professor.
Woloshyn Mattison, Barristers and Solicitors:
Donald Woloshyn.
Working for Women:
Linda Smee.
Wednesday, November 29, 1995 (Meeting No. 190)
Canadian Association of Gift Planners:
Lyle Hislop, Development Officer, University of Saskatchewan.
Concorde Group of Companies:
Ian Buckwold, Vice-President;
Stuart A. Thiesson, Acting Executive Secretary.
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations:
George E. Lafond, Vice-Chief;
Mary Ellen Turpel, Legal Counsel.
North Saskatoon Business Association:
Isabel Anderson, President, AAL Info Services;
Karen Hunter.
Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation:
Pauline Molder, President.
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool:
Terry Hasain, Director, Economic Research and Policy Division;
Barry Senft, Second Vice-President.
Thursday, November 30, 1995 (Meeting No. 191)
Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce:
Paul Daigle, President and CEO.
``Coalition de Moncton pour la justice économique et sociale'':
Everett Ferguson, Member.
Human Development Council:
Randall Hatfield, President;
Cathy Wright, Executive Director.
New Brunswick Federation of Agriculture:
Martin van Oord, Vice-President.
New Brunswick Federation of Labour:
John Murphy, Executive Secretary.
New Brunswick Forest Products Association:
Maxwell Cater, General Manager.
Thursday, November 30,1995 (Meeting No. 192)
``Association acadienne des artistes professionel(le)s du N.-B.'':
Jac Gautreau, President.
Downtown Development Fredericton Inc.:
Bruce McCormack, General Manager.
Fredericton Area Coalition for Social Justice:
Brian McIntosh.
Mount Allison Alumni Association:
Frank Strain, Economics Department.
New Brunswick Fish Packers' Association:
Peter Dysart, Executive Director.
Premier's Council on the Status of Disabled Persons:
Randy Dickinson, Executive Director.
Saint John Board of Trade:
Terry Thorne, Chairman, Provincial/Federal Affairs Committee.
Saint John Construction Association:
Patrick Darrah.
Thursday, November 30, 1995 (Meeting No. 193)
Aids New Brunswick:
Claude Olivier, Support/Health Promotion Coordinator.
Atlantic Farmers' Council:
John Schenkels, Vice-President.
Chaleur Coalition for the Preservation of our Social Programs:
John Gagnon, Co-Chair of the Committee.
Coalition for Jobs and Against U.I. Cutbacks:
Angela Vautour, Spokesperson.
``Comité ``Défendons nos droits'''':
Armand Brown, Spokesperson.
Fredericton Chamber of Commerce:
Bill MacMackin, President.
Lighthouse Family Resource Centre:
John Mahar, President.
Thursday, November 30, 1995 (Meeting No. 194)
Alberta Association of Retirement Planners:
Roberta Bedard, Vice-President.
Alberta Association of Social Workers:
Rod Adachi, Executive Director;
Gayle James, Secretary;
Jake Kuiken, President.
Avenue of Nations Business Association:
Lorne Pendleton, Executive Director.
Calgary Chamber of Commerce:
Ray Huddlestone, Chairman;
Glenn Tibbles, Executive Director.
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers:
Pat Greenaway, Director, Fiscal Policy;
Len Landry, Vice-President, Fiscal Policy and Corporate Services.
Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
Jason T. Kenney, National Director.
Conference of Defence Associations:
Samuel Blakely;
Sean Henry.
Mount Royal College, Department of Economics and Political Science:
Greg Flanagan.
National Foundation for Family Research and Education:
Mark L. Genuis, Founder and executive Director.
Seniors Action and Liaison Team:
Walter Derksen;
Phylis Matousek, Chair.
Syncrude Canada Ltd.:
Eric Newell, President/CEO and Chairman of the National Oil Sands Task Force.
As Individual:
S. Robert Blair.
Thursday, November 30, 1995 (Meeting No. 195)
Alberta Council on Aging:
Jerry Pitts, member of the Board of Directors.
Borrowers' Action Society:
Tim Madden, Director;
Larry Whaley, President.
Canada West Foundation:
David Elton, President;
Casey Vander Ploeg, Research Assistant.
Canadian Enhanced Energy Development:
Frederick Gallagher.
Canadian Pensioners Concerned Inc.:
Bill Daly, President, Alberta Division.
Coal Association of Canada:
Ernest F. Lalonde, Director, Corporate Development;
Ken Myers, Treasurer and Comptroller.
Foothills Hospital Foundation:
Nancy Palmer, Manager, Planned Giving and Major Gifts.
Pembina Institute:
Tom Marr-Laing, Executive Director.
University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine, and representing the University of Calgary:
Joel H. Weiner, Associate Dean (Research).
University of Alberta Students' Union:
Sumreen Ahmad, Vice-President, Finance;
Narman Hassam, Vice-President, Internal.
As Individuals:
Rebecca Aizenmann;
Pauline Kay;
David Laughton.
Friday, December 1, 1995 (Meeting No. 196)
``Association de planification fiscale et financière'':
Yvon L. Caron, President and C.E.O.;
Denis Lacroix, Chairman of the Board.
Canadian Advanced Technology Association (CATA):
Faraj Nakhleh, Executive Director.
Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility:
Gordon Edwards, President.
Canadian Jewellers' Association:
Pierre Akkelian, Vice-President.
Canadian Peace Alliance:
Judith Berlyn, Co-Chair and Coordinator of Quebec Section.
Certified General Accountants' Association of Canada:
Joanne Leduc-Dallaire, Member, Canada Taxation Policy Committee;
Jean Précourt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
``Conseil du patronat du Québec'':
Ghislain Dufour, President;
Jacques Garon, Director, Socio-Economic Research.
Ecumenical Justice Coalition:
Geoffrey Johnston, Board Member.
``Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec'':
Émile Vallée.
Quebec Chamber of Commerce:
Michel Audet, President;
Raynold Langlois, Chairman of the Board.
As Individual:
Claude C. Bismuth, Caron, Bélanger, Ernst & Young.
Friday, December 1, 1995 (Meeting No. 197)
``Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec'':
Suzanne D'Amour.
Canadian Council for Refugees:
Nancy Worsfold, Executive Director.
Federation of University Students of Quebec:
François Rebello, President.
``Forum des citoyens âgés de Montréal'':
Henri Gervais, Vice-President;
Henri Hudon, Treasurer.
Gamma Institute:
Yanis Filopoulos, Economist.
``Les artistes pour la paix'':
Pierre Jasmin, President.
Positron Industries Inc.:
Reg Weiser, President.
Friday, December 1, 1995 (Meeting No. 199)
British Columbia Teachers' Federation:
Murray Dobbin, Communications Officer;
Peter McCue, Vice-President.
Business Council of British Columbia:
Jock A. Finlayson, Vice-President, Policy and Analysis.
Canadian Federation of Students:
Michael Gardiner.
Coalition to Renew Canada's Infrastructure:
Jim Facette, President/Secretary;
Jeremy Kon, Vice-President.
College Institute Educators' Association of B.C.:
Ed Lavalle, President;
Roseanne Moran, Personnel Representative.
Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia:
Robert Clift, Executive Director;
Lee Keener, Vice-President.
Fraser Institute:
Robin M. Richardson, Director, International Centre for the Study of Public Debt.
Vancouver Board of Trade:
John Hansen, Chief Economist and Assistant Managing Director.
As Individuals:
Harold Daykin;
Carole Gerson;
Jacob Rempel.
Friday, December 1, 1995 (Meeting No. 200)
Capilano Students Union:
Julian Albanese;
James Jason Lee.
Community Based Full Employment:
Peter Robinson.
Downtown Granville Tenants Association:
Sherrill Gullickson, Executive Director.
Federation of Canadian Municipalities:
Jon Les, President.
Richmond Chamber of Commerce:
Kirk Lawrie.
Savoy Management:
Bernie Yung.
Vancouver Foundation:
Bruce Buchanan, Chair, Volunteer Board;
Richard Mulcaster, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Christopher Richardson, Director, Gift Planning.
Vancouver International Airport:
L. G. (Joe) Sulmona, Director, Strategic Planning.
University of British Columbia:
Bernard H. Bressler, Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy.
As Individuals:
Charles Campbell;
Fred Pawluk.