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BANC - Standing Committee

Banking, Commerce and the Economy

 

LIST OF WITNESSES


DATE

WITNESSES

Ottawa,

September 28, 1998

From Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector:

Mr. Harold MacKay, Chairman;

Mr. Pierre Y. Ducros, Vice-Chair;

Mr. Fred Gorbet, Executive Director;

Mr. John Chant, Research Director;

Mr. Michael Andrews, Associate Research Director;

Ms. Louise Pelly, Advisor; and

Mr. Kevin Wright, Senior Research Associate.

Ottawa,

September 29

From the Canadian Bankers Association:

Mr. Raymond J. Protti, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Léon Courville, Chief Executive Officer, National Bank of Canada.

 

From the Royal Bank of Canada:

Mr. John E. Cleghorn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

 

From the National Bank of Canada:

Mr. Léon Courville, President and Chief Operating Officer; and

Ms. Dominique Vachon, Vice-President and Chief Economist.

Ottawa,

September 30, 1998

From the Canadian Fraternal Association:

Mr. Stephen Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lutheran Life;

Mr. Richard May, Vice-President; and

Mr. Ralf Hensel, Senior Counsel, Independent Order of Foresters.

 

 

From the Consumers’ Association of Canada:

Ms. Gayl Lacombe, President; and

Ms. Jennifer Hillard, Vice-President, Policy.

 

 

 

 

 

From the Canadian Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors:

Mr. Robert Fleischacker, Chair; and

Mr. David Thibaudeau, President.

Ottawa,

October 1, 1998

From Democracy Watch:

Mr. Duff Conacher, Coordinator.

 

From the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association:

Mr. Huw Williams, Director of Government Affairs; and

Mr. Gordon Hoddinott, President, Campbell Ford, Ottawa.

Ottawa,

October 5, 1998

From Insurance Bureau of Canada:

Mr. George L. Cooke, Chair, Bank/Insurance Steering Committee of the Insurance Bureau of Canada and President and Chief Executive Officer of The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company;

Mr. George D. Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Insurance Bureau of Canada; and

Mr. Mark Yakabuski, Vice-President, Government Relations.

 

From Insurance Brokers Association of Canada:

Mr. Mike Toole, President;

Mr. Jim Ball, President-elect;

Mr. Robert Ballard, Vice-President

Ms. Mabel Samson, Executive Director; and

Mr. Dan Tessier, Public Affairs.

Ottawa,

October 6, 1998

From the Great West Life Assurance Company:

Mr. Ray McFeeters, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Ms. Sheila Wagar, Senior Vice-President,General Counsel and Secretary; and

Mr. Allan Edwards, Senior Vice-President and Chief Actuary.

 

From the Sun Life Assurance Company Canada:

Mr. Don Stewart, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Christopher Barry, Assistant Vice-President.

 

From AGF Management Ltd, Mackenzie Financial Corp. and Trimark Investment Management Ltd:

Mr. Blake C. Goldring, President and Chief Operating Officer, AGF Management Limited;

Mr. Jim Hunter, President, Mackenzie Financial Corporation; and

Mr. William C. Harker, Senior Vice-President, Trimark Financial Corporation.

 

 

From TelPay:

Mr. W.H. Loewen, President.

 

From the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants:

Mr. Graeme K. Rutledge, Chair, CICA Financial Institutions Reform Study Group;

Ms. Sylvia Smith, Director, Accounting Standards; and

Ms. Diana R. Hillier, Director, Auditing Standards.

Ottawa,

October 7 , 1998

From the Bank of Nova Scotia:

Mr. Peter Godsoe, Chief Executive Officer.

 

From Canada Trust:

Mr. Ed Clark, Chief Executive Officer; and

Ms. Greta Wemekamp, Government Relations.

 

From GE Capital Canada and the Canadian Finance & Leasing Association:

Mr. Michael N. Davies, Vice-President and General Counsel, GE Capital Canada;

Mr. Robert D. Weese, Vice-President, Government and External Relations, GE Capital Canada;

Mr. Roman Oryschuk, President and CEO, GE Capital Canada Equipment Financing;

Mr. David Powell, President, Canadian Finance & Leasing Association; and

Mr. Tom Simmons, Chairman, Canadian Finance & Leasing Association.

Ottawa,

October 8, 1998

From the Credit Union Central of Canada:

Mr. William Knight, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Mr. Jonathan Guss, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Credit Union Central; and

Mr. Bob Quart, President and Chief Executive Officer, Van City Savings.

 

From the Bank of Montreal:

Mr. Matthew Barrett, Chief Executive Officer;

Mr. Tim O’Neill, Executive Vice-President and Chief Economist; and

Mr. Al McNally, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Harris Bankcorp Inc., Chicago.

 

Halifax,

October 20, 1998

From the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council:

Ms. Elizabeth Beale, President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

From the Metropolitan Halifax Chamber of Commerce:

Mr. Terry Norman, Director; and

Ms. Nancy Conrad, Assistant General Manager.

From Innovacorp:

Dr. Ross McCurdy, Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Lorne Ferguson, Executive Director, Corporate Planning.

 

From Saint Mary’s University:

Professor J. Colin Dodds, Vice-President, Academic and Research.

 

From Beacon Securities Limited:

Mr. Lonsdale W. Holland, President.

From P.E.I. Mutual Insurance Co.:

Mr. Terry Shea, Secretary Treasurer

Halifax

October 21, 1998

From the Maritime Life Assurance Company:

Mr. William A. Black, President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

From the Atlantic Conference of Insurance Brokers:

Mr. John Thompson, President, Insurance Brokers’ Association of Newfoundland;

Mr. Bruce Lipsett, President, Insurance Brokers’ Association of Nova Scotia;

Mr. John Stevens, Chairman, Insurance Brokers’ Association of New Brunswick; and

Mr. Fred Hyndman, Chairman, Insurance Brokers’ Association of Prince Edward Island.

 

From the Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce:

Mr. Stephen D. MacMackin, President; and

Mr. Sean Cooper, Regional Executive Director.

Montreal,

October 22, 1998

From the Laurentian Bank of Canada:

Mr. Henri-Paul Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Robert Cardinal, First Vice-President and Finance Chief.

As an individual:

Mr. André Lizotte.

 

 

 

From Insurance Consumer’s Group:

Mr. William R. Podmore, Executive Director; and

Mr. Yves Lauzon, Lauzon Bélanger.

 

From the Canadian Association of Mutual Insurance Companies:

Mr. Normand Lafrenière, President.

 

From Capital One Financial Corporation:

Mr. Matthew J. Cooper, Senior Vice-President; and

Mr. Christopher T. Curtis, Associate General Counsel.

 

From the Regroupement des cabinets de courtage d'assurance du Québec:

Mr. Louis Proulx, President; and

Mr. Robert Ballard, Broker, Association d’assurances canadienne des courtiers d’assurances du Canada.

Montreal,

October 23, 1998

From the Canadian Payments Association:

Mr. Robert M. Hammond, General Manager; and

Mr. Doug A. Kreviazuk, Director, Policy and Planning.

 

From the Commission des valeurs mobilières:

Mr. Jean Martel, President; and

Mr. Viateur Gagnon, Vice-President.

 

As an individual:

Professor Jean Roy.

 

From Le Mouvement des caisses Desjardins:

Mr. Claude Béland, President;

Mr. Jean-Guy Langelier, President and Chief Executive Officer, Caisse centrale Desjardins;

Mr. Yves Morency, Director, Government Relations, Confédération des caisses populaires et d'économie Desjardins du Québec; and

Mr. Nguyen H. Trung, Senior Vice-President, Administration and Operations.

Saskatoon,

October 26, 1998

From the Farm Credit Corporation:

Mr. John Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Ms. Louise Neveu, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer.

 

From the Saskatchewan and Alberta Credit Union Centrals:

Mr. Elwood Harvey, President, Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan;

Mr. Sid Bildfell, Chief Executive Officer, Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan;

Mr. Jim Scopick, Chief Executive Officer, Credit Union Central of Alberta;

Mr. John Vinek, General Manager, Lloydminster Credit Union; and

Mr. Keith Nixon, Director, Government Affairs, Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan.

 

From the Association of Canadian Law Foundations:

Mr. Anthony Friend, Chair, Alberta Law Foundation;

Ms. Pat Pitsula, Executive Director, Law Foundation of British Columbia;

Mr. Owen Snider, Executive Director, Law Foundation of Alberta; and

Mr. Robert Arscott, Secretary, Law Foundation of Saskatchewan.

 

From City Lumber Corporation:

Mr. Robert Rosen, President.

 

From the Insurance Brokers' Association of Saskatchewan, the Independent Insurance Brokers Association of Alberta and the Insurance Brokers Association of Manitoba:

Mr. Ernie Gaschler, Executive Director, Insurance Brokers' Association of Saskatchewan;

Ms. Barb Ricard, President, Insurance Brokers' Association of Saskatchewan;

Mr. Michael Saunders, Past President, Insurance Brokers’ Association of Alberta;

Mr. Brian Gilbert, President, Insurance Brokers’ Association of Manitoba; and

Mr. Harold Baker, Executive Director, Insurance Brokers’ Association of Alberta.

Saskatoon,

October 27, 1998

From ComCorp:

Mr. Alan E. Morson, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Gordon M. Dunning, Executive Vice-President.

 

From First Nations Bank of Canada:

Mr. Keith Martell, Chairman.

 

From the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce and the Saskatoon and District Chamber of Commerce:

Mr. Norm Halldorson, Chairperson of the Finance Committee, Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce;

Mr. Kent Smith-Windsor, Executive Director, Saskatoon and District Chamber of Commerce; and

Mr. Stan Schmidt, General Manager, Global Television Network.

 

From the Retail Council of Canada:

Ms. Diane J. Brisebois, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Ken J. Morrison, Banking Services Consultant.

 

From POS Pilot Plant Corp.:

Mr. Roy A. Carr, President.

Vancouver,

October 28, 1998

From Canadian Banking Ombudsman:

Mr. Michael Lauber, Ombudsman and Chief Executive Officer; and

Ms. Peggy-Anne Brown, Chair, Board of Directors.

 

From the British Columbia Task Force on Bank Mergers:

The Honourable Ian Waddell, Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture;

Mr. Ardath Paxton Mann, Director, Small Business and Co-operative Development Branch; and

Ms. Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Professor of Political Science, Simon Fraser University.

 

From Northern Savings Credit Union:

Mr. Mike Tarr, President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

From the Citizen's Bank of Canada:

Ms. Linda Crompton, President and Chief Executive Officer.

From Grand Forks District Savings Credit Union:

Ms. Cathy Manson, General Manager.

From Vancouver City Savings Credit Union:

Mr. George Scott, Senior Vice-President, Marketing and Corporate Strategy.

From the University of British Columbia:

Professor David Bond, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration; and

Professor Maurice Levi, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration.

From the Credit Union Central of British Columbia:

Mr. Wayne A. Nygren, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Richard J. Thomas, Vice-President, Government Relations.

From the Fraser Institute:

Mr. Fazil Mihlar, Director of Regulatory Studies; and

Mr. Jason Clemens, Policy Analyst.

From the Canadian Western Bank:

Mr. Larry M. Pollock, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Vancouver,

October 29, 1998

From the British Columbia and Alberta Securities Commissions:

Mr. Douglas M. Hyndman, Chair, British Columbia Securities Commission;

Mr. William L. Hess, Chair, Alberta Securities Commission; and

Ms. Joyce Maykut.

From the Insurance Brokers' Institute of British Columbia:

Mr. Michael Megson, President;

Mr. Roger Finnie, Director;

Mr. C.J. (Chuck) Byrne, Executive Director; and

Mr. Bruce Pollock, Deputy General Manager.

From the Federation of Canadian Independent Deposit Brokers:

Mr. Brad Minton, President; and

Mr. Jack Rothenberg, Founding Member, Montreal.

From the Hongkong Bank:

Mr. Youssef A. Nasr, President and Chief Executive Officer.

From the Alberta Treasury Branch:

Mr. Robert Ascah, Senior Vice-President, Policy and Strategic Planning.

Toronto,

November 2 ,1998

From the Canadian Deposit Insurance Corp.:

Mr. Grant Reuber, Chairman of the Board; and

Mr. Jean-Pierre Sabourin, President and Chief Executive Officer.

From the Ontario Securities Commission:

Mr. David Brown, Chair.

 

From the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada:

Mr. David Adams, Secretary & Director, Policy Development;

Mr. Andrew L. Menzyk, President, Canadian Credit Operations, Ford Credit Canada Limited;

Mr. Mark A. Nantais, President, Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association;

Mr. Brian D. Vasey, Vice-President and General Manager, Nissan Canada Finance Inc.; and

Ms. V.M. (Maureen) Kempston Darkes, President and General Manager, General Motors of Canada.

As an individual:

Mr. W.J. Cara.

 

From the Toronto-Dominion Bank:

Mr. A. Charles Baillie, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Stephen McDonald, Vice Chairman, Group Administration.

 

From the Investment Dealers Association of Canada:

Mr. Joseph Oliver, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Ian Russell, Senior Vice-President, Capital Markets.

 

From Canada Life Assurance Company:

Mr. David A. Nield, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

From the Task Force on Churches and Corporate Responsibility:

Mr. Bill Davis.

November 3, 1998

Toronto

From the Association of Schedule II Banks:

Mr. Gennaro Stammati, President and Chief Executive Officer, Banca Commerciale Italiana of Canada;

Mr. Harvey S. Naglie, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bankers Trust;

Mr. Theo J. Bark, President and Chief Executive Officer, ABN-AMRO Bank Canada;

Mr. William Randle, Assistant General Counsel and Foreign Bank Secretary, Canadian Bankers Association; and

Mr. Jeffrey S. Graham, Borden & Elliot.

 

From the Trust Companies Association of Canada:

Mr. Gerald Soloway, Chairman, Trust Companies Association of Canada and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Home Savings & Loan Corporation;

Mr. Warren Hannay, President and Chief Executive Officer, Peace Hill Trust;

Mr. Glen King, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, fortis Trust; and

Mr. Joseph Chertkow, Director, Legislation and Policy, Trust Companies Association of Canada

 

From First Annapolis Consulting:

Mr. Frederick A. White, President.

 

As an individual:

Mr. Michael Mackenzie.

 

From the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions:

Mr. John Palmer, Superintendent; and

Mr. Nick Le Pan, Deputy Superintendent, Supervision.

 

From the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce:

Mr. Al Flood, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Holger Kluge, President of Commercial Banking.

 

From the Deutsche Bank Canada:

Mr. Nicholas Zelenczuk, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Ms. Michele McCarthy, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.

 

As an individual:

Dr. Joseph Wong.

November 4, 1998

Toronto

From The Mutual Group:

Mr. Robert Astley, Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Frank Bomben, Government Relations Manager.

 

From the Canadian Association of Financial Institutions in Insurance:

Mr. H. Dunbar Russel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Dominion Life Insurance Company;

Mr. Bernard Dorval, Executive Vice-President, Canada Trust; and

Mr. Isaac Sananes, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Premier Life Insurance Company.

 

 

From Manulife and Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association:

Mr. Dominic D’Alessandro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Manulife Financial; and

Mr. Mark Daniels, President, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.

 

From the Canadian Association of Retired Persons:

Ms. Lillian Morgenthau, President;

Dr. Bill Gleberzon, Associate Executive Director; and

Ms. Judith Cuttler, Director of Public Relations.

 

From Newcourt:

Mr. David F. Banks, Executive Chairman; and

Mr. John Sadler, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs.

 

From the Canadian Institute of Actuaries:

Mr. Stuart Wason, President-Elect;

Ms. Hélène Pouliot, Councillor; and

Mr. Allan Brender, Member, Task Force on Insurance Legislation.

 

From BDO Dunwoody Chartered Accountants:

Mr. Glenn C. Agro, Senior Partner.

 

From Dundee Bancorp Inc.:

Mr. Ned Goodman, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dundee Bancorp Inc.; and

Mr. Donald K. Charter, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dundee Securities Corporation.

 

From Calmeadow:

Mr. Martin Connell, President.

 

From Heraclitus Corp.:

Mr. Howard M. Greenspan, President.

November 5, 1998

Ottawa

From the Business Development Bank of Canada:

Mr. Michel Vennat, Chairman of the Board; and

Mr. François Beaudoin, President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

From ING Bank of Canada:

Mr. Arkadi Kuhlmann, President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

From the Export Development Corporation:

Mr. Ian Gillespie, President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

From the Canadian Federation of Independent Business:

Ms. Catherine S. Swift, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Mr. Brien G. Gray, Senior Vice-President, Policy and Provincial Affairs; and

Mr. Garth White, Vice-President, National Affairs.

 

From the National Anti-Poverty Organization:

Ms. Laurie Rektor, Executive Director.

 

From the National Council of Women of Canada:

Ms. Elizabeth Hutchinson, President;

Ms. Helen Saravanamuttoo, Vice-President; and

Ms. Shirley McBride, Convenor of Economics.

 

From the Council of Canadians:

Mr. Peter Bleyer, Executive Director; and

Mr. Jamie Dunn.

 

From the Power Corporation of Canada:

Mr. Jim Burns, President, Power Corporation of Canada and Chairman, Great West Life; and

Mr. Ted Johnson, Counsel.


LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT SENT BRIEFS BUT DID NOT APPEAR

Association des intermédiaires en assurance de personnes du Québec

Barrett, Matthew W

Bitney & Company (Gordon J. Bitney)

Canbrands International Ltd.

Cantol (Simms Shuber)

Chrysler Credit Canada

Coles, Joyce

Downe, Don (Minister of Finance, Nova Scotia)

Freedman, Martin H.

Hadley, Eleanor

Haley, Darryl

Harris, S.L.

Houck, Tim

Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario

Kennett, William A.

Kunin, Roselyn

Louis, Tim

Merrill Lynch

McDougall, Reasy Barristers & Solicitors (Wayne J. Bernakevtich)

McLeod, Ian

Montreal Community Loan Association

Nopper, David J.

Norwest Financial, Inc.

Ogilvie, Kelvin K.

Prasuhn, Mark

Smith Lyons Barristers & Solicitors (Richard C. Owens)

Stefanson, Eric (Minister of Finance, Manitoba)

Taylor, Chris

TG International Ltd.

The Coles Group (Joyce Coles)

University of British Columbia (John D. Boyd)

VanCity Community Foundation

Vertex Consultants Inc.

Westminster Savings Credit Union (Barry W. Forbes)

Wilton, Mary

Wood, Henry

Wright, Bradley

Zatzman, Joseph

Ziegel, Jacob


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