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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.
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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.
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From the Royal Bank of Canada:
Mr. John E. Cleghorn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
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From the National Bank of Canada:
Mr. Léon Courville, President and Chief Operating Officer; and
Ms. Dominique Vachon, Vice-President and Chief Economist.
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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.
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From the Consumers’ Association of
Canada:
Ms. Gayl Lacombe, President; and
Ms. Jennifer Hillard, Vice-President, Policy.
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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. |
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From the Canadian Automobile Dealers
Association:
Mr. Huw Williams, Director of Government Affairs; and
Mr. Gordon Hoddinott, President, Campbell Ford, Ottawa.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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From the Sun Life Assurance Company
Canada:
Mr. Don Stewart, President and Chief Executive Officer; and
Mr. Christopher Barry, Assistant Vice-President.
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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.
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From TelPay:
Mr. W.H. Loewen, President.
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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.
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Ottawa,
October 7 , 1998 |
From the Bank of Nova Scotia:
Mr. Peter Godsoe, Chief Executive Officer.
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From Canada Trust:
Mr. Ed Clark, Chief Executive Officer; and
Ms. Greta Wemekamp, Government Relations.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Halifax,
October 20, 1998 |
From the Atlantic Provinces Economic
Council:
Ms. Elizabeth Beale, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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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.
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From Saint Mary’s University:
Professor J. Colin Dodds, Vice-President, Academic and Research.
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From Beacon Securities Limited:
Mr. Lonsdale W. Holland, President.
From P.E.I. Mutual Insurance Co.:
Mr. Terry Shea, Secretary Treasurer
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Halifax
October 21, 1998 |
From the Maritime Life Assurance
Company:
Mr. William A. Black, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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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.
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From the Atlantic Provinces Chamber of
Commerce:
Mr. Stephen D. MacMackin, President; and
Mr. Sean Cooper, Regional Executive Director.
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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.
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From Insurance Consumer’s Group:
Mr. William R. Podmore, Executive Director; and
Mr. Yves Lauzon, Lauzon Bélanger.
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From the Canadian Association of Mutual
Insurance Companies:
Mr. Normand Lafrenière, President.
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From Capital One Financial Corporation:
Mr. Matthew J. Cooper, Senior Vice-President; and
Mr. Christopher T. Curtis, Associate General Counsel.
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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.
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Montreal,
October 23, 1998 |
From the Canadian Payments Association:
Mr. Robert M. Hammond, General Manager; and
Mr. Doug A. Kreviazuk, Director, Policy and Planning.
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From the Commission des valeurs
mobilières:
Mr. Jean Martel, President; and
Mr. Viateur Gagnon, Vice-President.
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As an individual:
Professor Jean Roy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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From City Lumber Corporation:
Mr. Robert Rosen, President.
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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.
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Saskatoon,
October 27, 1998 |
From ComCorp:
Mr. Alan E. Morson, President and Chief Executive Officer; and
Mr. Gordon M. Dunning, Executive Vice-President.
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From First Nations Bank of Canada:
Mr. Keith Martell, Chairman.
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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.
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From the Retail Council of Canada:
Ms. Diane J. Brisebois, President and Chief Executive Officer; and
Mr. Ken J. Morrison, Banking Services Consultant.
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From POS Pilot Plant Corp.:
Mr. Roy A. Carr, President.
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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.
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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.
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From Northern Savings Credit Union:
Mr. Mike Tarr, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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From the Citizen's Bank of Canada:
Ms. Linda Crompton, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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From Grand Forks District
Savings Credit Union:
Ms. Cathy Manson, General Manager.
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From Vancouver City Savings
Credit Union:
Mr. George Scott, Senior Vice-President, Marketing and Corporate
Strategy.
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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.
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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.
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From the Fraser Institute:
Mr. Fazil Mihlar, Director of Regulatory Studies; and
Mr. Jason Clemens, Policy Analyst.
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From the Canadian Western
Bank:
Mr. Larry M. Pollock, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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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.
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From the Federation of
Canadian Independent Deposit Brokers:
Mr. Brad Minton, President; and
Mr. Jack Rothenberg, Founding Member, Montreal.
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From the Hongkong Bank:
Mr. Youssef A. Nasr, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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From the Alberta Treasury
Branch:
Mr. Robert Ascah, Senior Vice-President, Policy and Strategic
Planning.
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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.
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From the Ontario Securities
Commission:
Mr. David Brown, Chair.
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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.
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From the Toronto-Dominion Bank:
Mr. A. Charles Baillie, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and
Mr. Stephen McDonald, Vice Chairman, Group Administration.
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From the Investment Dealers Association
of Canada:
Mr. Joseph Oliver, President and Chief Executive Officer; and
Mr. Ian Russell, Senior Vice-President, Capital Markets.
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From Canada Life Assurance Company:
Mr. David A. Nield, Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer.
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From the Task Force on Churches and
Corporate Responsibility:
Mr. Bill Davis.
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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
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From First Annapolis Consulting:
Mr. Frederick A. White, President.
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As an individual:
Mr. Michael Mackenzie.
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From the Office of the Superintendent
of Financial Institutions:
Mr. John Palmer, Superintendent; and
Mr. Nick Le Pan, Deputy Superintendent, Supervision.
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From the Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce:
Mr. Al Flood, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and
Mr. Holger Kluge, President of Commercial Banking.
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From the Deutsche Bank Canada:
Mr. Nicholas Zelenczuk, President and Chief Executive Officer; and
Ms. Michele McCarthy, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.
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As an individual:
Dr. Joseph Wong.
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November 4, 1998
Toronto |
From The Mutual Group:
Mr. Robert Astley, Chief Executive Officer; and
Mr. Frank Bomben, Government Relations Manager.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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From Newcourt:
Mr. David F. Banks, Executive Chairman; and
Mr. John Sadler, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs.
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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.
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From BDO Dunwoody Chartered
Accountants:
Mr. Glenn C. Agro, Senior Partner.
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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.
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From Calmeadow:
Mr. Martin Connell, President.
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From Heraclitus Corp.:
Mr. Howard M. Greenspan, President.
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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.
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From ING Bank of Canada:
Mr. Arkadi Kuhlmann, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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From the Export Development
Corporation:
Mr. Ian Gillespie, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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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.
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From the National Anti-Poverty
Organization:
Ms. Laurie Rektor, Executive Director.
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From the National Council of Women of
Canada:
Ms. Elizabeth Hutchinson, President;
Ms. Helen Saravanamuttoo, Vice-President; and
Ms. Shirley McBride, Convenor of Economics. |
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From the Council of Canadians:
Mr. Peter Bleyer, Executive Director; and
Mr. Jamie Dunn.
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From the Power Corporation of Canada:
Mr. Jim Burns, President, Power Corporation of Canada and Chairman,
Great West Life; and
Mr. Ted Johnson, Counsel.
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Bitney & Company (Gordon J. Bitney)
Canbrands International Ltd.
Freedman, Martin H.
Harris, S.L.
Kennett, William A.
McDougall, Reasy Barristers & Solicitors (Wayne J. Bernakevtich)
Nopper, David J.
Norwest Financial, Inc.
Ogilvie, Kelvin K.
Smith Lyons Barristers & Solicitors (Richard C. Owens)
TG International Ltd.
University of British Columbia (John D. Boyd)
Vertex Consultants Inc.
Westminster Savings Credit Union (Barry W. Forbes)
