Consultations

Competition Policy Review Panel - Formal Consultations

The Competition Policy Review Panel held a series of formal consultations with Canadians in response to the Panel's consultation paper "Sharpening Canada's Competitive Edge".  This was in addition to a number of informal meetings with issue experts and senior officials, in Canada and abroad, throughout the Panel's proceedings.

Thirteen formal consultation meetings were held from January through March 2008.  In addition to regional meetings across Canada, consultations were held on specific themes of direct relevance to the Panel's mandate, including the Investment Canada Act; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Canadian Direct Investment Abroad (CDIA); Competition Policy; Cultural Policy; Telecommunications and Broadcasting; and Financial Services.  Consultations were held in Vancouver (January 24), Calgary (January 25), Waterloo (6 March), Toronto (15 and 29 February; 7 and 28 March), Ottawa (6 February), Montréal (21, 22, 27, and 28 February), and Halifax (4 March).

The Panel met with the individuals listed below.  In most cases where individuals were accompanied by colleagues, only the senior representative is indicated. 

• Abouchar, Mr. Andrew – Partner, Tech Capital Partners
• Addy, Mr. George - Senior Partner, Competition and International Trade Law Group,
  Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
• Allaire, Prof. Yvan – Emeritus Professor (UQAM) and Adjunct Professor (HEC
  Montreal), representing the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations
• Alvarez, Mr. Pierre – President, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
• Anderson, Mr. Ted – Managing General Partner, Ventures West
• Anthony, Mr. Brian – National Executive Director and CEO, Directors Guild of Canada
• Armitage, Dr. Howard – Executive Director, Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship and
  Technology, University of Waterloo
• Armstrong, Mr. Robert – President, Communications Médias Inc. (representing the
  Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists)
• Baldwin, Dr. John – Director, Microeconomic Analysis Division, Statistics Canada
• Balsillie, Mr. Jim – Co-CEO, Research in Motion
• Barutciski, Mr. Milos – Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
• Beale, Ms. Elizabeth – President and CEO, Atlantic Provinces Economic Council*
• Bell, Ms. Charlotte – Senior Vice-President of Regulatory Affairs, CanWest MediaWorks
• Berg, Mr. Larry – President and CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority
• Berniolles, Mr. François – Resident Geologist, Government of Nunavut
• Bertrand, Ms. Françoise – Présidente-directrice générale, Fédération des Chambres de
  Commerce du Québec
• Besant, Mr. Todd – Chair of Board of Directors, Literary Press Group of Canada
• Bigioni, Mr. Paul - Barrister and Solicitor, Bigioni Law Offices
• Bissonette, Mr. Peter – President, Shaw Communications
• Black, Mr. Richard – Partner, The Walsingham Fund
• Blanchet, Mr. Yves-François – President, Association québécoise de l’industrie du
  disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo
• Bloom, Dr. Michael – Vice-President, Organizational Effectiveness and Learning,
  Conference Board of Canada
• Bodrug, Mr. John - Secretary-Treasurer, Competition Law Section, Canadian Bar
  Association
• Boucher, Mr. Pierre – President and CEO, Cement Association of Canada
• Bowey, Mr. John – Chairman, Deloitte and Touche
• Brenneman, Mr. Ron – President and CEO, PetroCanada
• Brazeau, Mr. Jean – Vice-President, Telecommunications, Shaw Communications Inc.
• Brenner, Prof. Reuven - REPAP Chair in Economics, Desautels Faculty of Management,
  McGill University
• Bronconnier, Mr. Dave – Mayor, City of Calgary
• Campbell, Dr. A. Neil – Partner, McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP
• Campbell, Mr. Terry – Vice-President Policy, Canadian Bankers Association
• Caputo, Mr. David – Co-Founder, President and CEO, Sandvine Incorporated
• Carbone, Mr. Peter – Chief Architect, Nortel; Vice-Chair 2007-2008, Information
  Technology Association of Canada
• Carman, Ms. Mary - Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade-marks and CEO,
  Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• Charest, Hon. Jean – Premier, Province of Quebec
• Chislett, Mr. Edmund (Ted) – President and CEO, Primus Telecommunications Canada
• Clark, Mr. Edmund – President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
• Corr, Dr. Tom – Associate Vice-President of Commercialization and CEO, Accelerator
  Centre
• Courtois, Mr. Bernard – President and CEO, Information Technology Association of
  Canada
• Crampton, Mr. Paul - Partner, Competition/Antitrust Law Group, Osler Hoskin and
  Harcourt LLP
• Crane, Mr. David – Columnist, Toronto Star, and Author
• Crane, Prof. Daniel - Associate Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law
• D’Alessandro, Mr. Dominic – President and CEO, Manulife Financial
• Dayus, Ms. Susan – Executive Director, Canadian Booksellers Association
• Denison, Mr. David F. – President and CEO, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
• Doubt, Mr. George – President, Telecommunications Workers Union
• Downe, Mr. William – President and CEO, BMO Financial Group
• Dybenko, Ms. Ginny – Dean, Wilfrid Laurier School of Business & Economics
• East, Mr. Ted – President, Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters
• English, Prof. John – Executive Director, The Centre for International Governance
  Innovation
• Entwistle, Mr. Darren – President and CEO, Telus Communications
• Florida, Dr. Richard - Academic Director, Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of
  Management
• Fung, Dr. David – Director, Canada China Business Council
• Gamache, Mr. André – President and CEO, Montréal International
• Gasper, Mr. Fred – Vice-President Policy & Strategic Planning, Air Transport
  Association of Canada
• Goldberg, Mr. Daniel S. – President and CEO, Telesat Canada
• Golden, Ms. Anne – President and CEO, Conference Board of Canada
• Goldman, Mr. Cal - Chair, Competition Group, Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP
• Goodfellow, Mr. Jim – Vice-Chairman, Deloitte and Touche
• Grandey, Mr. Gerry – President and CEO, Cameco Corporation
• Gregg, Mr. Allan – Chairman, Harris/Decima
• Grégoire, Mr. Marc – President, Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma
• Halde, Mr. Jean-René – President, Business Development Bank of Canada
• Hansen, Hon. Colin - Minister of Economic Development, Province of British Columbia
• Hart, Prof. Michael – Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Trade Policy and Law (Carleton
  University)
• Haskayne, Mr. Richard - Corporate Director
• Hayes, Ms. Donna – Publisher & CEO, Harlequin Enterprises Limited
• Hennebury, Mr. Bruce – Director, Policies and Strategies, Department of Economic
  Development, Province of Nova Scotia*
• Hodgson, Mr. Glen – Chief Economist, Conference Board of Canada
• Holroyd, Dr. Carin – Senior Fellow, The Centre for International Governance Innovation
• Horváth, Dr. Dezsö J. – Policy Dean, Schulich School of Business (York University)
• Hunt, Mr. Brian – President and CEO, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
• Hunter, Mr. Lawson – Executive Vice-President, BCE Inc.
• Hurtig, Mr. Mel - Author
• Jamison, Mr. Mark – CEO, Magazines Canada
• Janda, Prof. Richard – Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University
• Janigan, Mr. Michael - Executive Director and General Counsel, Public Interest
  Advocacy Centre
• Johnston, Dr. David – President, University of Waterloo
• Kennish, Mr. Tim – Counsel to, and former Co-Chair of, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
• Kesteven, Mr. George – President, Canadian Association of Income Funds
• Klugman, Mr. Iain – President, Communitech
• Laberge, Mr. Norman – Vice-President, Federal Affairs and Federal, Provincial and
  Territorial Relations, Canada's Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies
• LaCalamita, Mr. John – Vice-President and General Counsel, MCI Canada, a Verizon
  Communications Inc. Company
• Lachapelle, Ms. Lise – Directrice général, Association des réalisateurs et des réalisatrices
  du Québec
• Lacroix, Mr. Stéphane – Directeur des communications, Le syndicat des Teamsters au
  Canada
• Lamarre, Mr. Jacques – President and CEO, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
• Lazar, Mr. Avrim – President and CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada
• Lazaridis, Mr. Mike – President and Co-CEO, Research in Motion, and Founder,
  Perimeter Institute
• Lee, Mr. Mike – Chief Strategy Officer, Rogers Communications Inc.
• Lifson, Mr. Elliot – Vice-Chairman, Peerless Clothing Inc. and President, Canadian
  Apparel Federation
• Lind, Mr. Philip – Vice-Chairman, Rogers Communications Inc.
• Mackay, Mr. Gordon – Director of Minerals and Petroleum, Government of Nunavut
• Mamakos, Mr. Louis – Executive Vice-President, Vonage Canada Corporation
• Mandel-Campbell, Ms. Andrea - Journalist and Author
• Mandzia, Mr. William J. - Barrister & Solicitor
• Markey, Mr. Stephen – Senior Vice-President, Government Relations, Bell Canada
• McCain, Mr. Michael – President and CEO, Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
• McGuinty, Hon. Dalton – Premier, Province of Ontario
• McKenna, Ms. Catherine – Competition Counsel, Canadian Real Estate Association
• Mesher, Mr. Arthur – CEO, Descartes
• Milloy, Hon. John - Minister of Training, Colleges, and Universities, Province of Ontario
• Moore, Prof. Karl – Professor, Faculty of Management, McGill University
• Moore, Mr. Michael – Vice-President, Technology & Diversified Industries, RBC Capital
  Markets
• Morgan, Mr. Gwyn - Corporate Director
• Munro, Mr. Ian – Director of Research, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies*
• Murdoch, Mr. Peter – Vice-President, Media, Communications, Energy and Paper
  Workers Union
• Murphy, Mr. Mike – Executive Vice-President, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
• Myers, Mr. Jayson – President, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
• Nixon, Mr. Gord – President and CEO, RBC Financial Group
• O’Farrell, Mr. Glenn – President and CEO, Canadian Association of Broadcasters
• Parker, Ms. Maureen – Executive Director, Writers Guild of Canada
• Payne, Mr. Boyd – President and CEO, Elk Valley Coal Partnership
• Peirce, Mr. Chris – Chief Regulatory Officer, MTS Allstream Inc.
• Pineau, Mr. Alain – National Director, Canadian Conference of the Arts
• Pradier, Ms. Brunhilde – President, Alliance Québécoise des Techniciens de l’Image et
  du Son
• Pydee, Mr. Bruce E. – Vice-President, Government Relations, and General Counsel,
  Westcoast Energy Inc., Spectra Energy
• Ross, Prof. Thomas - UPS Foundation Professor of Regulation and Competition Policy,
  Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
• Royer, Mr. Raymond – President and CEO, Domtar
• Sabia, Mr. Michael – President and CEO, BCE Inc.
• Samarasekera, Dr. Indira - President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Alberta
• Samson, Ms. Claire – Présidente-directrice générale, Association de producteurs de
  films et de télévision du Québec
• Scheffman, Dr. David – Director, LECG Consulting
• Scott, Ms. Sheridan – Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau
• Selby, Mr. Charles - Vice-President and Corporate Secretary, Pengrowth Corporation
• Sharpe, Mr. Andrew – Executive Director, Center for the Study of Living Standards
• Silverman, Mr. Howard – Director, Le Groupe CAI Global
• Simoneau, Mr. Jacques – Executive Vice-President, Investments, Business Development
  Bank of Canada
• Simpson, Hon. Madam Justice Sandra – Chair, Competition Tribunal
• Sloan, Mr. Rick - Assistant Deputy Minister, Entreprise Division, Alberta Finance and
  Enterprise, Province of Alberta
• Soloway, Ms. Julie – Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
• Stanford, Dr. Jim – Economist, Canadian Auto Workers
• Stewart, Mr. Don – CEO and Director, Sun Life Financial
• Stothart, Mr. Paul – Vice-President, Economic Affairs, Mining Association of Canada
• Strucke, Mr. David – President and CEO, Navtech Inc.
• Sureau, Mr. Philippe – Co-Founder and President, Distribution, Transat A.T. Inc.
• Tellier, Mr. Paul - Corporate Director
• Trefler, Mr. Dan – J. Douglas and Ruth Grant Canada Research Chair in Competitiveness
  and Prosperity, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
• Van Audenrode, Dr. Marc - Managing Principal, Analysis Group
• Waitman, Mr. Andrew – Managing Partner, Celtic House Venture Partners
• Walker, Ms. Sandra – Counsel, Stikeman Elliott LLP; Member, Canadian Bar
  Association
• Warren, Mr. Bob – Partner, Miller Thompson
• Watkins, Prof. Mel – Research Associate, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Watt, Mr. David – Vice-President, Business Economics, Rogers Communications Inc.
• Waugh, Mr. Rick – President and CEO, Scotiabank
• Wilkinson, Hon. John - Minister of Research and Innovation, Province of Ontario
• Woo, Mr. Yuen Pau – President and Co-CEO, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
• Wood, Ms. Carolyn – Executive Director, Association of Canadian Publishers
• Woodhead, Mr. Ted – Vice-President of Telecom Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Telus
  Communications
• Yale, Ms. Janet – Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Telus Communications
• Zehr, Mr. Carl – Mayor, City of Kitchener
• Zeiler-Kligman, Mr. Brian – Policy Analyst, International, Canadian Chamber of
  Commerce

* In these cases, individuals met with the Executive Director of the Competition Policy Review Panel.