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Restoring Accountability - Phase 2 Report


    PHASE 1A
    Bytown Pavilion (Former City Hall), Ottawa

    September 7, 2004

    1.    Office of the Auditor General of Canada (panel)

  • Sheila Fraser, Auditor General of Canada
  • Shahid Minto, Assistant Auditor General
  • Ronald Campbell, Assistant Auditor General
  • Louise Bertrand, Audit Principal

    September 20, 2004

    2. Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat (panel)

  • Jim Judd, Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada
  • Mike Joyce, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Operations and Reporting Sector
  • Susan Cartwright, Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector
  • Jane Cochran, Executive Director, Procurement and Project Management Policy Directorate
  • Jim Libbey, Executive Director, Strategic Systems Infrastructure Directorate, Office of the Comptroller General

    3. Public Works and Government Services Canada (panel)

  • I. David Marshall, Deputy Minister, Public Works and Government Services Canada
  • Yvette Aloïsi, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Human Resources and Communications
  • Myra Conway, Director General, Financial Operations
  • George A. Butts, A/Director General, Policy, Risk, Integrity and Strategic Management Sector
  • Gerry Thom, Director, Classification, Compensation and Business Systems, Corporate Services, Human Resources and Communications

    September 27, 2004

    4. Privy Council Office (panel)

  • Alex Himelfarb, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
  • Michael Wernick, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Plans and Consultation
  • Kathy O'Hara, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Machinery of Government

    5. Allan Cutler, Former Manager, Public Relations and Print Contract
        Services, Public Works and Government Services Canada

    6. Ernst & Young (panel)

  • Deanna Monaghan, C.A.
  • Madeleine Brillant, C.A.
  • Julie Morin, C.A.

    October 4, 2004

    7. Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC),
         Audit and Ethics Branch (panel)

  • Norman Steinberg, Director General, Audit and Ethics Branch, PWGSC
  • Jim Hamer, Audit and Review Principal, PWGSC
  • Janet Labelle, Investigations Manager, Fraud Investigations and Internal Disclosure Directorate, PWGSC
  • Steven Turner, Retired Public Servant
  • Raoul Solon, Consultant

    8. Quick Response Team (panel)

  • Steven McLaughlin, Director Payment, Products and Services Public Works and Government Services Canada
  • Rod Monette, Assistant Deputy Minister Finance and Corporate Services Department of National Defense
  • André Auger, Director Assurance, Accounting and Audit Services Consulting and Audit Canada
  • Myra Conway, Director General Financial Operations Public Works and Government Services Canada

    9. Kroll Lindquist Avey (panel)

  • Steven Whitla
  • Guillaume Vadeboncoeur

  10. Finance Canada (panel)

  • Kevin G. Lynch, Deputy Minister of Finance, Finance Canada
  • Jeremy Rudin, Director General, EFP - Assistant Deputy Minister's Office, Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch

  11. Demers Administrative Review Committee (panel)

  • Jean-Claude Demers, Q.C., Lawyer who chaired the Demers Administrative Review Committee
  • Jean Quevillon, Labour Relations Program Manager, Labour Relations, Public Works and Government Services Canada
  • Normand Masse, Senior Director (Contract Expert), Logistics, Electrical, Fuel and Transportation Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada

  October 12, 2004

  12. Advertising and Public Opinion Research Sector (APORS)
        /Communications Coordination Services Branch (CCSB),
        Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)

  • Huguette Tremblay, Chief, Special Projects, CCSB, PWGSC

  October 18, 2004

  • Isabelle Roy, Former Special Assistant, Minister Gagliano's Office, PWGSC Communications and Strategic Planning Officer, CCSB, PWGSC
  • Joanne Bouvier, Former Special Assistant, Minister Gagliano's Office, PWGSC
  • Ghislaine Ippersiel, Former Special Assistant, Minister Gagliano's Office, PWGSC Analyst, Communications Canada
  • Paul Lauzon, Director, Advertising and Project Management, CCSB, PWGSC
  • Evelyn Marcoux, Director General, Client Services and Industry Relations, CCSB, PWGSC

  October 25, 2004

  • Andrée LaRose, Acting Director General, Public Access Programs, CCSB, PWGSC
  • Marie Maltais, Director General, Strategic Communications Coordination, CCSB, PWGSC

  November 1, 2004

  • David Myer, Director General, Communications Procurement, CCSB, PWGSC
  • Patrick Lebrun, Former Special Assistant, Minister Gagliano's Office, PWGSC
  • Mario Parent, Coordinator, Advertising Program, APORS, PWGSC Coordinator, Advertising Program, CCSB, PWGSC

  November 8, 2004

  • Joseph Charles Guité, Executive Director, CCSB, PWGSC

  November 15, 2004 - Hearings are in Recess

  November 22, 2004

    * Joseph Charles Guité, Executive Director, CCSB, PWGSC

  13. Anita Lloyd, Access to Information and Privacy, Public Works and
        Government Services Canada

  14. Dominique Francoeur, Corporate Secretary, Public Works and Government
        Services Canada

  15. Ranald Quail, Former Deputy Minister, Public Works and Government
        Services Canada

  16. James Stobbe, Former Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Works and
        Government Services Canada

  November 29, 2004

  17. Richard Neville, Former Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Works and
        Government Services Canada

  18. Communications Canada (panel)

  • Guy McKenzie
  • Guy Bédard
  • Diane Viau
  • Gilles Pelletier
  • Liseanne Forand

  19. Roger Collet, Former Executive Director, Canada Information Office

  December 6, 2004

  20. Denyse Paquette, Project Coordinator, Communications
        Coordination Services Branch, Public Works and Government Services
        Canada

  21. Marc Lafrenière, Former Executive Director, Canada Information Office

  22. Ron Bilodeau, Former Deputy Clerk, Privy Council Office

  23. Jocelyne Bourgon, Former Clerk and Secretary to the Cabinet
        (1994-1999), Privy Council Office

  24. Michelle d’Auray, Former Director General, Communications,
        Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office

  December 13, 2004

  25. Robert-Guy Scully, Journalist, TV producer, representative of
        l'Information Essentielle Inc.

  26. Giuliano Zaccardelli, Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  27. Dawson Hovey, Chief Superintendant, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  28. Odilon Emond, Assistant Commissioner, Commanding Officer,
        "C" Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  29. Allen Burchill, Former Assistant Commissioner,
        Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  30. André Thouin, Public Affairs Director, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  31. William Beahan, Director, Strategic Partnership,
        Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  December 20, 2004 - Hearings are in Recess

  January 11, 2005

  32. Marc LeFrançois, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, VIA Rail
        Canada Inc.

  33. Christena Keon Sirsly, Former Vice President,
        Marketing and Vice President, Information Services;
        currently Chief Strategy Officer, VIA Rail Canada Inc.

  34. Anthony Rumjahn, Corporate Comptroller, VIA Rail Canada Inc.

  35. Christiane Beaulieu, Former Vice President, Public Affairs, Business
        Development Bank of Canada

  36. Richard Morris, Vice President, Audit and Inspection,
        Business Development Bank of Canada

  37. Guy G. Beaudry, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and
        Chief Planning Officer, Business Development Bank of Canada

  38. François Beaudoin, Former President and Chief Executive Officer,
        Business Development Bank of Canada

  January 17, 2005

  39. Daniel Sawaya, Former Vice President Marketing and
        Product Management, Canada Post Corporation

  40. Alain Guilbert, Vice President,
        Communications, Canada Post Corporation

  41. Stewart Bacon, Senior Vice President, Customer Relationship
        Management, Canada Post Corporation

  42. Micheline Montreuil, Director, Stamp Products,
        Canada Post Corporation

  43. The Honourable André Ouellet, Former Chairman and Former
        President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Post Corporation

  44. Anne Buston, Director, Public Relations, Canada Post Corporation

  45. Lily Sioris, Manager, Public Relations, Canada Post Corporation

  46. The Honourable David Dingwall, Former Minister, Public Works and
        Government Services Canada

  47. Warren Kinsella, Former Executive Assistant, Public Works and
        Government Services Canada

  January 24, 2005

  48. Georges Clermont, Former President and Chief Executive Officer,
        Canada Post Corporation

  49. Gordon Feeney, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Canada Post
        Corporation

  50. The Honourable Diane Marleau, Former Minister, Public Works and
        Government Services Canada

  51. The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Environment

  52. The Honourable Denis Coderre, Former Minister of Citizenship and
        Immigration and Former Secretary of State (Amateur Sport)

  53. Jean-Marc Bard, Former Senior Special Assistant and Executive
        Assistant to Alfonso Gagliano (Former Minister, Public Works and
        Government Services Canada)

  54. The Honourable Marcel Massé, Former Minister of
        Intergovernemental Affairs

  55. The Honourable Lucienne Robillard, President of the Queen's Privy
        Council for Canada, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of
        Human Resources and Skills Development

  56. The Honourable Martin Cauchon, Former Minister of Justice and
        Secretary of State (Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec)

  January 31, 2005

  57. The Honourable Pierre Pettigrew,
        Minister of Foreign Affairs Canada

  58. Stefano Lucarelli, Former Corporate Comptroller,
        Business Development Bank of Canada

  59. Alan Marquis, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer,
        Business Development Bank of Canada

  60. The Honourable Alfonso Gagliano, Former Minister of Public Works
        and Government Services Canada

  61. Jean Carle, Former Chief of Operations to Jean Chrétien and First Vice
        President, Corporate Affairs, Business Development Bank of Canada

  February 7, 2005

  62. Jean Pelletier, Former Chief of Staff to Jean Chrétien and Chairman
        of VIA Rail Canada Inc.

  63. The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien,
        Former Prime Minister of Canada

  64. The Right Honourable Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada

  February 14, 2005- Hearings are in Recess

  PHASE 1B
  Conference Centre, Guy-Favreau Complex, Montreal

  February 28, 2005

  For the facts pertaining to Jean Lafleur Communications:
  65. Jean Lafleur

  * Alex Himelfarb, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy
    Council Office

  For the facts pertaining to Jean Lafleur Communications:
  * Jean Lafleur

  March 7, 2005

  * Jean Lafleur

  66. Pierre Michaud

  67. Pierre Davidson

  68. Éric Lafleur

  69. Stéphane Guertin

  March 14, 2005

  * Stéphane Guertin

  For the facts pertaining to Gosselin Communications Stratégiques:
  70. Gilles-André Gosselin

  71. Andrée Côté Gosselin

  72. Nicolas Gosselin

  73. Bernard Thiboutot

  74. Enrico Valente

  March 21, 2005

  Applications

  March 22, 2005- Hearings are in Recess

  March 29, 2005

  75. Josée Thibeau-Carrier

  * Huguette Tremblay, Chief, Special Projects, CCSB, PWGSC

  * Mario Parent, Coordinator, Advertising Program, APORS,
    PWGSC Coordinator,Advertising Program, CCSB, PWGSC

  For the facts pertaining to Gosselin Communications Stratégiques:
  * Gilles-André Gosselin

  76. Wendy Cumming

  For the facts pertaining to Groupaction:
  77. Jean Brault

  April 4, 2005

  * Jean Brault

  78. Jean Lambert

  79. Alain Renaud

  April 11, 2005

  * Alain Renaud

  80. Roger Desjeans

  81. Bernard Michaud

  For the facts pertaining to Groupe Polygone / Expour:
  82. Luc Lemay

  For the facts pertaining to PluriDesign Canada:
  83. Jacques Corriveau

  April 18, 2005

  * Jacques Corriveau

  For the facts pertaining to Groupe Polygone/Expour:
  84. Gaëtan Mondoux

  For the facts pertaining to PluriDesign Canada:
  85. Gaëtan Sauriol

  For the facts pertaining to Groupaction:
  86. GPF1 Inc. (panel)

  • Martin Spalding
  • Jean Laflamme

  For the facts pertaining to Groupe Everest - Media IDA Vision:
  87. Claude Boulay

  88. Diane Deslauriers

  April 25, 2005

  * Diane Deslauriers

  89. Vincent Cloutier

  90. Alex Polevoy

  91. Pierre Bibeau

  92. Benoît Renaud

  For the facts pertaining to Coffin Communications:
  93. Paul Coffin

  94. Robert St-Onge

  95. Jacques Guérin

  * Joseph Charles Guité, Executive Director, CCSB, PWGSC

  May 2, 2005

  * Joseph Charles Guité, Executive Director, CCSB, PWGSC

  For the facts pertaining to Liberal Party of Canada and/or
  Liberal Party of Canada (Quebec):

  96. Louis Pichette

  97. Guy Bisson

  98. Jacques Roy

  99. Franco Iacono

100. Thalie Tremblay

101. Serge Gosselin

102. Monique Thomas

103. Carolina Gallo-Laflèche

104. Michel Béliveau

105. Claire Brouillet

May 9, 2005

106. Benoît Corbeil

107. Marc-Yvan Côté

108. Richard Boudreault

109. Daniel Dezainde

110. Antonio Mignacca

111. Beryl Wajsman

112. John Welch

May 16, 2005

* Office of the Auditor General of Canada (panel)

  • Sheila Fraser, Auditor General of Canada
  • Ronald Campbell, Assistant Auditor General
  • Louise Bertrand, Audit Principal

113. Privy Council Office, Treasury Board, Department of Public
         Works and Government Services Canada (panel)

  • Richard Robesco, Acting Senior Director, Communications Procurement Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada
  • Laurent Marcoux, Director General, Public Opinion Research and Advertising Coordination, Public Works and Government Services Canada
  • Jodi Redmond, Director, Strategic Communications Planning, Privy Council Office
  • Stephen Wallace, Assistant Secretary, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

114. John Hayter, Vickers & Benson

115. Luc Mérineau, Éminence Grise

116. Yves Gougoux, BCP Ltd.

May 24, 2005

117. Kroll Lindquist Avey (panel)

  • Robert Macdonald
  • Pierre St-Laurent
  • Steven Whitla *

For the facts pertaining to Liberal Party of Canada and/or
Liberal Party of Canada (Quebec):

118. Gaetano Manganiello

119. Giuseppe Morselli

120. The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance

121. The Honourable Don Boudria, Former Minister of Public Works and
        Government Services Canada

  For the facts pertaining to PluriDesign Canada:
  * Jacques Corriveau

May 30, 2005

  * Jacques Corriveau

For the facts pertaining to Groupe Polygone/Expour:
122. Monique Carle

123. Michel Bibeau

  * Jean Pelletier, Former Chief of Staff to Jean Chrétien and Chairman of
    VIA Rail Canada Inc.

For the facts pertaining to Liberal Party of Canada and/or
Liberal Party of Canada (Quebec):

124. Françoise Patry

125. John Parisella, BCP Ltd.

126. For the facts pertaining to Liberal Party of Canada and/or
         Liberal Party of Canada (Quebec) (panel):

  • Steven MacKinnon
  • Hervé Rivet

  * The Honourable Alfonso Gagliano, Former Minister of Public Works
    and Government Services Canada


The Schedule of Witnesses is subject to change.

* Returning Witness


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