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Appendix A

List of Members
Task Force on Government Transformations and Official Languages

President:

  • Yvon Fontaine, Vice-President (Academic), Université de Moncton

Members:

  • Linda Cardinal, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Ottawa
  • Graham Greig, former manager of human resources, E. B. Eddy Forest Products Ltd.
  • Jean-Marc Hamel, former Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
  • Hugh Maynard, Executive Director of the Quebec Farmers Association
  • Jacques Michaud, Director General, National and International Affairs, Collège Boréal
  • Jim Mitchell, Partner, Sussex Circle
  • Claudette Tardif, Dean of Faculté Saint-Jean, University of Alberta


 

Appendix B

List of Organizations Consulted

Organizations Representing Minority Official Language Communities Heard by the Task Force

  • L'Association culturelle franco-canadienne de la Saskatchewan 
  • L'Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta 
  • L'Association franco-yukonnaise 
  • La Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique 
  • L'Association canadienne-française de l'Ontario
  • Alliance Quebec 
  • La Fédération des francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador 
  • La Société franco-manitobaine
  • La Société des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick
  • La Société Saint-Thomas d'Aquin (P.E.I.)
  • La Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (FCFAC)

Note: The Task Force also received a submission from l'Association Franco-TéNOise and a letter from Mrs. Rolande Faucher, a contact person on the subject of interdepartmental cooperation in Ontario.

Governmental Organizations

  • Canadian Tourism Commission 
  • Department of Canadian Heritage
  • Department of Justice
  • Human Resources Development Canada
  • Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
  • Parks Canada
  • Privy Council Office
  • Revenue Canada
  • Treasury Board Secretariat

Regional Councils

  • Manitoba Council of Senior Federal Officials
  • New-Brunswick Council of Senior Federal Officials
  • Ontario Council of Senior Federal Officials
  • Quebec Council of Senior Federal Officials


 

Appendix C

List of People Consulted

Organizations Representing Minority Official Language Communities

  • Joanne Perreault, Vice President, Association culturelle franco-canadienne de la Saskatchewan
  • Louisette Villeneuve, President; Georges Arès, Director General ? Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta 
  • Yann Herry, President; Jeanne Beaudoin, Liaison Officer ? Association franco-yukonnaise 
  • Yseult Friolet, Director General; Serge Corbeil, Policy Analyst ? La Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique
  • Trèva L. Cousineau, President; Lorraine Gandolfo, Director General ? Association canadienne-française de l'Ontario
  • Len Macdonald, Program Director, National Issues, Alliance Quebec 
  • Ali Chaisson, Director General, Fédération des francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador 
  • Daniel Boucher, President and Director General, Société franco-manitobaine
  • Ghislaine Foulem, President, Société des Acadiens et des Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick
  • Élise Arsenault, Director General, Société Saint-Thomas d'Aquin (P.E.I.)
  • Gino LeBlanc, President; Richard Barrette, Director General; Paul-André Baril, officer in charge of interministerial affairs, national organizations ? Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (FCFAC)

Government Organizations

  • Ronald Bilodeau, Associate Secretary to the Cabinet and Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council
  • Dr. Victor Goldbloom, Commissioner of Official Languages
  • Murray Jackson, Vice President, Americas, Canadian Tourism Commission
  • Bruno Thériault, Legal Advisor; Michel Gagnon, Director, Contraventions Project ? Department of Justice
  • Martha Nixon, Associate Deputy Minister; Michèle René de Cotret, Legal Advisor; Mark Goldenberg (Privy Council Office) ? Human Resources Development Canada
  • Norman Moyer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Canadian Identity Programs; Hilaire Lemoyne, Director, Official Languages Support Program ? Department of Canadian Heritage
  • Wendy Bergeron, Director, Human Resources Strategies; Gaby Fortin, Executive Director, Mountain Park - Parks Canada
  • Bill McCloskey, Assistant Deputy Minister, Canada Customs and Revenue Agency; David Browne, Director, Human Resources; Carole Bourgeois, Chief, Policies, Programs and Complaints ? Revenue Canada
  • The Honourable Marcel Massé, President of the Treasury Board
  • V. Peter Harder, Secretary; Donald Lemaire, Director, Alternative Service Delivery; Benoît Lahaie, Analyst ? Treasury Board Secretariat

Others

  • Gérard Lévesque, Director General, Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario
  • Jean-Guy Vienneau, Consultant for the FCFAC (Canada-communities agreements)


 

Appendix D

Government Transformations

Non-exhaustive List


 
Special Operating Agencies
 

Home Department Special Operating Agency
Correctional Service of Canada CORCAN (1992)
Public Works and Government Services Translation Bureau (1995)
Public Works and Government Services Consulting and Audit Canada (1990)
Health Canada Occupational and Environmental Health Services (1996)
Public Service Commission Training and Development Canada (1990)
Department of Foreign
Affairs and International
Trade
Passport Office (1990)
Department of Foreign
Affairs and (1993)
International Trade
Physical Resources Bureau
Industry Canada Canadian Tourism Commission (1995)
Industry Canada Measurement Canada (1996) 
Industry Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office (1992)
Industry Canada Superintendent of Bankruptcy (1997)
Industry Canada Technology Partnerships (1996)
Canadian Heritage Canadian Heritage Information Network (1992)
Canadian Heritage Canadian Conservation Institute (1992)
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada Canadian Grain Commission (1992)
Indian Affairs  Indian Oil and Gas Canada (1993)
Finance Canada  Canada Investment and Savings (1995)
National Defence Canadian Forces Housing Agency (1995)


 
Government Service Agencies 
 

Minister Responsible Service Agency
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada Canadian Food Inspection Agency (1997) 
Revenue Canada Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (in progress)
Canadian Heritage  Parks Canada Agency


 
Partnerships
 

Industry Canada Canada Business Service Centres 
Industry Canada Canadian Tourism Commission


 
Contracting Out
 

Public Works and Government Services Real Property Services (Brookfield LePage Johnson Controls Facility Management Services)
National Defence Goose Bay: Serco Facilities Management Inc.


 
Employee Takeovers
 

Source Organization Description
National Capital Commission Lafleur de la Capitale
National Capital Commission Terrapro Corporation
National Capital Commission L'expert des parcs, J. Aubin Inc.
National Capital Commission ELM 2000 INC.
National Capital Commission Traditional Landscape Company
National Capital Commission Gemma Property Services
Environment Canada Terrachoice Environmental Services Inc.
Fisheries and Oceans Newfoundland Bait Service


 
Privatizations
 

Organization Description
Air Canada (1988) Airline
CN (1995) Railways
Airports Leased to designated airport authority/Sold
St-Joseph Corporation Printing, warehouse and distribution (Canada Communications Group)
Nav Canada (1996) Air Navigation System


 
Transfers of Responsibilities
 

Human Resources Development Canada Labour market development agreements (signed)

Alberta - transfer 

New-Brunswick - transfer 

Newfoundland - co-management 

Manitoba - transfer

Nova Scotia - co-management 

British Columbia - co-management (renegotiation under way for transfer)

Prince Edward Island - co-management

Quebec - transfer

Yukon - co-management 

Saskatchewan. - transfer 

Northwest Territories - transfer