Other key participants include the following labour leaders: Ken Georgetti, President, British Columbia Federation of Labour; Clément Godbout, président, Fédérations des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec; Susan Hart-Kulbaba, President, Manitoba Federation of Labour; James McCambly, President, Canadian Federation of Labour; and, John McEwen, President (former), New Brunswick Federation of Labour,

Provincial government legislative and regulatory officials were also interviewed. Their co-operation is also acknowledged, with thanks — and particularly that of Joe Lambert of the Ontario Ministry of Finance. At the federal level, senior officials from Finance Canada, Human Resources Development Canada, and Industry Canada, also provided considerable assistance.

The CLMPC also sincerely appreciates the contribution of Canadian venture capital expert Mary Macdonald and her colleague at Macdonald and Associates, Ted Liu, who provided data and analytical feedback.

Other significant sources of advice to the researcher included Ted Jackson of CSTIER, François Lamontagne of the New Economy Development Group, and Dwight Justice of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). In addition, Mr. Justice provided current ICFTU data contributing to the development of this paper's Introduction.

CLMPC gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance which was received from the Labour-Management Partnerships Program of Human Resources Development Canada.

The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada.

The CLMPC researcher and writer of this report is Kirk Falconer. Mr. Falconer was ably assisted in research work by Andrea Colleta.