Sectoral Contacts
 
Procurement

Richard Squires (Chair)
Manager, Trade Policy
Innovation, Trade and Rural Development 
4th Floor, West Block, Confederation Building 
P.O. Box 8700 
St. John's NL  A1B 4J6
Phone: (709) 729-5443 
Fax: (709) 729-4869 
E-Mail: rsquires@gov.nl.ca
 
Investment

Alan Barber (Chair)
Director, Policy, Planning and Coordination 
Manitoba Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade
910-259 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg MB  R3B 3P4
Phone: (204) 945-8714 
Fax: (204) 945-1354 
E-Mail: alan.barber@gov.mb.ca
Labour Mobility

Annette Thrasher (Co-chair)
Director, Labour Mobility
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
140 Promenade du Portage
Phase IV, 5th Floor
Gatineau QC  K1A 0J9
Phone: (819) 997-1647
Fax: (819) 994-0202
Email:
annette.thrasher@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
 
 
 
Lindsay Turner (Co-chair)

Labour Mobility Coordinator

Labour Market Partnerships, Skills & Learning Branch

Department of Labour and Workforce Development

2021 Brunswick St.,

Brunswick Place, PO Box 578 
Halifax, NS   B3J 2S9
Phone:  (902) 424-8784
Fax:  (902) 424-0887
Consumer-Related Measures and Standards

Michael Jenkin (Co-chair)
Director General, Office of Consumer Affairs
Industry Canada 
235 Queen Street, Room 982A 
Ottawa ON  K1A 0H5 
Phone: (613) 954-3277 
Fax: (613) 952-6927 
E-mail:
jenkin.michael@ic.gc.ca
 
 
 
Ms. Nancy Anderson (Co-chair)
Director

Consumers’ Bureau

Manitoba Finance Department

302 – 258 Portage Avenue

Winnipeg, MB R3C 0B6

Phone: (204) 945-4062

Fax: (204) 945-0728

 
Agricultural and Food Goods
 
Blair Coomber (Co-chair)
Director General, International Trade Policy Directorate 
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada 
Tower 5, Third Floor
1341 Baseline Road
Ottawa ON  K1A 0C5 
Phone: (613) 773-1600 
Fax: (613) 773-1616 
E-mail: blair.coomber@agr.gc.ca
 
 
 
Sid Friesen (Co-chair)
Trade Analyst
Policy Branch
Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
3085 Albert Street, Room 302
Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0B1
Tel: (306) 787-0611
Fax: (306) 787-5134
Email: sidney.friesen@gov.sk.ca
Alcoholic Beverages

Susie Miller
Acting Director General, Food Value
Chain Bureau 
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada 
Tower 5, Second Floor
1341 Baseline Road
Ottawa ON  K1A 0C5 
Phone: (613) 773-1751 
Fax: (613) 773-0300 
E-mail: susie.miller@agr.gc.ca
 
 
Natural Resources Processing
 
Wanda Wiseman (Chair)
Director, Planning Services
Fisheries and Aquaculture 
30 Strawberry Marsh Road 
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's NL  A1B 4J6 
Phone: (709) 729-3712 
Fax: (709) 729-6082 
E-mail: wandaleewiseman@gov.nl.ca
 
Energy

Shawn Robbins (Chair)
Executive Director, Trade Policy - Domestic
International and Intergovernmental Relations
Commerce Place, Floor 12 
10155 -102 St. N.W.
Edmonton AB  T5J 4G8
Phone: (780) 422-1129 
Fax: (780) 427-0699 
E-Mail:
shawn.robbins@gov.ab.ca 
 
Environmental Protection
 
Michael Goeres
Acting Executive Director
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
123 Main Street, Suite 360 
Winnipeg MB  R3C 1A3 
Phone: (204) 948-2661 
Fax: (204) 948-2125 
E-mail:
mgoeres@ccme.ca
 
Transportation

John Pearson 
Program Director, Secretariat 
Council of Deputy Ministers Responsible for
Transportation and Highway Safety 
2323 St. Laurent Blvd.
Ottawa ON  K1G 4J8 
Phone: (613) 247-9347
Fax: (613) 736-1395 

E-mail: jpearson@comt.ca 
 
 
Audrey Henderson
Interim Executive Director
Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators
2323 St. Laurent Blvd. 
Ottawa ON  K1G 4J8
Phone: (613) 736-1003 
Fax: (613) 736-1395 
E-mail:
ccmta-secretariat@ccmta.ca