Blais/Létourneau: Witness List

Number
Witness
Dates
1
Descôteaux, Michel

Age: 65

Director of Public Affairs,
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1965-2002
For plaintiffs:

Mar-13 2012

2
Ackman, Roger

Age: 73

General Counsel,
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL:  1972-1999
For plaintiffs:

Apr-02 2012

3
Kalhok, Tony

Age: 70

Vice-President, Marketing
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At  ITL: 1962-1979
At IMASCO: 1979-1983 
For plaintiffs:

Apr-10 2012
Mar 6 2013

For defendants:

Oct 7, 2013

4
Mercier, Jean-Louis

Age: 77

President,
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL:  1960/62 - 1993
For plaintiffs:

April 18 2012

5
Bedard, Michel

Age: 65

Smokers’ Freedom Society
1986-1990

For plaintiffs:

Apr 30 2012
6
Ricard, Ed

Age: 51

Marketing Department
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1982 - 2011

For plaintiffs:

May 9 2012
May 10 2012

For defendants:
Oct 9 2013
7
Flaherty, David

Age: 72

Consultant to Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

For plaintiffs:

May 15, 2012

For defendants:
8
Bizzarro, Carole

Age: 63

Analytic Services
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1968-2004

For plaintiffs:

May 16 2012
9
Woods, Jacques

Age: 62

Marketing
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1974 – 1984
For plaintiffs:

May 28 2012
10
Porter, Andrew

Age: 64

Research Scientist.
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1977-2005
At BAT: 2005-2007

For plaintiffs:

May 29 2012
Aug 27 2013

For defendants:
11
Polet, Marie

Age: 57

President,
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 2011 – present
At BAT: 1982-2011
For plaintiffs:

Jun 4 2012
12
Neville, William

Age: 76

President,
Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers’ Council

At CTMC :  1985-1997
For plaintiffs:

Jun 6 2012
13
LaRivière, Jacques

Age 78

Director, Communications
Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers’ Council

Consultant to CTMC: 1979 - 1994

For plaintiffs:

Jun 13 2012
14
Barnes, Lyndon

Age: 64

External Counsel to Imperial Tobacco


At Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt: 1973-present

For plaintiffs:

Jun 18 2012

15
Meltzer, John (Video deposition)

External Counsel to BAT

At Hogan Lovells: 1987-present

For plaintiffs:

Jun 19 2012
16
Leblond, Pierre

Age: 67

Research Department
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1973-2002
For plaintiffs:

Aug 30 2012
17
Diane Takacs

Age: 57

Administrator
Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers’ Council

At: CTMC: 1991- present
For plaintiffs:

Sep 4 2012
18
Gage, Peter

Age: 92

Macdonald Tobacco (later JTI-Macdonald Ltd.

At JTIM: 1955-1972
At ITL: 1972-1982
For defendants:

Sep 5 2012
19
Ayoung, Rita

Age: 67

R&D Information Centre
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1973-2000
For plaintiffs:

Sep 17 2012
20
Poirier, Michel

Age: 54

President, JTI-Macdonald
Regional President for Americas Region
JT International

At JTIM: 1998-present

For plaintiffs:

Sep 18 2012
21
Howie, Raymond

Age: 65

Analytic Chemistry
JTI-Macdonald

At JTIM:  1974 - 2001

For plaintiffs:

Sep 20 2012

For defendants:

Nov 4, 2013
22
Hoult, Peter

Age: 68

President,
RJR-Macdonald

At RJR/JTI-M: 1979-1983 and 1987-1988
At RJR related companies: 1972-1989
For plaintiffs:

Sep 27 2012

For defendants:
Jan 15 2014
23
Hood, John

Age: 62

Chemist
RJR-Macdonald

At RJR/JTI-M: 1977 - 1982
For plaintiffs:

Oct 2 2012
24
Broen, John

Age: 73

Corporate Affairs
(and other areas) Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

At: Benson & Hedges: 1967-1975; 1976-1978
Rothmans: 1978-1986
RBH: 1986-2000
For plaintiffs:

Oct 15 2012
25
Cohen, Norm

Age: 75

Chief Chemist
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

At Rothmans/RBH: 1968-2000
For plaintiffs:

Oct 17 2012
26
Fennell, Patrick

Age: 68

President
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

At RBH: 1985-1990
Rothmans: 1990-1991
For plaintiffs:

Oct 22 2012
27
Trudelle, Mary

Age: 58

Sales/Public Relations
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

At RBH: 1982-1998
For plaintiffs:

Oct 24 2012
28
Bulmer, Ron

Age: 69

Sales/Marketing
Benson & Hedges

At B&H: 1972-1978
For plaintiffs:

Oct 29 2012
29
Massicotte, G-P

Age: 72

In-house Counsel
RJR-Macdonald

At RJR/JTI-M: 1977-1980
For plaintiffs:

Oct 31 2012
30
Barnett, John

Age: 68

President,
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

At RBH: 1998-present


For plaintiffs:

Nov 19 2012
31
Proctor, Robert

Age: 58

Professor of History of Science
Stanford University

(Expert witness for the plaintiffs)

For plaintiffs:

Nov 26 2012
32
Wigand, Jeffrey

Age: 59

Research
Brown & Williamson

At B&W: 1989-1993

For plaintiffs:

Dec 10 2012

33
Cadieux, Philip

Age: 56

Sales/Marketing
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

Consultant to Imperial Tobacco (Canadian Facts, TNS market research)

At ITL: 1982-1989
At TNS: 1989-2012

For plaintiffs:

Dec 17 2012
34
Hirtle, W. Karl

Age: 58

Engineering
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1980-2010
For plaintiffs:

Dec 19 2012

For defendants:

Oct 15 2013

35
Bourque, Christian

Age: 45

Vice-President
Leger Marketing

(Expert witness for the plaintiffs, polling)
For plaintiffs:

Jan 16 2013
36
Pollay, Richard

Age: 72

Professor Emeritus
University of British Columbia

(Expert witness for the plaintiffs, marketing)
For plaintiffs:

Jan 21 2013
37
Desjardins, Alain

Age 52

Pulmonologist,
Hopital du Sacré Coeur, Montreal

(Expert witness for the plaintiffs)
For plaintiffs:

Feb 4 2013
38
Castonguay, A

Age: 66

Retired professor
Chemistry and Toxicology
Laval university

(Expert witness for the plaintiffs)
For plaintiffs:

Feb 6 2013
39
Guertin, Louis

Age: 50

Otorhinolaryngologist, Cervicofacial surgeon 

(Expert witness for the plaintiffs)
For plaintiffs:

Feb 11 2013
40
Knox, Wayne

Age: 71

Marketing
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1967-1985
For plaintiffs:

Feb 14 2013
41
Siemiatycki, Jack

Age: 66

Professor of Epidemiology
McGill University / University of Montreal

(Expert witness for the plaintiffs)

For plaintiffs:

Feb 18 2013
42
Bilimoria, Minoo

Age: 82

Research
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1969-1995
For plaintiffs:

Mar 4 2013
43
Farone, Bill

Age: 73

Research
Philip Morris International

At PMI: 1976-1984
For plaintiffs:

Mar 13 2013
44
Negrete, Juan Carlos

Age: 75

Psychiatrist, Professor of Psychiatry
McGill University

(Expert witness for the plaintiffs)

For plaintiffs:

Mar 20 2013
45
Bernier, Julie

Age: 50

Statistics Canada
For plaintiffs:

Apr 9 2013
46
Lacoursière, Jacques

Age: 81

Historian

(Expert witness for the defendants)

For defendants:

May 13 2013
47
Duch, Raymond

Age: 59

Fellow at Nuffield College
Oxford University

(Expert witness for the defendants)

For defendants:

May 27 2013
48
Denis Choinière

Age: 53

Health Canada


For defendants:

June 10 2013
49
Durand, Claire

Age: 61

Professor of Sociology
University of Montreal

(Expert witness for the defendants)
For defendants:

Jun 12 2013
50
Lalonde, Marc

Age: 83

Former Minister of Health

For defendants:

Jun 17 2013
51
Perrins, Robert John

Age: 45

Professor of History

(Expert witness for the defendants)
For defendants:

Aug 19 2013
52
Read, Graham

Age: 64

Biochemist
British American Tobacco

At Bat: 1975-2010

For defendants:

Sep 9 2013
53
Duplessis, Gaetan

Age: 60

Agronomy
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1981-2010

For defendants:

Sep 12, 2013
54
Dixon, Michael

Age: 62

Smoking Behaviour
BAT Industries

At BAT: 1982 - 2006

(Expert witness for the defendants)
For defendants:

Sep 17 2013
55
Blanche, Neil

Age: 53

Marketing
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1983-2012
For defendants:

Oct 16 2013
56
Chapman, Steve

Age: 49

Regulatory Issues
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

At RBH: 1988 - present-
For defendants:

Oct 21 2013
57
Gentry, Jeffery

Age: 56

Executive VP Operations,
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company

At RJR: 1988-2013
For defendants:

Nov 5 2013
58
Robb, Robin

Age: 67

Marketing
JTI-Macdonald

At RJR/JTI-M: 1978-1984
For defendants:

Nov 18 2013
59
Newman, Lance

Age: 57

Marketing
JTI-Macdonald

At RJR/JTI-M: 1992-present
For defendants:

Nov 20 2013
January 30, 2014
60
Marks, Frank

Age: 75

Agriculture Canada, retired

For defendants:

Dec 2 2013
61
Johnson, P Wade

Age: 71

Agriculture Canada, retired
For defendants:

Dec 4 2013
62
Zilkey, Bryan

Age:  72

Agriculture Canada, retired
For defendants:

Dec 9 2013
63
Liston, Albert

Age: 80

Health Canada, retired
For defendants:

Dec 11 2013
64
Hogg, James

Age: 78

Physician and lung specialist
University of British Columbia

For defendants:

Dec 16 2013

65
Robitaille, Robert

Age: 62

Engineering
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

At ITL: 1978-2011
For defendants:

Dec 19, 2013
66
Viscusi, Kip 

Age: 64

Economist, Professor at Vanderbilt University


(Expert Witness for the defence)
For defendants:

Jan 20, 2014
Jan 21, 2014
67
Dominique Bourget

Age: 54

Psychiatrist, Royal Ottawa Hospital

(Expert Witness for the defence)
For defendants:
Jan 22, 2014
Jan 23, 2014
68

John Booth Davies 

Age: 69

Psychologist, emeritus professor

(Expert Witness for the defence)
69
Dr. Sanford Barsky 

Age: 63

Pathologist

(Expert Witness for the defence)
For defendants:
Feb 17, 2014
Feb 18, 2014
70
Mr. Laurentius Marais 

Age: 61

Statistician

(Expert Witness for the defence, JTI-Macdonald)
71
Mr. Kenneth Mundt 

Age: 54

Epidemiologist

(Expert Witness for the defence, Rothmans, Benson and Hedges)
For defendants:
Mar 17, 2014
Mar 18, 2014

72
Mr. Bertram Price  

Age: 74

Statistician

(Expert Witness for the defence, Imperial Tobacco)
For defendants:
Mar 18 and 19, 2014
73
Mr. Stephen Young

Age: 71

(Expert Witness for the defence, Imperial Tobacco)
For defendants:
74
Mr. Jim Sinclair 

Age: 71

Former employee, Imperial Tobacco)
For defendants:
75
Mr. James Heckman

Age: 69

Professor of Economics
Expert witness for the defence, Imperial Tobacco and Rothmans, Benson and Hedges
For defendants:

76
Mr. David Soberman 

Age: 54

Professor of marketing
Expert witness for the defence, JTI-Macdonald