Summary of affiliations and interests of the Expert Panel: Cannabis Act legislative review
In accordance with the Health Canada Policy on External Advisory Bodies (2022), all members are asked to disclose affiliations and interests relevant to the Cannabis Act Legislative Review Expert Panel and its mandate. Members will be required to regularly review their affiliations and interests and advise the Chair and Secretariat of potential concerns.
Summaries of affiliations and interests are provided based on the following questions.
- Direct financial interests
- Do you, your spouse/partner, or dependent family member have any current direct financial interests (i.e., current employment, investments in companies, partnerships, equity, royalties, joint ventures, trusts, real property, stocks, shares or bonds) in the regulated cannabis, therapeutic product, and/or medical device industries, or any other private sector industry with interests in pain management?
- Indirect financial interests
- Within the past five years, have you, your spouse/partner, or dependent family member received payment for work done or being done, or financial support, from a private sector organization that has an interest in the mandate of the advisory body? Include past employment, contracts or consulting, research support, personal education grants, contributions, fellowships, sponsorships, and honoraria for teaching, speaking, or writing engagements.
- Within the past five years, have you, your spouse/partner, or dependent family member received materials, discounted products, gifts, or other benefits, or attended conferences or meetings where all or part of the travel and accommodation costs were provided by a private sector organization that has an interest in the mandate of the advisory body?
- Within the past five years, have any of the organizations where you, your spouse/partner, or dependent family member are currently employed or where you or your spouse/partner participate in internal decision making (that is, as a board member or as an executive or non-executive director), received grants or other funding from a private sector organization that has an interest in the mandate of the advisory body?
- Intellectual interests
- Within the past five years, have you provided any formal advice or opinion to industry; a Canadian federal, provincial, territorial or municipal government; a foreign government; or a non-government organization on a matter of relevance to the mandate of the advisory body? Include expert testimony or acting as witness (full or part-time), participation on an advisory body, etc.
- Have you made public a statement (speeches, lobbying, etc.) or publicly stated a point of view (including in scientific papers, articles, journals, or other publications, or on websites) on issues of relevance to the advisory body's mandate?
- Do you currently have any professional or volunteer affiliations (such as membership in professional/scientific societies, trade associations, and lobbying, public interest, or advocacy groups) that may have an interest in the mandate and work of this advisory body?
- Other
- Do you, your spouse/partner, or dependent family member have any other affiliations and interests, or potential circumstances that might give a well-informed member of the public reasonable apprehension or grounds for concern regarding the integrity and objectivity of participation in this advisory body?
- Are you active on social media on issues relevant to this advisory body?
Name location | Indicated sector and expertise, experience | Summary of responses | ||||||||
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Morris Rosenberg Chair Ontario |
Lawyer and former senior civil servant |
1a. | 2a. | 2b. | 2c. | 3a. | 3b. | 3c. | 4a. | 4b. |
No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
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Dr. Oyedeji Ayonrinde Member Ontario |
Psychiatry, medical expert specializing in cannabis education and Chair of Commission on Black Medical Students | 1a. | 2a. | 2b. | 2c | 3a. | 3b. | 3c. | 4a. | 4b. |
No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
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Dr. Patricia J. Conrod Member Quebec |
Clinical psychologist and researcher | 1a. | 2a. | 2b. | 2c | 3a. | 3b. | 3c. | 4a. | 4b. |
No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
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Lynda L. Levesque Member Alberta |
Lawyer and Crown prosecutor | 1a. | 2a. | 2b. | 2c | 3a. | 3b. | 3c. | 4a. | 4b. |
Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | ||
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Dr. Peter Selby Member Ontario |
Psychiatrist, mental health and addictions | 1a. | 2a. | 2b. | 2c. | 3a. | 3b. | 3c. | 4a. | 4b |
No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
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