Who Are We?

The Telecommunications Policy Review Panel was established by the Minister of Industry on April 11, 2005, to conduct a review of Canada's telecommunications framework. The Minister appointed Dr. Gerri Sinclair, Hank Intven and André Tremblay as the members of the Panel. The Panel's reviewed Canada's telecommunications policy and regulatory framework and made recommendations on how to make it a model of 21st century regulation.

Dr. Gerri Sinclair

Dr. Gerri Sinclair is an Internet technology consultant to industry and government. The former General Manager of Microsoft Network Canada, she is a director of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, sits on the board of directors of the Communications Research Centre and was recently appointed to the new British Columbia Competition Council. She has broad public and private sector experience, having served with the Information Highway Advisory Council and CANARIE Inc., and on the boards of TELUS and BC Telecom. She is the recipient of the 1999 Canadian Women in Communications’ Woman of the Year Award, the 1999 Canadian Women in New Media Pioneer Award, the 2000 Influential Woman in Business Award, as well as the 2003 Sarah Kirke award for the most outstanding Canadian woman in high tech.

Hank Intven

Hank Intven is a partner in the Toronto office of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, a leading Canadian law firm. He has over 25 years of experience in issues related to the telecommunications industry in Canada and in more than 20 other countries. Over this time he has worked with telecom, cable, satellite and other wireless service providers, investors, governments, regulators and consumers. He has been involved in many of the major legal, regulatory and business developments that have affected the Canadian and international telecommunications industries. He has also served as counsel for the Consumers’ Association of Canada and was Executive Director of Telecommunications at the Canadian Radio–television and Telecommunications Commission from 1981–85.

André Tremblay

André Tremblay has more than 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry, where he has been actively involved in the conception, financing and management of several companies. For almost 10 years, Mr. Tremblay served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Microcell Telecommunications Inc., which he led from its formation on through the different phases of its evolution. He has also provided early–stage financing, along with strategic advice and direction, for start–up technology firms. Mr. Tremblay regularly lectures in the areas of corporate finance and management, and sits on the boards of directors of a number of corporations and non–profit organizations.