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Section chiefs and panel members

The affiliation of the section chiefs, panel members and others who helped directly in the preparation of the volume is that at the time that the main work of preparing the material was done. Some of those listed will have a different affiliation at the time the volume appears.

Section A: Population and Migration

Section Chief:
K.G. Basavarajappa - Director, Population Estimates and Projections Division, Statistics Canada

Acknowledgements:
J. Henripin - Department of Demography, University of Montreal
Bali Ram - Census Characteristics Division, Statistics Canada
A. Romaniuc - Director. Census Characteristics Division, Statistics Canada

Section B: Vital Statistics and Health

Section Chief:
R.D. Fraser - Department of Economics, Queen's University

Panel Members:
Gerard Belanger - Department of Economics, Laval University
J.B. Davis - Assistant Director, Health Division, Statistics Canada
Robert Evans - Department of Economics, University of British Columbia
W.A. Mennie - Director, Health Economics and Statistics Division, Health and Welfare Canada

Section C: Social Security

Section Chief:
T. Russell Robinson - Health and Welfare Canada

Panel members:
Edward Pazdzior - Health and Welfare Canada
William T. Stanbury - Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia
Karen L. Traversy - Health and Welfare Canada
Charles B. Walker - Health and Welfare Canada

Section D: The Labour Force

Section Chief:
Frank T. Denton - Department of Economics, McMaster University

Panel members:
Peter Hicks - Director, Labour Force Survey Division, Statistics Canada
T. Marvin McInnis - Department of Economics, Queen's University
John Vanderkamp - Department of Economics, University of Guelph

Section E: Wages and Working Conditions

Section Chief:
Noah M. Meltz - Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto

Section F: Gross National Product and the Capital Stock

Section Chief:
R.B. Crozier - Economic Council of Canada, Ottawa

Panel members:
Barbara Clift - Gross National Product Division, Statistics Canada
P. Koumanakos - Construction Division, Statistics Canada
B. McCormick - Input-Output Division, Statistics Canada
M.C. Urquhart - Department of Economics, Queen's University
H. Waslander - Economic Council of Canada

Section G: The Balance of International Payments, International Investment Position and Foreign Trade

Section Chief:
B.W. Wilkinson - Department of Economics, University of Alberta

Panel members:
Robert Ankli - Department of Economics, University of Guelph
E.B. Carty - Balance of Payments Division, Statistics Canada
S.F. Kaliski - Department of Economics, Queen's University
Clarke Leith - Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario
D.K.McAlister - Director, Balance of Payments Division, Statistics Canada
J.D. Randall - Director, Financial Flows Division, Statistics Canada
J. Ryten - Director General, General Statistics Branch, Statistics Canada

Section H: Government Finance

Section Chief:
Richard M. Bird - Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto

Panel members:
D.A.L. Auld - Department of Economics, University of Guelph
Gilles Paquet - Department of Political Science, Carleton University
David B. Perry - Canadian Tax Foundation, Toronto
J.B. Smith - Director, Public Finance Division, Statistics Canada
Russell Bell - Canadian Labour Congress, Ottawa
Jean-Francois Goutram - Department of Economics, Laval University
Cecil Harper - Labour Canada

Special Acknowledgement:
D.J. Bailey - Labour Division, Statistics Canada

Section J: Banking and Finance

Section Chief:
John Chant - Department of Economics, Carleton University

Panel members:
David Bond - Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada
John Grant - Wood Gundy Limited, Toronto
W.A. McKay - Chief, Department of Banking and Financial Analysis, Bank of Canada
J.L. Migne - Department of Economics, Laval University
J.D. Randall - Director, Financial Flows Division, Statistics Canada
Ron Shearer - Department of Economics, University of British Columbia

Special Acknowledgements:
Polly Kimber - Department of Banking and Financial Analysis, Bank of Canada
Stuart McLeod - Business Finance Division, Statistics Canada
Gordon Thiessen - Chief, Department of Banking and Financial Analysis, Bank of Canada

Section K: Price Indexes

Section Chief:
A.D. Holmes - formerly Director, Prices Division, Statistics Canada

Panel members:
A. Asimakopolis - Department of Economics, McGill University
Marcel Dagenais - Department of Economics, University of Montreal
Anthea Foster - Prices Division, Statistics Canada

Section L: Lands and Forests

Section Chief:
B.S. Osborne - Department of Geography, Queen's University

Section M: Agriculture

Section Chief:
G.I. Trant - Agriculture Canada

Panel members:
R.H. Campbell - Agriculture Division, Statistics Canada
I.F. Furniss - Economics Branch, Agriculture Canada
L.R. Rigaux - Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
J-P. Wampach - Department of Economics, Laval University

Section N: Fisheries

Section Chief:
Norman Morse - Department of Economics, Dalhousie University

Panel members:
Parzival Copes - Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
D.A. Maclean - Fisheries and Marine Service, Fisheries and Environment Canada, Halifax

Section P: Mining

Section Chief:
G.D. Quirin - Faculty of Management Studies, University of Toronto

Section Q: Energy and Electric Power

Section Chief:
G.D. Quirin - Faculty of Management Studies, University of Toronto

Panel members:
Paul Bradley - Department of Economics, University of British Columbia
Joseph Debanne - Department of Business Administration, University of Ottawa

Section R: Manufactures

Section Chief:
John A.Sawyer - Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto

Panel members:
A.D. Amery - Dupont of Canada, Toronto
D.G. Campbell - Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division, Statistics Canada
D.G. Martin - Dominion Foundries and Steel, Hamilton
Harley Potter - Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division, Statistics Canada

Section S: Construction and Housing

Section Chief:
Marion Steele - Department of Economics, University of Guelph

Panel members:
Cyril Hodgins - Caneco, Ottawa
J.G. Loranger - Department of Economics, University of Montreal
A.S. Stukel - Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Don Traquair - Director, Business Statistics Integration Group, Statistics Canada
H. Waslander - Economic Council of Canada

Section T: Transportation and Communication

There was no section chief for this chapter. The work of preparing text and tables was done in the Transportation and Communications Division of Statistics Canada, under the Director, G.E. Clarey. The officers, principally responsible for both text and tables were Miss June Forgie and Mr. Murray McRae of that division. Advice in the early stages of the work was given by John Baldwin, Department of Economics, Queen's University.

Section V: Internal Trade

Section Chief:
M.S. Moyer - Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University

Panel members:
Harold Shaffer - Ottawa
Gerry Snyder - Associate Director, Merchandising and Services Division, Statistics Canada
David Van Luven - Merchandising and Services Division, Statistics Canada

Acknowledgements:
The following members of the Merchandising and Services Division, Statistics Canada, made important contributions to the preparation of this section: John Cline, Morris Griese, Ben Marios, Shalom Perel, Ronald Tanner, Marcel Tremblay and Ed Yablonski.

Section W: Education

Section Chief:
M. Wisenthal - Director General, Institutions and Public Finance Branch, Statistics Canada

Panel members:
Cliff Conway - formerly Director of Education, Province of British Columbia
Yvon Fortin - Education, Science and Culture Division, Statistics Canada
J.E. Reid - Department of Education, Province of Alberta

Acknowledgements:
A. Alexander - Education, Science and Culture Division, Statistics Canada
Z. Zsigmond - Education, Science and Culture Division, Statistics Canada

Section Y: Politics and Government

Section Chief:
J.L. Roy - Centre for French-Canadian Studies, McGill University

Panel members:
G.R. Blanchet - External Affairs Canada
Jean P. Gaboury - Department of Political Science, University of Ottawa
Paul Pross - Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University

Special Acknowledgements:
W.N. Hunt - Information Division, Statistics Canada
Andre Marcil - Information Division, Statistics Canada

Section Z: Justice

Section Chief:
Paul Reed - Assistant Director, Justice Statistics Division, Statistics Canada

Panel members:
Marie-Andree Bertrand - Centre of Criminology, University of Montreal
Ezzat Fattah - Centre of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
James Giffen - Department of Sociology, University of Toronto

Acknowledgement:
James McLaughlin - Justice Statistics Division, Statistics Canada