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THE ENTRANS TEAMTHE PRINCIPALSNeil McIlveen
Neil is an economist by training and profession with degrees from Simon Fraser University and the University of Toronto. In a 30 year career in the federal public service, Neil was centrally involved in a wide range of energy, taxation and environmental issues primarily at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) where he was the Director of the Analysis and Modelling Division. In this role he was responsible for the development of the government's projections of energy demand and supply and of greenhouse gas emissions, for the analysis of the impact of energy and environmental policy options and, within the federal budget process, for coordinating and presenting NRCan's proposals for income tax changes. From 1999 to 2002, he was the federal co-chair of the Analysis and Modelling Group, a federal-provincial body established to assess the economic implications for Canada of various approaches to achieving the Kyoto target. At ENTRANS, Neil has undertaken research and consultation on economic and taxation issues to a number of private and public sector clients. This work has included the development of tax incentive options, determination of fiscal burdens, preparation of economic loss studies, construction of economic models and a review of international technical assistance program in Bolivia. Bill Toms
Bill has an MA in Energy Economics from York University. He retired in 2003 after a 33 year career in the federal public service. During that time span he worked at the National Energy Board, Energy Mines and Resources (predecessor of NRCan), Bureau of Competition Policy and Environment Canada. The largest portion of his career was spent in the Tax Policy Branch of Finance Canada. From 1985 through to his retirement he was centrally involved in a wide range of energy and natural resource taxation and environmental issues. He was responsible for the development of the many of government's current tax policies in these areas. He was involved in the analysis and implementation of changes to the corporate income tax system to provide improved investment incentives for environmentally positive activities. These changes include restructuring existing tax incentives for resource extraction, developing new renewable energy tax incentives, improving research and development tax credits and establishing reclamation trusts. At ENTRANS, Bill has been involved in several contracts on economic and taxation issues for both private and public sector clients. He is also currently a member of the City of Ottawa Environmental Advisory Committee and has an interest in various environmental policy issues including the pricing and management of water resources and solid waste in municipalities. Robert Lyman
Robert Lyman retired in November 2006 as the Director General, Environmental Affairs, Transport Canada, after a 37-year career in the Canadian federal government. During his public service career, he spent ten years in the Canadian foreign service, with postings in Caracas, Venezuela and Washington, D.C. He was also centrally involved as an economist, policy advisor and manager in a wide range of issues in the fields of energy, environment and transportation policy. He was instrumental in the development of the fiscal regime governing oil sands development, in cooperation with Finance Canada officials. At ENTRANS, Robert has delivered to public sector clients a range of services relating to policy and economic analysis, organizational planning and development, staffing and training. He has developed and delivered over forty workshops to officials on how to improve their writing skills and how to write effectively for Ministers. John Lawson
John is a transport economist by training and experience, initially with the UK Government, then with Transport Canada from 1974 to 2005, latterly as Director of Economic Analysis and Research. As an early specialist in highways economics, economics of safety and environmental regulations, he was responsible for the development and application of cost-benefit analysis methods for the department. Subsequently he had broader responsibilities for economic analysis and research in all modes of transport, and all fields of transport policy. Continually involved in the development of quantitative methods and research, he became and remains intimately familiar with Canadian transportation networks, activity and impacts, and is particularly known for his understanding of transport energy use and emissions. Among his major projects, he was a senior researcher for the Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation which reported in 1992, he was responsible for analytical guidance of the work of the Transportation Table for Canada's National Climate Change Strategy development, and during 2000-2001 he was Co-Director of Research for the Canada Transportation Act Review, the last major independent review of national transportation policy. Since leaving Transport Canada he has consulted widely in research projects on aviation, freight rail, passenger rail, intercity bus, urban transit and transport safety, and particularly extensively on road motor vehicle activity, fuel consumption and environmental emissions. He has remained involved in the international research community, is a Research Associate of the Center for Transport Studies at the University of British Columbia, a frequent referee for research articles, and a member of the editorial board of Transportation Research, Part D - Environment. ASSOCIATES
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