News Release

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Prime Minister announces changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service

August 11, 2006
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the following changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service:

Michelle Chartrand, currently President of the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada, becomes Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office.

Nicole Jauvin, currently Associate Clerk of the Privy Council for Senior Personnel, becomes President of the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada.

Maryantonett Flumian, currently Deputy Head of Service Canada and Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, becomes Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office.

Hélène Gosselin, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Health, becomes Deputy Head of Service Canada and Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Social Development.

Kathy O’Hara, currently Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Machinery of Government), Privy Council Office, becomes Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Social Development.

André Juneau, currently Deputy Head of Infrastructure and Communities, becomes Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office.

Louis Ranger, currently Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, takes on the additional responsibility of Deputy Head of Infrastructure and Communities.

Paul Leblanc, currently Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Socio-Economic Policy and Regional Operations, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, becomes Executive Vice-President of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

John Knubley, currently Vice-President, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Natural Resources.

Daphne Meredith, currently Assistant Secretary, Corporate Priorities and Planning Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services.

Susan Cartwright, currently Assistant Secretary, Treasury Board Secretariat, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Health.

Ian Shugart, currently Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Policy Branch, Health Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of the Environment.

George Da Pont, currently Acting Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard, becomes Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard.

These appointments are effective September 5, 2006, with the exception of the appointment of Kathy O’Hara, which will be effective October 2, 2006.

Biographical notes attached.

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MICHELLE CHARTRAND

Date of Birth
March 1948

Education
Master’s degree in Science (Marine Resource Management), University of
Quebec (UQAR)
Master’s degree in Education, University of Ottawa (Program courses completed)
Bachelor’s degree in Arts, University of Ottawa
Bachelor’s degree in Education, University of Montreal

Professional Experience

December 2003 to present
President of the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada

April 2003 to December 2003
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Senior Personnel and Special Projects), Privy Council Office

July 2000 - April 2003
Commissioner of the Public Service Commission

June 1997 to July 2000
Regional Director General, Laurentian Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1995 - 1997
Regional Director, Canadian Coast Guard, Laurentian Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1994 - 1995
Responsible for the Development of the Oceans Act, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1992 - 1994
Director General, Policy and Strategy, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1990 - 1992
Director, Scientific Liaison and Coordination, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, then Director, Oceans Development, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1989 - 1990
Educational leave, Masters’s degree in Science (Marine Resource Management), University of Quebec, Rimouski

1988 - 1989
Director, Staff Relations and Compensation, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1986 - 1988
Director, Human Resources, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1985 - 1986
Responsible for the workforce adjustment program in Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1981 - 1985
Director, Official languages and Employment Equity programs, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1975 - 1981
Language Teacher and then Coordinator, Employment Equity Programs, Ottawa, Public Service Commission

NICOLE JAUVIN

Date of Birth
June 1957

Education
Member of the Quebec Bar
Diploma of specialized studies in law, University of Ottawa
Licentiate of Laws, University of Ottawa
Diploma in International Co-operation, Institute for International Co-operation
Bachelor of Arts (Communications), University of Ottawa

Professional Experience

Since February 2006
Associate Clerk of the Privy Council for Senior Personnel

2003 - 2006
Deputy Minister of Social Development

2000 to 2003
Deputy Solicitor General of Canada

1997 - 2000
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel

1995 - 1997
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office

1992 - 1995
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence, Privy Council Office

1991 - 1992
Director, Policy and Planning Systems, Senior Personnel Secretariat, Privy Council Office

1987 - 1991
Privy Council Officer, then Senior Officer, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office

1983 - 1987
Privy Council Officer, Security and Intelligence Secretariat, Privy Council Office

MARYANTONETT FLUMIAN

Date of Birth
August 1953

Education
Bachelor, History, University of Toronto
Masters, History, University of Ottawa

Professional Experience

Since February 2006
Deputy Head of Service Canada and Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Social Development

2005 - 2006
Deputy Minister for Service Canada

2003 - 2005
Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Social Development Canada and Deputy Minister of Labour

2001 - 2003
Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources Development

2000 - 2001
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Firearms Centre, Department of Justice

1999 - 2000
Special Assignments, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs

1997 - 1999
Executive Advisor on Federal-Nunavut Relations, Office of the Interim Commissioner, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs

1994 - 1997
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Western Economic Diversification

1992 - 1994
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Strategic Planning and Consultations, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

1991 - 1992
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Program Planning, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

1987 - 1991
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Labour Market and Productivity Centre

1985 - 1987
Chief of Staff to Minister (Legislation), Department of Labour, Government of Ontario

1981 - 1985
Program Officer, Industry and Labour Adjustment Program, then Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister, Department of Finance

HÉLÈNE GOSSELIN

Education
B.A. (Honours), Economics, Bishop’s University
M.A. Public Administration, Carleton University

Professional Experience

Since December 2004
Associate Deputy Minister of Health

2003 - 2004
Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence and for eight months, Acting Deputy Minister of National Defence

2002 - 2003
Deputy Secretary, Intergovernmental Policy, Privy Council Office

2000 - 2002
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Canadian Heritage

1999 - 2000
Director, Strategic Operations, Economic and Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office

1997 - 1999
Director General, Trade and Operations Integration and Management Consulting, Industry Canada

1995 - 1997
Senior Departmental Assistant to the Deputy Minister, Industry Canada

1981 - 1995
Various positions with the Department of Industry, Science and Technology, Treasury Board Secretariat and Industry Canada

KATHY O’HARA

Date of Birth
November 1952

Education
Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto
Masters, Business Administration and Commerce, University of British Columbia
Masters, Public Policy, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Professional Experience

September 2002 to Present
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Machinery of Government), Privy Council Office

June 2001 - August 2002
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Social Development Policy, Privy Council Office

September 1995 - June 2001
Assistant Deputy Minister, International Affairs, Human Resources Development Canada; Interchange assignment, Research Fellow, Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc.; then Assistant Secretary, Social and Cultural Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat

August 1993 - August 1995
Assistant Deputy Minister, Portfolio Management and Assistant Deputy Solicitor General, Public Security, Solicitor General of Canada; then Assistant Deputy Minister, Social Security Reform, Human Resources Development Canada

January 1989 - August 1993
Director General, Policy Development; Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Planning and Information Branch, National Health and Welfare Canada; then Assistant Secretary, Planning, Federal-Provincial Relations Office; then Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Policy and Strategic Planning, Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada

November 1985 - December 1988
Interchange Assignment, Canadian Auto Workers; Director, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Affairs Secretariat, Privy Council Office; then Director of Operations, Social Development Policy, Privy Council Office

June 1981 - November 1985
Policy Analyst, Ministry of State for Social Development; then Officer and Senior Analyst, Priorities and Planning Secretariat, Privy Council Office

August 1973 - May 1981
Various positions at the Treasury Board Secretariat and at Public Works and Government Services Canada; then teaching Assistant, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

ANDRÉ JUNEAU

Date of Birth
October 1948

Education
Master of Arts, Urban Affairs, New School for Social Research, New York
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of Ottawa

Professional Experience

Since February 2006
Deputy Head of Infrastructure and Communities

2002 - 2006
Deputy Head of the Office of Infrastructure of Canada

2001 - 2002
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), Privy Council Office and, since February 2002, concurrently Deputy Head, Office of Infrastructure and Crown Corporations of Canada

1998 - 2001
Deputy Secretary, Intergovernmental Operations, Privy Council Office

1993 - 1998
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Consultation Branch, Health Canada

1988 - 1993
Director General, then Assistant Deputy Minister, Immigration Policy, Employment and Immigration Canada

1985 - 1988
Director General, Labour Market Policy, Employment and Immigration Canada

1982 - 1985
Senior Analyst, Priorities and Planning, Privy Council Office

1981 - 1982
Head of the Division of Socio-Economic Development, Finance Canada

1979 - 1981
Senior Economist, Finance Canada

1977 - 1979
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Finance, Finance Canada

1975 - 1977
Officer, Federal Provincial Relations, Finance Canada

1973 - 1975
Research Assistant, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

LOUIS RANGER

Date of Birth
December 1949

Education
Masters, Economics, Université de Montréal
Bachelor, Economics, University of Ottawa

Professional Experience

Since February 2006
Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

2002 - 2006
Deputy Minister of Transport

2001 - 2002
Associate Deputy Minister of Transport

1996 - 2001
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Transport Canada

1995 - 1996
Director of Operations, Economic and Regional Development, Privy Council Office

1991 - 1995
Director General, Air Policy and Programs, Policy and Coordination, Transport Canada

1989 - 1991
Director General, Economic Analysis, Policy and Coordination, Transport Canada

1986 - 1989
Director, Passenger Policy and Programs, Policy and Coordination, Transport Canada

1981 - 1986
Senior Policy Analyst, and then Chief, Policies and Program Evaluation, Rail Passenger Directorate, Transport Canada

1980 - 1981
Senior Policy Advisor, International Transport Policy Committee, Canadian Transport Commission

1978 - 1980
Transportation Advisor in West Africa, Canadian International Development Agency

1974 - 1978
Economist, Research Branch, and then Railway Transport Committee, Canadian Transport Commission

PAUL J. LEBLANC

Date of Birth
February 1951

Education
Master's degree, Business administration, Université de Moncton
Bachelor's degree (Honors), Psychology, Sociology, Université de Moncton

Professional Experience

Since September 2004
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Socio-Economic Policy and Regional Operations, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1997 - 2004
Vice-President, Policies and Programs, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

1995 - 1997
Vice-President, Finance and Corporate Affairs, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

1995 - 1995
Executive Director, Corporate Services, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

1994 - 1994
Vice-President, Prince Edward Island Region, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

1992 - 1993
Departmental Secretary, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

1991 - 1992
Director General, Development, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

1987 - 1991
Director General, Human Resources, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

1983 - 1987
Director, New Brunswick Region, Public Service Commission of Canada

1982 - 1983
Director, Kouchibouguac National Park, Canadian National Parks

1980 - 1982
Chief, Operations Co ordinator, Public Service Commission of Canada

1977 - 1980
Officier, Human Resources, Correctional Service of Canada

JOHN KNUBLEY

Date of Birth
June 1952

Education
Masters, Public Administration, Harvard University
Masters, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford
Bachelor, Philosophy and Politics, Yale University

Professional Experience

Since April 2002
Vice-President, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

2000 - 2002
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Affairs and Planning Branch, Human Resources Development Canada

1998 - 2000
Assistant Deputy Minister, Insurance, Human Resources Development Canada

1996 - 1998
Director General, Social Policy, Strategic Policy Branch, Human Resources Development Canada

1994 - 1996
Director, Operations, Intergovernmental Affairs and Acting Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office

1990 - 1994
Director, Strategic Investment Analysis, Micro Economics Policy Analysis, Industry Canada

1985 - 1990
Policy Advisor, Federal-Provincial Relations Office

1980 - 1984
Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Economic Council of Canada

1978 - 1979
Consultant, Intercounsel Limited, supporting an integrated oil company and national bank

DAPHNE MEREDITH

Date of Birth
September 1957

Education
M.A. Economics, Queen’s University
B.A. (Honours), Economics, Queen’s University

Professional Experience

Since March 2005
Assistant Secretary, Corporate Priorities and Planning Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat

2003 - 2005
Assistant Secretary, Economic Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat

2002 - 2003
Director General, Strategic Management, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

1999 - 2002
Director of Operations, Social Development Policy Secretariat, Privy Council Office

1997 - 1999
Chief, Strategic Planning, Sales Tax Division, Finance Canada

1993 - 1997
Senior Policy Officer, Priorities and Planning Secretariat, Privy Council Office

1992 - 1993
Senior Advisor, Deposit Insurance Review, Finance Canada

1989 - 1992
Senior Consultant, GPC Government Policy Consultants

1986 - 1989
Policy Officer, Financial Institutions Division, Finance Canada

1983 - 1986
Economist, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1979 - 1982
Research Associate, Royal Military College

1978 - 1979
Adjunct Lecturer, Queen’s University

SUSAN CARTWRIGHT

Education
Master of Arts, University of Waterloo
Bachelor (Honours), Arts, University of Victoria

Professional Experience

Since February 2006
Assistant Secretary, Accountability in Government, and then Assistant Secretary, Treasury Board Secretariat

2005 - 2006
Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Security & Justice, Treasury Board Secretariat

2003 - 2005
Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat

2002 - 2003
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1999 - 2002
Director General, European Union, North and West Europe Bureau, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1996 - 1999
Ambassador, Republic of Hungary, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1993 - 1996
Senior Departmental Advisor to the Minister of International Trade, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1993 - 1993
Deputy Advisor, Resource Planning and Management Secretariat, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1982 - 1992
Foreign Service Officer (Nairobi, Melbourne, Lagos and Mumbai), Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1981 - 1981
Trade Commissioner, Industry, Trade and Commerce

1981 - 1981
Vaughn Willms

1978 - 1979
Ministry of the Environment, Government of British Columbia

IAN SHUGART

Date of Birth
May 1957

Education
Bachelor (Political Economy), University of Toronto

Professional Experience

Since January 2005
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Policy Branch, Health Canada

1999 - 2004
Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Policy Branch, Health Canada

1997 - 1999
Visiting Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Protection Branch, Health Canada

1993 - 1997
Executive Director, Medical Research Council

1991 - 1993
Assistant Secretary, Social Policy and Programs Branch, Federal-Provincial Relations Office

1989 - 1991
Chief of Staff to the Minister, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1984 - 1989
Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister, Department of National Health and Welfare

1982 - 1984
Policy Director, Office of the Leader of the Opposition

1980 - 1982
Constitutional Policy Advisor, Office of the Leader of the Opposition

1979 - 1979
Administrative Secretary to the Premier’s Advisory Committee on Confederation, Government of Ontario, Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs

GEORGE DA PONT

Date of Birth
December 1952

Education
Master of Arts, Canadian History, University of Saskatchewan
Bachelor (Honours), History and Political Science, University of Saskatchewan

Professional Experience

Since December 2005
Acting Commissioner, Canadian Coast Guard

2003 - 2005
Assistant Deputy Minister, Human Resources and Corporate Services, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

2001 - 2003
Assistant Deputy Minister, Human Resources, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

2000 - 2001
Associate Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

1997 - 1999
Director of Strategic Operations, Economic and Regional Development,
Privy Council Office

1993 - 1997
Director General, Government Relations Branch, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1992 - 1993
Senior Advisor, Constitutional Affairs, Privy Council Office

1990 - 1992
Director General, Community Negotiations and Implementation Branch, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1987 - 1990
Director, Community Negotiations Directorate, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

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