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From the Prime Minister's Web Site (http://www.pm.gc.ca/)

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PRIME MINISTER HARPER ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF JAY HILL AS SECRETARY OF STATE

January 4, 2007
Ottawa, Ontario

Today, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the appointment of the Honourable Jay Hill, Member of Parliament for Prince George–Peace River, British Columbia, as Secretary of State. He will assume this new role in addition to his current position as Chief Government Whip.

“Jay Hill has been appointed as a Secretary of State to assist him in his job as Chief Government Whip in this minority government,” explained Prime Minister Harper. “He will be working closely with me and I look forward to his contribution.”

Mr. Hill’s appointment was part of Prime Minister Harper’s announcement designed to strengthen his ministerial team as well as create six Secretaries of State, as Canada’s New Government gets ready for the return of Parliament and its second year in office.

Biographical notes are attached.

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The Honourable Jay D. Hill


Jay Hill was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993 and
re-elected in 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2006.

Mr. Hill was appointed Chief Government Whip in February 2006. Previously, he served as Official Opposition Critic on a number of files. Additionally, he has served as Official Opposition House Leader, Party Whip and Question Period Director.

Mr. Hill is a member of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. He has been Vice-Chair of the standing committees on National Defence and Veterans Affairs, on Transport and Government Operations, and on Agriculture and Agri-Food.

Mr. Hill was born in 1952 in Fort St. John, British Columbia, and grew up in a farming community near Taylor, British Columbia. Following high school, he worked in forestry and in the oil and gas industry before returning to agriculture in 1975.

Mr. Hill lives in Fort St. John and is the father of three children.

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