News Release

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

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PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN THE SENIOR RANKS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE

June 29, 2007
Ottawa, Ontario

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

Michelle d'Auray, currently Deputy Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, becomes Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, effective August 6, 2007.

Guy Mc Kenzie, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, becomes Deputy Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, effective August 6, 2007.

Paul Boothe, currently a Professor of Economics at the University of Alberta, becomes Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Industry, effective July 1, 2007.

Suzanne Vinet, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Health, effective July 16, 2007.

Neil Yeates, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, effective July 16, 2007.

The Prime Minister took the opportunity to thank Larry Murray, the outgoing Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, for his dedication to the Public Service and for his excellence in serving Canadians over the years, and to wish him a rewarding retirement.

Biographical notes attached.

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MICHELLE d'AURAY

Education:
Political Science, Ottawa University

Professional Experience

Since May 2004
Deputy Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the
Regions of Quebec

September 2000 - May 2004
Chief Information Officer for the Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat

June 1999 - August 2000
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Management, Canadian Heritage

September 1996 - June 1999
Director General, Communications; then Executive Director, Task Force on Electronic Commerce, Industry Canada

September 1994 - August 1996
Director of Communications, Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office

January 1990 - August 1994
Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs, National Film Board (including assignments in 1992 at the Federal/Provincial Relations Office and 1993 at the Infrastructure Program, Privy Council Office)

April 1985 - December 1989
Associate Director, then National Director, Canadian Conference of the Arts

January 1985 - March 1985
Officer, Special Program of Cultural Initiatives, Department of Communications

January 1983 - December 1984
Policy Analyst, Cultural Affairs, Department of Communications; then Policy Analyst of the Secretariat (MacDonald Commission on the Economy), Royal Commission on the Economic Union

April 1981 - November 1982
Research Assistant; Publications Coordinator; then Assistant to the Managing Editor, Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee

August 1979 - April 1981
Assistant to the Head of the Explorations Program; then Assistant to Programs and Finance Officers, Dance Section, Canada Council for the Arts


GUY Mc KENZIE

Education
B.A. Law, Laval University
Notary and Title Attorney Diploma, Laval University

Professional Experience

Since 2006
Associate Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities with particular responsibility for Crown corporations

2004 - 2006
Associate Deputy Head of the Office of Infrastructure of Canada

2004
Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office

2001 - 2004
Executive Director of Communication Canada

1998 - 2001
Assistant Secretary, Year 2000 Project, then Assistant Secretary (Infrastructure), Treasury Board Secretariat

1996 - 1998
Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Federal Office of Regional Development (Quebec)

1994 - 1996
Director General, Federal-Provincial and Aboriginal Relations, Strategic Policy, Department of Human Resources Development

1991 - 1994
Regional Director General, Quebec Region, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs

1990 - 1991
Director General, Communications and External Relations, Department of Supply and Services

1989 - 1990
Director General, Executive Services, Department of Justice

1988 - 1989
Director General, Analysis, Planning and Legislation, Program Sector, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1986 - 1988
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister and Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Francophone Participation, then Director, Coordination and Strategic Planning, Program Sector, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1982 - 1986
Senior Advisor, Corporate Policy, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, then Director, Rights Transfer and Registration, Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration


PAUL BOOTHE

Education:
B.A., The University of Western Ontario
Ph.D., The University of British Columbia

Professional Experience

Present
Professor of Economics, Institute for Public Economics, University of Alberta, which he first joined in 1984

2004 - 2005
Associate Deputy Minister of Finance and G7 Deputy for Canada

2003 - 2004
Professor and Director, Institute for Public Economics, University of Alberta, EnCana Scholar in Public Policy, C.D. Howe Institute

1999 - 2001
Deputy Minister of Finance and Secretary to Treasury Board, Government of Saskatchewan

1996
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Tasmania

1990 - 1991
Visiting Scholar, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University

1981 - 1984
Economist, International Department, Bank of Canada


SUZANNE VINET

Education:
National Defence College, Kingston, Ontario
B.A., Wilfrid Laurier, Waterloo, Ontario
Diploma, Technology and Agriculture, St-Hyacinthe, Québec
D.E.C., Human Sciences, Montreal, Québec


Professional Experience

Since 2005
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

2002 - 2005
Director General, Trade Policy, International Trade Canada

1999 - 2002
Director General, International Trade Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

1998 - 1999
Executive Director, International Trade Policy Directorate, Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada

January 1998 - October 1998
Director General, International Markets Bureau, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

1997 - 1998
Executive Director, Programs and Multilateral Affairs Division, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

1994 - 1997
Director, Multilateral Trade Policy Division, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

1991 - 1994
Director, Strategic Planning and Policy Coordination, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

1984 - 1990
Various policy and liaison positions within Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada


NEIL YEATES

Education:
M.A., Political Science, University of Regina
B.A., Political Science and History, Queen's University


Professional Experience

Since 2006
Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada

2004 - 2006
Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry Sector, Industry Canada

April 2004 - July 2004
Deputy Minister, Department of Learning, Government of Saskatchewan

2002 - 2004
Deputy Minister, Department of Corrections and Public Safety, Government of Saskatchewan

1999 - 2002
Deputy Minister, Department of Post-Secondary Education and Skills Training, Government of Saskatchewan

1998 - 1999
Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Finance, Government of Saskatchewan

1997 - 1998
Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Health, Government of Saskatchewan

1993 - 1997
Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Social Services, Government of Saskatchewan

1990 - 1993
Executive Director, Young Offenders Program, and then Executive Director, Family and Youth Services Division, Department of Social Services, Government of Saskatchewan

1981 - 1990
Various policy, research and management positions within the Department of Health, Government of Saskatchewan

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