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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

September 18, 2007
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the following changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service. These appointments are effective October 1, 2007:

Ward Elcock, currently Deputy Minister of National Defence, becomes Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office, pending his next assignment.

Robert Fonberg, currently Senior Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board, becomes Deputy Minister of National Defence.

John Knubley, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

Diane Vincent, currently Executive Vice-President of the Canadian International Development Agency, becomes Vice-Chairperson of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.

John McBride, currently President of the Canadian Commercial Corporation, becomes Executive Vice-President of the Canadian International Development Agency.

Myles Kirvan, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Business and Regulatory Law, Justice Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Public Safety.

Stephen Richardson, currently Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Tax Foundation, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Finance.

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WARD P.D. ELCOCK

Date of Birth:
August 1947

Education:
B.A., Political Science, Carleton University, Ottawa
LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School (York University)
Admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1975

Professional Experience

Since August 2004
Deputy Minister of National Defence

May 2004 - August 2004
Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office

May 1994 - May 2004
Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

1989 to 1994
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council (Security and Intelligence) and Counsel

1983 - 1989
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Legislation and House Planning/Counsel),
Privy Council Office

1980 - 1983
Acting General Counsel and then General Counsel, Legal Services, Energy, Mines and Resources

1979 - 1980
Lawyer assigned to the Department of Finance and Treasury Board

1975 - 1979
Lawyer assigned to Energy, Mines and Resources

1973 - 1974
Articling Student, Department of Justice


ROBERT FONBERG

Date of Birth:
January 1955

Education:
Master of Arts, Economics, Queen's University
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Economics, University of Toronto

Professional Experience

Since May 2006
Senior Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board

2004 - 2006
Deputy Minister for International Trade and Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

2002 - 2004
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), Privy Council Office

2000 - 2002
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultations), Privy Council Office

1998 - 2000
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Liaison Secretariat for Macroeconomic Policy, Privy Council Office

1997 - 1998
Senior Vice-President, Corporate Planning and Technology, Business Development Bank of Canada

1995 - 1997
Principal, Public Sector/Strategy Practice, Ernst & Young Management Consultants

1993 - 1995
Director, Policy Division, Economic Development Policy Branch, Finance Canada

1991 - 1993
Director, Canadian Unity Coordinating Secretariat, Deputy Minister's Office, Finance Canada

1988 - 1991
Assistant Director, Energy, Environment and Resource Policy Division, Economic Development Policy Branch, Finance Canada

1987 - 1988
Chief, Fiscal Policy Analysis and Research Unit, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis Branch, Finance Canada

1978 - 1987
Various officer positions with Finance Canada and Economic Council 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 September 2006
Associate Deputy Minister of Natural Resources

2002 - 2006
Vice-President, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

1996 - 2002
Assistant Deputy Minister for Corporate Affairs and Planning Branch; Assistant Deputy Minister, Insurance Branch; and 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 Economic Policy Analysis, Industry Canada

1985 - 1990
Policy Advisor, Federal-Provincial Relations Office

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


DIANE VINCENT

Date of Birth:
October 1957

Education:
Masters, Public Administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2003)
Program for Public Executives, Queens University (1989)
Bachelor in Agronomy, Université Laval (1981)

Professional Experience

Since May 2005
Executive Vice-President, Canadian International Development Agency

2003 - 2005
Associate Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

1999 - 2003
Associate Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

1998 - 1999
Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Industry Canada

1996 - 1998
Assistant Deputy Minister, Market and Industry Services Branch, Agriculture and Agri Food Canada

1995 - 1996
Acting Associate Deputy Minister, Status of Women Secretariat, Government of Quebec

1994 - 1996
Assistant Deputy Minister, Organization Performance, Ministry of Income Security, Government of Quebec

1992 - 1994
Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Affairs, ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, Government of Quebec

1989 - 1992
Assistant Deputy Minister of Research and Education, ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, Government of Quebec

1981 - 1989
Held various policy advisor positions with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and Farm Credit Bureau, Government of Quebec


JOHN MCBRIDE

Education:
Bachelor of Commerce, Carleton University

Professional Experience

Since April 2005
President, Canadian Commercial Corporation

September 2002 - April 2005
Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Sector, Industry Canada

August 2000 - September 2002
Associate ADM, Operations Sector, Industry Canada

September 1998 - August 2000
Executive Exchange, Australian Greenhouse Office, Australian Federal Government

January 1997 - August 1998
Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, Treasury Board Secretariat

July 1995 - January 1997
Director, Economic Programs Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat

September 1994 - June 1995
Chief, Economic Policy Development Branch, Department of Finance

November 1993 - February 1994
Infrastructure Task Force, Privy Council Office

January 1992 - September 1994
Director General, Operational Policy and Corporate Management, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

January 1990 - January 1992
Senior Economist, Economic Development Division, Department of Finance

January 1988 - January 1990
Program Analyst, Program Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat

July 1987 - January 1988
Transition Team Officer, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

June 1984 - July 1987
Policy and Planning Officer, Office of the Secretary, Treasury Board Secretariat


MYLES KIRVAN

Education:
LL.B., University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Arts, Carleton University

Professional Experience

Since June 2003
Assistant Deputy Minister, Business and Regulatory Law, Justice Canada

1998 - 2003
Senior General Counsel, Legal Services, Health Canada

1994 - 1998
General Counsel, Dispute Resolution Services, Justice Canada

1993 - 1994
Senior Advisor to the Associate Deputy Minister, Public Law, Justice Canada

1993
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister

1991 - 1993
General Counsel, Federal Provincial Relations Office

1986 - 1990
Judicial Affairs Advisor to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (Chief of Staff 1989 1990)

1985 - 1986
Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of National Revenue

1984 - 1985
Legislative Assistant to the Solicitor General of Canada


STEPHEN R. RICHARDSON

Date of Birth:
November 1946

Education:
LL.B (with Honours), University of Toronto (1973)
Master of Arts, University of Michigan (1970)
Bachelor of Arts (with High Distinction), Wayne State University

Professional Experience

Since 2003
Director and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Tax Foundation

2001 - 2003
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy, Department of Finance

1975 - 2001
Lawyer, Torys LLP (partner since 1981)

1993 - 1994
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law and Professor of Policy, Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto

1983 - 1985
Director, Tax Policy - Legislation, Department of Finance

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