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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

May 1, 2008
Ottawa, Ontario

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

Rod Monette, currently Interim Comptroller General of Canada, becomes Comptroller General of Canada.

Peter Harrison, currently Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Executive Director and Deputy Head of the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada, becomes the Skelton-Clark Fellow to the Queen's University School of Policy Studies.

These appointments are effective immediately.

The Prime Minister took the opportunity to thank Lucie McClung and Verna Bruce, who are retiring from the Public Service, for their dedication and excellence in serving Canadians over the years, and to wish each of them all the best in their future endeavours.

Biographical notes attached.

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ROD MONETTE

Education:
Chartered Accountant, Clarkson Gordon, Chartered Accountants
Masters, Business Administration, University of Ottawa
Bachelor, Science, Carleton University

Professional Experience

Since 2007
Interim Comptroller General of Canada

2007
Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence

2003 - 2007
Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance and Corporate Services, National Defence

2002 - 2003
Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Public Works and Government Services Canada

2001 - 2002
Assistant Deputy Minister, Government Operational Services, Public Works and Government Services Canada

2000 - 2001
Assistant Comptroller General and Assistant Secretary, Financial Management Policy, Expenditure Analysis and Operations Sectors, Treasury Board Secretariat

1997 - 2000
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Environment Canada

1995 - 1997
Assistant Commissioner, Regional Operations, Prairies Region, Revenue Canada

1992 - 1995
Assistant Deputy Minister, Manitoba, Western Economic Diversification Canada

1988 - 1992
Director General, Finance and Professional Services, Western Economic Diversification Canada

1985 - 1988
Director, Management Improvement Projects then, Director, Financial Analysis and Program Review, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1981 - 1985
Analyst, then Senior Analyst, Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller General of Canada

1978 - 1981
Senior Staff Accountant, Clarkson Gordon, Chartered Accountants


DR. PETER HARRISON

Education:
B.A. (First Class Honours), Geography, London School of Economics
M.A., Geography, University of Victoria
Ph.D., Geography, University of Washington

Professional Experience

Since 2007
Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Executive Director and Deputy Head of the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada

2006 - 2007
Executive Director, Public Appointments Commission Secretariat

2003 - 2006
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Industry/NRC

2002 - 2003
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

1999 - 2002
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources

1998 - 1999
Head, The Leadership Network

1995 - 1998
Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources Development and Vice-Chairperson of the Canada Employment Insurance Commission (On assignment as Head of the La Relève Task Force from January 1997 until June 1998)

1993 - 1995
Assistant Deputy Minister, Human Resources, Revenue Canada

1991 - 1993
Deputy Principal, Canadian Centre for Management Development

1989 - 1991
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Priorities and Planning, Privy Council Office

1987 - 1989
Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Development, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1981 - 1987
Assistant Director, Minerals, Northern Development and Special Projects; then Director, Social Policy Division; then General Director, Economic Development Policy Branch, Department of Finance

1973 - 1981
Assistant, then Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Ottawa

1970 - 1973
Research Associate, Department of Economics, University of Washington

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PRIME MINISTER HARPER ATTENDS OPENING OF MAZANKOWSKI ALBERTA HEART INSTITUTE

May 1, 2008
Edmonton, Alberta

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today attended the official opening of the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, a world-class health sciences centre specializing in cardiac patient care, education, and research located at the University of Alberta.

"Building on the University of Alberta Hospital's already sterling reputation for health and heart care excellence, this Institute is attracting top international cardiac doctors and researchers because they know it will rank with the best in the world. That means Albertans and Canadians will be getting quality cardiac care that is second to none, right here in Edmonton," said Prime Minister Harper.

The Mazankowski Institute will provide a full range of heart patient services, with a special focus on complex heart care, such as paediatric cardiac surgery and heart transplantation. The facility will also significantly enhance Canada's cardiovascular research capacity, and serve as a major training centre for the heart specialists of the future.

Included among the centre's state-of-the-art facilities are:

Beds for 124 patients;

Five adult operating rooms;

One dedicated paediatric operating room and catheterization lab;

Two adult cardiac catheterization labs; and

Three electrophysiology labs designed for paediatric and adult patients.

"I'd like to congratulate Premier Stelmach and the Government of Alberta for channelling some of the province's prosperity into a public institution that will benefit not just Albertans, but indeed all Canadians," said the Prime Minister. "Canada now has an outstanding new facility that will play an important role in the global fight against heart disease."

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