Deputy
Prime Minister Announces the Creation of the Advisory Council on National
Security
OTTAWA, August 12, 2005
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The
Honourable Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness, today announced the appointments of members of the
Advisory Council on National Security. The Council will work with the National
Security Advisor to the Prime Minister to provide advice to the Deputy Prime
Minister and the Cabinet Committee on Security, Public Health and Emergencies on
national security issues.
“The Government of Canada will benefit from the advice of external
experts in evaluating and improving our security system,” said Minister
McLellan. “We are pleased that so many individuals with relevant knowledge and
experience have offered their services to
Canada
and
Canadians.”
The commitment to appoint an Advisory Council on National Security was
made last year when the Government released
Canada
’s
National Security Policy. Securing an Open Society: Canada’s National
Security Policy also included a commitment to establish a Cross-Cultural
Roundtable on Security, whose membership was announced in February 2005.
Individuals appointed to the Advisory Council were selected for their
expertise and experience on such diverse matters as intelligence, law and
policy, human rights and civil liberties, emergency planning and management,
public health emergencies, public safety, transportation security, border
security and international security.
The Honourable Leo Kolber will serve as Chair of the Advisory Council.
Other members are
Profiles
of Advisory Council members are attached. The Advisory Council’s Terms of
Reference and Selection Criteria can be found at http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/acns-ccsn.
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For
more information:
Alex
Swann
Office
of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
(613)
991-2863
François
Jubinville
Privy
Council Office
(613) 957-5072
Backgrounder
Advisory Council on National Security
– Biographies
The Honourable Leo
Kolber, Chair of the Advisory Council, is a lawyer and businessman by
profession, as well as the 2003 recipient of the Award of Merit from B’nai
Brith
Canada
. An expert in law and policy, he served in the Senate from 1983 to 2004, during
which time he became a long-standing member and Chair of the Senate Standing
Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. For almost 30 years, Mr. Kolber
was President of CEMP Investments, the business arm of the trusts established by
the late Sam Bronfman. Senator Kolber has served on many corporate boards and is
involved in community, social, cultural and philanthropic activities.
Dr. Rachad Antonius
is a professor with the Department of Sociology at the Université du Québec à
Montréal. An expert on racism and
human rights, he is a regular commentator on
Middle East
politics for CBC, Radio-Canada, and other major Canadian television networks.
He recently addressed the judges of the Human Rights Tribunal of Quebec
concerning racism and contributed to Foreign Affairs Canada’s symposium on
human rights and democracy promotion in a context of terrorism.
Dr. Sami Aoun is
a full professor with the
University
of
Sherbrooke
’s Department of History and Political Science. An analyst of political
violence discourse and international security issues, he appears regularly on
both Canadian (Radio-Canada and RDI) and foreign media networks as a commentator
on the situation in the
Middle East
and on Canadian foreign policy issues. Dr. Aoun is the Director of Research (
Middle East
) for the Raoul-Dandurand Chair in Strategic and Diplomatic Studies at the
Université du Québec à Montréal.
The Honourable Perrin
Beatty is President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Manufacturers
& Exporters and the Chair of the Coalition for a Secure and Trade-Efficient
Border. He is an expert on both trade and security issues, with extensive
experience in both government and the private sector. Mr. Beatty has served
Canada
in the past in several Cabinet portfolios, including Secretary of State for
External Affairs, Minister of National Defence, Minister of National Revenue and
Solicitor General.
Dr. David Bercuson
is Director of the
University
of
Calgary
’s Centre for Military and Strategic Studies. An expert on Canadian foreign
and defence issues, he is also Director of Programs of the Canadian Defence and
Foreign Affairs Institute and a regular columnist for Legion Magazine. Between 1997 and 2003, Dr. Bercuson was a member of
the Minister of National Defence’s Monitoring Committee on Change in the
Canadian Forces and the Department of National Defence.
Mr. James Bertram
is Director of Public Safety for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. An
expert on public safety and aviation security issues, he is also Chair of the
Canadian Airports Council Security Committee. Between 1988 and 1997, Mr. Bertram
was the Deputy Chief of Police for the Peel Regional Police Force; as part of
his larger responsibilities, he coordinated a three-tier government committee to
design, build and implement a multi-agency emergency service involving police,
fire and ambulance personnel.
Dr. David Charters
is a professor of Military History at the
University
of
New Brunswick
and former director of the university’s Centre for Conflict Studies. An
expert on defence, national and international security issues, Professor
Charters has taught, researched and published extensively in the field of
low-intensity conflict studies, with a particular focus on terrorism,
intelligence and military operations.
Mr. John Dalzell
is Vice-President, Risk Management, for the Canadian National (CN) Railway
Company. An expert on transportation security and public safety issues, he is
also a member of both the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and the
Executive Security Working Group of the American Association of Railroads.
Between 1997 and 1999, Mr. Dalzell was Chief of CN Police, and from 1990 to
1997, he was Assistant Director of the Montreal Urban Community Police Service.
Dr. Pierre Duplessis
is Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Red Cross
Society and has significant experience in managing crises at the national and
international levels. An expert in public health and emergency planning and
management, he is also Vice-President of the Coordinating Committee of Red Cross
and Red Crescent national societies. Dr. Duplessis is a physician and a former
public health practitioner who has also taught and published at
McGill
University
and the Université de Montréal.
Mr. Brian Flemming
completed his term as Chair of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
(CATSA) on
March 31, 2005
. An expert in transportation
security, he helped set up CATSA and was its initial Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Flemming is a former senior partner at Stewart, McKelvey,
Stirling
and Scales, where he practised both maritime and corporate law. Mr. Flemming
has also taught courses on international and maritime law at
Dalhousie
University.
Mr. Norman Inkster
is President of Inkster Group and a partner at Gowlings Consulting Incorporated,
where his practice is focused on advising private sector companies on addressing
issues of risk in the aftermath of 9/11. Prior to assuming his current duties,
he was an advisor to the Government of Ontario on security matters. An expert in
public safety, Mr. Inkster was formerly the President of Interpol and the
Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Mr. James Clifford
Mackay is President and CEO of the Air Transport Association of Canada. An
expert on aviation security issues, he is also a former chair and director of
the Air Transport Security Corporation. Prior to assuming his current
responsibilities, Mr. Mackay served as President of the Inverness Group (1997),
a company specializing in providing strategic and business advice and analysis
to aerospace and defence companies. He has also held several other senior
executive positions in the private (aerospace) and public sectors.
Dr. Lindsay Nicolle
is a professor in the departments of Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology
at the
University
of
Manitoba
and a consultant in adult infectious diseases at the Winnipeg Health Sciences
Centre and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.
She has served as a consultant for both federal and provincial health
departments. An expert in infectious
diseases, she is Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian
Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology and a member of
Health Canada’s Advisory Committee on Chemical, Biological and Radio-Nuclear
Safety, Security and Research.
Mr. Bud Streeter
is Vice-President and Operations Manager,
Great Lakes
and Atlantic Canada, for Lloyd’s Register North America Inc. Before taking on
his present responsibilities, he was the Director General for Marine Safety at
Transport
Canada
. An expert in transportation (maritime) security, Mr. Streeter has also held
senior positions with Marine Atlantic, Inc. and with the Canadian Coast Guard.
Dr. Wesley Wark
is a professor of History and International Relations at the
University
of
Toronto
. An expert in security and intelligence issues, he serves as a frequent writer
and commentator on security issues for Canadian and international media.
Dr. Wark’s most recent academic publications include an edited volume
on the future of intelligence and a special issue of the International
Journal devoted to security and terrorism. He is the President of the
Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies.
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