Prime Minister Announces Associate Deputy Minister Appointments
Diane Vincent, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Industry Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, effective November 15, 1999.
Jack Stagg, currently Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Economic and Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, effective November 8, 1999.
Biographical notes attached.
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Born: October 1957
Education:
- Bachelor in Agronomy, Université Laval (1981)
- Program for Public Executives, Queens University (1989)
Professional Experience:
February 1998 to Present
Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Industry Canada
May 1996 - February 1998
Assistant Deputy Minister, Market and Industry Services Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
May 1994 - May 1996
Assistant Deputy Minister, Organization Performance, ministère de la Sécurité du revenu, and from January 1996 to May 1996 also Acting Associate Deputy Minister, Secrétariat à la condition féminine, Government of Quebec
December 1992 - May 1994
Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Affairs, ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, Government of Quebec
June 1989 - December 1992
Assistant Deputy Minister of Research and Education, ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, Government of Quebec
March 1988 - June 1989
Ministerial Coordinator for Issues related to the GATT Multilateral Trade Negotiations with respect to Agriculture, ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, Government of Quebec
January 1987 - March 1988
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister, ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, Government of Quebec
June 1984 - December 1986
Research and Socio-Economic Planning Officer, ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, Government of Quebec
June 1981 - June 1984
Agricultural Finance Advisor, Office du crédit agricole du Québec
Born: June 1947
Education:
- Bachelor, History, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
- Master, History, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
- Doctorate, History, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Ontario
Professional Experience
November 1996 to Present
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Economic and Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office
1993 - 1996
Assistant Deputy Minister, Northern Affairs Programs and then Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Consultation, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
1987 - 1993
Director General, Constitutional Development and Strategic Planning, Northern Affairs Program, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
1985 - 1987
Director, Constitutional Development and Aboriginal Affairs, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
1984 - 1985
Director, Intergovernmental Affairs, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
1982 - 1984
Assistant Negotiator, Yukon and then Acting Senior Negotiator, Yukon, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
1979 - 1982
Senior Research Analyst, Office of Native Claims, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
1975 - 1979
Researcher, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
1974 - 1975
Social Science Researcher, Public Archives of Canada
1972 - 1974
Educational Field Representative and Editor, Prentice-Hall of Canada Ltd., Toronto
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