Prime Minister announces changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the following appointments:

1. Ronald Bilodeau, currently Deputy Minister and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet (Intergovernmental Relations), Privy Council Office, becomes Associate Secretary to the Cabinet and Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council.

2. Ian Glen, currently Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), becomes Deputy Minister of the Environment.

3. George Anderson, currently Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Intergovernmental Policy), becomes Deputy Minister (Intergovernmental Affairs), Privy Council Office.

Messrs. Anderson and Glen will be replaced in their current positions at the Privy Council Office by:

1. Michael Horgan, currently Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Priorities and Planning), who becomes Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Intergovernmental Policy).

2. Morris Rosenberg, currently Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Economic and Regional Development), who becomes Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations).

The appointments of Messrs. Bilodeau, Anderson and Horgan will be effective on August 12th, 1996 and those of Messrs. Glen and Rosenberg will be effective on August 15th, 1996.

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(Biographical notes attached)

Date of birth: March 1943

Education:

- B.A. (Humanities), Collège Sainte-Marie, Montreal
- B.Sc. (Political Science), University of Montreal
- M.A. (Political Science), University of Montreal

Professional Experience:

May 1994 to Present
Deputy Minister and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet (Intergovernmental Relations), Privy Council Office

1993 - 1994
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources

1990 - 1993
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), Privy Council Office

1987 - 1990
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Government Operations and Labour Relations), and then Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Economic and Regional Development Policy), Privy Council Office

1984 - 1987
Director, Industry, Transportation and Natural Resources Division, Programs Branch, and then Assistant Secretary (Industry, Transportation and Resources), Programs Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat

1981 - 1984
Assistant Director, then Director, Regional Development and Resources, Ministry of State for Economic Development

1975 - 1981
Director, Administrative and Technical Services; Director, Program Analysis and Liaison, and acting Director General (1979), Planning and Coordination Directorate, Project Evaluation Branch, Department of Regional Economic Expansion

1974 - 1975
Study leave: École nationale d'administration, Paris

1967 - 1974
Various positions within the Department of Regional Economic Expansion, the Public Service Commission, Transport Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency

Date of birth: July 1946

Education:
- B.A., University of Guelph
- LL.B., Queen's University
- Called to the Bar of Ontario in 1973

Professional Experience:

December 1994 to Present
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), Privy Council Office

November 1993 - December 1994
Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Citizenship and Immigration

June 1993 - November 1993
Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Public Security

February 1993 to June 1993
Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Employment and Immigration

1992 - 1993
Executive Director, Immigration Operations, Department of Employment and Immigration

1987 - 1992
Assistant Deputy Solicitor General, Police and Security Branch, Solicitor General of Canada

1984 - 1987
General Counsel, then Senior General Counsel, Legal Services for Solicitor General, Department of Justice

1983
Legal Advisor to the Federal Government Negotiator for the Inuvialuit Land Claim Settlement, Department of Justice

1981 - 1983
General Counsel for the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Department of Justice

1978 - 1980
Director of Legal Services for the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Department of Justice

1975 - 1978
Legal Officer for Manpower and Immigration Branch, Department of Justice

1973 - 1974
Private legal practice, Huntsville, Ontario

Date of birth: February 1945

Education:

- B.A. (Political Science), Queen's University
- M.Litt. (Political Theory), Oxford University
- École nationale d'administration in Paris

Professional Experience:

February 1996 to Present
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Intergovernmental Policy and Communications), Privy Council Office

July 1995 - February 1996
Head of Policy Branch, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

December 1994 - July 1995
Senior Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Finance

May 1994 - December 1994
Executive Director, Infrastructure Works, Treasury Board Secretariat

November 1993 - May 1994
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Infrastructure, Privy Council Office

1990 - 1993
Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Development Policy Branch, Department of Finance Leave of absence: Visiting Fellow, Harvard University (1992-93)

1986 - 1990
Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada

1984 - 1986
Deputy Administrator, Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada

1977 ­ 1984
Advisor, Coordination Branch, Federal-Provincial Relations Office. Secondment as Analyst, Policy Planning Secretariat; then Director, Western European Division, External Affairs and International Trade. Secondment as Deputy Administrator, Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada

1976
Program Analyst, Social and Manpower Division, Programs Branch, Treasury Board Canada

1972 ­ 1975
Research Assistant, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office and then Executive Assistant, Deputy Minister's Office, Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Education leave: Oxford University (1974) and École nationale d'administration in Paris (1974-75)

Date of Birth: December 1955

Education:

- B.A. (Economics and Political Science), Concordia University
- M.A. (Economics), Queen's University
- M.A. (Economics), Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

Professional Experience:

October 1992 to Present
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Priorities and Planning), Privy Council Office

February 1991 - 1992
Director, International Economic Analysis Division, International Trade and Finance Branch, Department of Finance

February 1990 - 1991
Director, Economic and Policy Analysis, Environment Canada

September 1987 - 1990
Tax Policy Officer; Chief, Strategic Planning; and then Assistant Director, Sales and Excise Tax Division, Department of Finance

August 1986 - 1987
Senior Economist, Economic Development Division, Department of Finance

June 1983 - 1985
Energy Economist, Energy and Resource Programs Division, Department of Finance

March 1981 - 1982
Executive Assistant to the Senior Assistant Deputy Minister (Energy), Energy, Mines and Resources Canada

September 1978 - 1981
Energy Economist, Energy and Resource Programs Division, Department of Finance

Education:

­ B.A., Economics and Political Science, McGill University, Montreal
- LL.L., Université de Montréal
- LL.M., Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Called to the Bar of Quebec in 1977

Professional Experience:

July 1993 to Present
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Economic and Regional Development, Privy Council Office

1990 - 1993
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Affairs and Legislative Policy, Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada

1988 - 1990
Senior General Counsel, Legal Services - Trade Law, Department of Justice

1987 ­ 1988
Senior General Counsel, Legal Services, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Department of Justice

1986 - 1987
General Counsel, Legal Services, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Department of Justice

1982 - 1986
Counsel, Legal Services, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Department of Justice

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