June 2, 2000
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the following changes in the Public Service:

 Jean T. Fournier, currently Deputy Solicitor General of Canada,     becomes Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office, prior to his undertaking an international assignment. This appointment is effective June 19, 2000.

Nicole Jauvin, currently Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel, becomes Deputy Solicitor General of Canada, effective June 19, 2000.

Richard Fadden, currently Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector and Infrastructure Works, Treasury Board Secretariat, becomes Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel, effective June 19, 2000.

Gaëtan Lavertu, currently Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Germany, becomes Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, effective August 21, 2000. He succeeds Don Campbell who will be leaving the public service on August 18, 2000.

Michelle Chartrand, currently Regional Director General, (Laurentian Region), Fisheries and Oceans, becomes a Commissioner of the Public Service Commission, effective July 17, 2000.

The Prime Minister took this opportunity to thank Don Campbell for his dedication and excellent service, both in Canada and abroad, during a public service career which spanned over 35 years, and to wish him well in his future endeavours in the private sector.

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Biographical notes attached.

PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555

- Bachelor of Arts (Economics), Queen's University, Kingston

- Master of Arts (Economics), Laval University, Quebec

Deputy Solicitor General of Canada

Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office

Executive Director, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Under Secretary of State, Secretary of State of Canada

Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch, Department of Finance

Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Department of Communications

Executive Director, Claims Negotiations, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs

Director, Territorial and Social Development Branch, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs

Associate Director, Territorial and Social Development Branch, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs

Executive Assistant, Office of the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs

Special Assistant, Office of the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs

Mr. Fournier is a member of the Board of Directors of the Vanier Institute of the Family

NICOLE JAUVIN

Born: June 1957

- Member of the Quebec Bar

- Diploma of specialized studies in law, University of Ottawa

- Licentiate of Laws, University of Ottawa

- Diploma in International Co-operation, Institute for International Co-operation

- Bachelor of Arts (Communications), University of Ottawa

Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel

Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office

Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence, Privy Council Office

Director, Policy and Planning Systems, Senior Personnel Secretariat, Privy Council Office

Privy Council Officer, then Senior Officer, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office

Privy Council Officer, Security and Intelligence Secretariat, Privy Council Office

Lawyer (Articling) in Montreal

Special Assistant (Legislation), Solicitor General of Canada

Born: September 1951

- Graduate Diploma, Law, University of Ottawa

- Bachelor of Laws, University of Montréal

- Bachelor, Political Science, McGill University

Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector and Infrastructure Works, Treasury Board Secretariat

Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Natural Resources Canada

Assistant Auditor General, Audit Operations, and Legal Advisor, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

Legal Advisor to the Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

Principal, Audit Operations, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

Privy Council Officer then Director of Policy, Security and Intelligence Secretariat, Privy Council Office

Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for External Affairs

Desk Officer, Legal Operations Division, External Affairs and International Trade Canada

Foreign Service Officer, Canadian High Commission in Ghana, External Affairs and International Trade Canada

Foreign Service Officer, Legal Operations Division, External Affairs and International Trade Canada

GAËTAN LAVERTU

Date of birth: January 1944

Education:

- Bachelor of Arts, Collège Saint-Jean-Eudes

- Bachelor of Social Sciences, Laval University

- Master of Political Science, Laval University

- Master in Business Administration, University of Western Ontario

- Master in Public Administration, École nationale d'administration publique

Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and then Canadian Ambassador to Germany

Assistant Deputy Minister, Political and International Security Affairs, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Deputy High Commissioner, London

Canadian Ambassador to Columbia and Ecuador

Director, Intelligence Analysis Division and then Director General, Foreign Intelligence Bureau, External Affairs and International Trade Canada

Chief of Staff, Deputy Minister's Office (Foreign Policy), External Affairs and International Trade Canada

Counsellor, Canadian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels

First Secretary and Consul, Caracas

Federal-Provincial Relations Division, External Affairs and International Trade Canada

Third Secretary and Vice-Consul, Madrid, Second Secretary and Vice-Consul, Rabat, and École nationale d'administration publique (Quebec)

United Nations (New York); Defence Relations Section (NORAD-NATO); Assignment Section, Personnel Administration, External Affairs and International Trade Canada

Joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada

Born: March 1948

Education:

- Master’s degree in Science (Marine Resource Management), University of Quebec (UQAR)

- Master’s degree in Education, University of Ottawa (Program courses completed)

- Bachelor’s degree in Arts, University of Ottawa

- Bachelor’s degree in Education, University of Montreal

Regional Director General, Laurentian Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Regional Director, Canadian Coast Guard, Laurentian Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Responsible for the Development of the Oceans Act, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Director General, Policy and Strategy, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Director, Oceans Development, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Director, Scientific Liaison and Coordination, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Educational leave, Masters’s Degree in Science (Marine Resource Management), University of Quebec, Rimouski

Director, Staff Relations and Compensation, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Director, Human Resources, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Responsible for the workforce adjustment program in Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Director, Official Languages and Employment Equity programs, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Language Teacher and then Coordinator, Employment Equity Programs, Ottawa, Public Service Commission