The creation of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency was announced in the Speech from the Throne in February 1996, and the bill establishing the Agency received Royal Assent in April 1999. The Agency is being established to provide Canadians with the best possible tax, trade, and customs services, and will provide an opportunity to significantly reduce duplication in tax administration between the federal and provincial/territorial governments, as well as to foster a better working relationship between the two levels of government. The mandate of the Agency will include Revenue Canada's existing functions, which consist of customs services and trade administration for the Government of Canada, and tax administration and the delivery of social and economic benefits for provinces and the Government of Canada.

Biographical notes attached. PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555

Date of Birth: October 1951

Education:

- B.A. (Economics), University of Western Ontario - M.A. (Economics), University of Manitoba

Professional Experience

January 1997 to Present Deputy Minister of National Revenue

May 1994 - January 1997 Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and then High Commissioner for Canada to New Zealand

1992 - 1994 Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

1989 - 1992 Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans), Privy Council Office

1987 - 1989 Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Priorities and Planning), Privy Council Office

1986 - 1987 Director, Economic Development Division, Department of Finance

1983 - 1986 Director General, Energy Strategy Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1979 - 1983 Senior Economist; Chief, Economic Analysis Division and then Director, Energy Policy Planning, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1977 - 1979 Senior Economist, Economics Branch, National Energy Board

1975 - 1977 Economic Analyst, Department of External Affairs

Date of birth: January 1951

Education:

- Bachelor, Physics Engineering, Laval University

Professional Experience

December 1997 to Present Chief Human Resources Officer, Treasury Board Secretariat

November 1995 - December 1997 Assistant Secretary, Labour Relations and Human Resources Management, Treasury Board Secretariat

July 1992 - October 1995 Director General, Human Resources Directorate, Environment Canada

March 1989 - July 1992 Director, Technology Development and Technical Services Branch, Environmental Protection Directorate, Environment Canada

January 1986 - February 1989 Director, State of the Environment, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada

January 1980 - December 1985 Chief, Training and Technology Transfer Division, Environment Canada

January 1978 - January 1980 Head, Training Section, Environment Canada

January 1976 - January 1978 Instructor, Technical Training then Bilingual Instructor/Advisor and Specialized Training, Environment Canada

January 1975 - January 1976 Meteorologist, National Defence

January 1973 - January 1975 Meteorologist, Environment Canada

Date of birth: June 1948

Education:

- B.A. (Economics), McMaster University

Professional Experience

January 1997 to Present Associate Deputy Minister of National Revenue

December 1992 - January 1997 Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance and Administration, National Revenue (from December 14, 1996 to January 19, 1997, Mr. Crandall was Acting Deputy Minister of National Revenue)

August 1989 - December 1992 Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance and Administration Branch, Revenue Canada (Taxation)

March 1988 - August 1989 Director, External Affairs, Defence, Environment and Culture Division, Program Branch, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

November 1985 - March 1988 Director, Budget Coordination, Program Branch, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

April 1984 - November 1985 Director, Estimates Division, Program Branch, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

1980 - 1984 Program Analyst, Program Branch, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

1976 - 1980 Program Analyst, Official Languages Branch, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

1975 - 1976 Senior Staff Relations Officer, Ontario Region Personnel, Department of the Environment, Toronto

1972 - 1975 Staffing and Classification Officer, Ontario Region Personnel, Department of the Environment, Toronto

Date of birth: March 1952

Education:

- Masters, Economics, University of Manitoba - Bachelor, Economics, University of Manitoba

Professional Experience

October 1996 to Present Assistant Secretary, Economic Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat

June 1991 - October 1996 Director, Environment and Transport, then Senior Director, Industry, Science and Regional Development, Economic Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat

September 1990 - June 1991 Senior Policy Advisor, Privatization Branch then Director General, Corporate Services, Office of Privatization and Regulatory Affairs Canada, and later Special Advisor, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch, Finance Canada

April 1987 - September 1990 Privy Council Officer, Economic and Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office

August 1981 - April 1987 Senior Policy Analyst, Policy Formulation Branch, Ministry of State for Economic and Regional Development, then Senior Policy Analyst, Policy Branch, Department of Regional Industrial Expansion

October 1979 - August 1981 Director, Economic Research and Analysis, Status of Women Canada

February 1978 - October 1979 Policy Analyst, Women's Employment Division, Department of Employment and Immigration then Policy Analyst, Broadcasting and Social Policy Branch, Department of Communications

January 1976 - February 1978 Research Economist, Manpower Division, Department of Industry and Commerce, then Research Economist, Department of Continuing Education and Manpower, Government of Manitoba

January 1975 - December 1975 Research Economist, Manitoba Economic Development Advisory Board

Date of Birth: January 1937

Education:

- B.A., Université Laval - B.A. (History), Université de Montréal - M.Ed. (Adult Education), Université de Montréal - M.A. (History), Université de Montréal - L.L.D., Concordia University

Professional Experience:

July 1998 to Present Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (on assignment at the European Commission in Brussels and with the Council of Europe)

June 1993 - July 1998 Deputy Minister of Health

1992 - 1993 Under-Secretary of State

1990 to 1992 Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Employment and Immigration and Vice-Chairman, Canada Employment and Immigration Commission

1988 - 1990 Executive Director, Employment Services, then Executive Director, Employment, Department of Employment and Immigration

1984 - 1988 Assistant Deputy Minister and Director General (Vocational training), Department of Manpower and Security of Revenue, Government of Quebec

1983 Coordinator - Adult Education, Collège Bois-de-Boulogne (Montréal)

1982 Consultant, Institut international de la Planification de l'Éducation, Paris

1980 - 1982 Chairman, Royal Commission of Inquiry on Adult Education and Vocational Training (Commission Jean), Province of Quebec

1976 - 1980 Advisor for adult education, Collège Bois-de-Boulogne, Montréal

1957 - 1976 Journalist, then Freelance writer and part-time teacher