Mel Cappe, 
Former Clerk of the Privy Council (1999-2002)

Mel Cappe
Clerk of the Privy Council
and Secretary to the Cabinet
January 18, 1999 to May 12, 2002

Biographical Notes

Mel Cappe served as Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet from January 18, 1999, to May 12, 2002.

Mr. Cappe earned a master’s degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario and did doctoral work at the University of Toronto. He joined the Public Service of Canada in 1975 and held economic and policy positions in the Treasury Board Secretariat and the Department of Finance before joining Consumer and Corporate Affairs as Deputy Director of Investigation and Research in 1982. He served as assistant deputy minister of several directorates in that department before returning to the Treasury Board Secretariat in January 1990 as Senior Assistant Secretary and was appointed Deputy Secretary, Program Branch, in April 1990. Mr. Cappe was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment Canada in May 1994. He became Deputy Minister, Human Resources Development Canada and concurrently Chairperson, Canada Employment Insurance Commission and Deputy Minister of Labour in July 1996. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Cappe served as the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. In June 2006, he became President of the Institute for Research on Public Policy.

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