PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN THE SENIOR RANKS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE
April 3, 2001
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the following changes in the Public Service:
Janice Cochrane, currently Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, becomes Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services. She replaces Ranald Quail who has been appointed as a Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office, and who will head the newly established Task Force on Modernizing Human Resources Management.
Michel Dorais, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, becomes Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
Michael Nurse, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Real Property Services Branch, Public Works and Government Services Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services.
Louis Ranger, currently Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy), Transport Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Transport.
These appointments are effective April 9, 2001.
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Biographical notes attached.
PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555
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JANICE COCHRANE
Date of birth: November 1949Education:
- B.A., University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
- LL.B., University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
- Appointed Queen's Counsel
Professional Experience
November 1995 to Present
Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
1994 - 1995
Associate Deputy Minister of the Environment
1993 - 1994
Assistant Deputy Minister, Legal Services, Department of Justice
1991 - 1993
Assistant Deputy Minister, Self Government then Intergovernmental Affairs,
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
1990 - 1991
Regional Director General, B.C. Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
Vancouver
1989 - 1990
Director General, Lands and Environment Branch, Lands, Revenues and Trusts,
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
1984 - 1989
Senior Counsel, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Department of Justice
then secondment to Indian and Northern Affairs as Director General, Lands and
Environment Branch
1978 - 1984
Legal Counsel, Northern Affairs Program, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
Department of Justice
1975 - 1978
Legal Counsel, Criminal Law Section, Department of Justice
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MICHEL DORAIS
Date of Birth: March 1952
Education:
- Diploma of Collegial Studies (Health Sciences), Valleyfield CÉGEP
- B.Sc.(Biology/Ecology), University of Ottawa
- Diploma, environmental studies and land management, UNESCO, Paris, Toulouse and Montpellier, France
Professional Experience
November 1998 to Present
Associate Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
November 1996 - November 1998
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Intergovernmental Operations), Privy Council
Office
December 1994 - November 1996
President, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
May 1991 - December 1994
Executive Chairman, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office
1989 - 1991
Vice-Chairman, then Chairman, Environmental Public Hearings Bureau (BAPE),
Government of Quebec
1988 - 1989
Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister of Communications, Minister
responsible for Technology and Minister of Supply and Services, Government of
Quebec
1986 - 1988
Director, Investment Promotion, Investment Canada
1984 - 1986
Director General, Policy and Liaison, Labour Canada
1980 - 1984
Officer, then Senior Officer, Organization and Machinery of Government, Privy
Council Office
1979 - 1980
Team Leader, Working Group on Architectural Heritage Conservation; Secretary,
Interdepartmental Committee on Heritage Conservation; Team Leader, Zero-base
Budgeting Project, Parks Canada, Environment Canada
1976 - 1979
Senior Analyst, Natural Resources Conservation Policies, Parks Canada, then
Ministerial Assistant, Office of the Minister responsible for Parks Canada,
Environment Canada
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MICHAEL G. NURSE
Date of Birth: January 1945
Education:
- Bachelor, Physics, Concordia University
Professional Experience:
May 1995 to Present
Assistant Deputy Minister, Real Property Services Branch, Public Works and
Government Services Canada
August 1993 - May 1995
Assistant Deputy Minister, Human Resources, Public Works and Government
Services Canada
July 1991 - August 1993
Director General, Human Resources, and then Assistant Deputy Minister, Human
Resources, Department of Public Works
September 1988 - July 1991
Director General, Corporate Policy and Administration, Corporation Management
and then Director General, Corporate Policy and Planning, Department of Public
Works
June 1986 - September 1988
Director General, Management Practices; formerly Director General, Market
Based Rates Charging and Revenue Dependency, Department of Public Works
September 1983 - June 1986
Assignments with Department of Justice, Fisheries & Oceans and Treasury
Board Secretariat
June 1978 - September 1983
Director, Relocation Task Force, Administration Branch and then Director
General, Administrative Operations, Veterans Affairs Canada
August 1975 - June 1978
Task Force on decentralization, Treasury Board Secretariat
August 1971 - August 1975
Program Analyst and then Senior Consultant, Management Services Branch,
Transport Canada
May 1968 - August 1971
Administrative Trainee, Transport Canada
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LOUIS RANGER
Date of Birth: December 1949
Education:
- 1974 Masters, Economics, Université de
- 1972 Bachelor, Economics, University of Ottawa
Professional Experience:
November 1996 to Present
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Transport Canada
April 1995 - November 1996
Director of Operations, Economic and Regional Development, Privy Council
Office
March 1991 - April 1995
Director General, Air Policy and Programs, Policy and Coordination, Transport
Canada
February 1989 - March 1991
Director General, Economic Analysis, Policy and Coordination, Transport
Canada
April 1986 - February 1989
Director, Passenger Policy and Programs, Policy and Coordination, Transport
Canada
August 1981 - April 1986
Senior Policy Analyst, and then Chief, Policies and Program Evaluation, Rail
Passenger Directorate, Transport Canada
December 1980 - July 1981
Senior Policy Advisor, International Transport Policy Committee, Canadian
Transport Commission
November 1978 - December 1980
Transportation Advisor in West Africa, Canadian International Development
Agency
March 1974 - November 1978
Economist, Research Branch, and then Railway Transport Committee, Canadian
Transport Commission