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Changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service
August 20, 1996
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the following
redeployments of senior personnel:
1. Margaret Bloodworth, currently Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council
(Security and Intelligence, and Counsel), becomes Associate Deputy
Minister of Transport, effective October 7, 1996.
2. Ian Bennett, currently Associate Deputy Minister of National
Revenue, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Finance, effective
September 3, 1996.
3. Shirley Serafini, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Indian
Affairs and Northern Development, becomes Associate Deputy Minister
of Industry, effective September 3, 1996.
4. Mario Dion, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Justice,
becomes Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel, effective
October 7, 1996.
The Prime Minister also announced three Associate Deputy Minister
appointments:
1. Marc Lafrenière, currently Acting Deputy Secretary (Intergovernmental
Operations), Privy Council Office, becomes Associate Deputy Minister
of Citizenship and Immigration.
2. Alan Nymark, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry
and Science Policy, Industry Canada, becomes Associate Deputy
Minister of Health.
3. Richard Thompson, currently Sector Head, Legal Operations,
Department of Justice, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Justice.
These appointments are effective September 3, 1996.
PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555
(Biographical notes attached)
MARGARET BLOODWORTH
Date of Birth: April 1949
Education:
- B.A., University of Winnipeg
- Certificate in Education, University of Manitoba
- LL.B., University of Ottawa
Professional Experience
May 1994 to Present
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council (Security and Intelligence,
and Counsel)
1989 to 1994
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Legislation and House Planning/Counsel)
Privy Council Office
1988 - 1989
Director General, Dispute Resolution Branch, National Transportation
Agency of Canada
1987 - 1988
Director General, Dispute Resolution, Transition Team, Canadian
Transport Commission
1985 - 1987
General Counsel, Canadian Transport Commission
1984 - 1985
Acting Assistant General Counsel, Legal Services, Canadian Transport
Commission
1979 - 1984
Counsel, Legal Services, Canadian Transport Commission
1977 - 1978
Articling Student
1972 - 1974
Compensation Officer, Canada Post
IAN E. BENNETT
Date of Birth: June 1948
Education:
- B.A. (First Class Honours - Economics/Commerce), Simon Fraser
University
- M.A. (Economics), University of Toronto
Professional Experience
November 1994 to Present
Associate Deputy Minister of National Revenue
1993 - 1994
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), Privy Council Office
1989 - 1993
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy Branch, Finance Canada
1986 to 1989
Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Development Policy Branch,
Finance Canada
1985 - 1986
General Director, Economic Development Policy Branch, Finance
Canada
1984 - 1985
Assistant Secretary, Crown Corporations Directorate, Finance Canada
and Treasury Board
1983 - 1984
General Director, Economic Programs and Government Finance Branch,
Finance Canada
1982 - 1983
Director, Energy and Resource Policy Division, then Acting Assistant
Deputy Minister, Economic Programs and Government Finance Branch,
Finance Canada
1980 - 1981
Assistant Director, Energy and Resource Policy Division, Economic
Programs and Government Finance Branch, Finance Canada.
Occupied various positions in Finance Canada
SHIRLEY E. SERAFINI
Date of Birth: April 1949
Education:
- B.A. (Mathematics) Carleton University
- M.Sc. (Mathematics and Statistics) Carleton University
Professional Experience
November 1994 to Present
Associate Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
1991 - 1994
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Social Development, Privy
Council Office
1991
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Government Operations and
Labour Relations, Privy Council Office
1987 - 1991
Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Multiculturalism, Department
of Secretary of State
1986 - 1987
Director General, Broadcasting and Cultural Industries, Department
of Communications
1983 - 1986
Acting Director General and then Director General, Broadcasting
and Content Services Policy Branch, Department of Communications
1982 - 1983
Director, Broadcasting Policy Division, Department of Communications
1976 - 1982
Economic Analyst and then Senior Economist, Economic Policy Division,
Department of Communications
1975 - 1976
Head, Statistical Development, Department of Communications
1972 - 1975
Survey Statistician, Statistics Canada
MARIO DION
Date of Birth: October 1956
Education:
- LL.L., University of Ottawa (1979)
Professional Experience
January 1995 to Present
Associate Deputy Minister of Justice
May 1993 to January 1995
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management, Policy and Programs
Sector, Department of Justice
1992 - 1993
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management, Department of
Justice
1990 - 1992
Deputy Commissioner, Correctional Programs and Operations, Correctional
Service of Canada
1988 - 1990
Assistant Commissioner, Communication and Corporate Development,
Correctional Service of Canada
1987 - 1988
Senior Counsel, National Parole Board
1980 - 1987
Legal Counsel and Senior Counsel, Correctional Service of Canada
1980
Articling Student, Legal Services, Department of Justice
MARC P. LAFRENIÈRE
Date of birth: November 1947
Education:
- B.A. in History, University of Ottawa
- Studies towards an M.A. in History, University of Ottawa
Professional Experience
February 1996 to present
Acting Deputy Secretary (Intergovernmental Operations), Privy
Council Office
February 1995 - February 1996
Assistant Secretary (Intergovernmental Operations) Privy Council
Office
August 1993 - February 1995
Assistant Secretary (Aboriginal Affairs) Privy Council Office
February 1991 - August 1993
Assistant Secretary, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs
Secretariat, FederalProvincial Relations Office
April 1989 - February 1991
Director General, Constitution, Legislation and Federal Provincial
Relations, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
November 1985 - 1989
Senior Advisor, Policy Co-ordination, Office of Aboriginal Constitutional
Affairs, FederalProvincial Relations Office
1980 - 1985
Acting Senior Negotiator, Western Arctic, and subsequently Senior
Negotiator, Western Arctic, Office of Native Claims, Indian and
Northern Affairs Canada
1978 - 1980
Assistant to the Special Representative for Northern Claims, Department
of Indian and Northern Affairs
1971 - 1978
Various positions with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
including the position of Acting Assistant Director, Claims Office,
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
1969 - 1971
Student advisor and subsequently archivist, University of Ottawa
ALAN B. NYMARK
Date of Birth: July 1948
Education:
- B.A., Liberal Arts and Sciences, Queen's University
- M.A., Economics, Queen's University
- Post-graduate studies, Economics, London School of Economics
and Political Science
Professional Experience
August 1993 to Present
Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry and Science Policy, Industry
Canada
May 1989 - July 1993
Executive Vice-President, Investment Canada and Assistant Chief
Negotiator, North American Free Trade Agreement
December 1985 - May 1989
Assistant Chief Negotiator, Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement,
Trade Negotiations Office
February 1983 - December 1985
Director of Policy, Royal Commission on the Economic Union and
Development Prospects for Canada
January 1981 - February 1983
Assistant Secretary to Cabinet, Economic Policy and Programs,
then Deputy Secretary, Federal-Provincial Relations Office
September 1979 - December 1980
Executive Interchange with the Royal Bank of Canada
July 1976 - September 1979
Economic Policy Secretariat, Privy Council Office
1974 - 1976
Technical Assistant to the Executive Director for Canada, International
Monetary Fund
1972 - 1974
Group Leader, International Economic Relations, Tariffs, Trade
and Aid Branch, Department of Finance
1970 - 1971
Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Queen's University
at Kingston, Ontario
RICHARD S.G. THOMPSON
Date of Birth: May 1944
Education:
- B.A., Law, Oxford University
- LL.M., University of Michigan
- M.A., Law, Oxford University
Professional Experience
October 1995 to Present
Acting Head, then Sector Head, Legal Operations, Department of
Justice
January 1992 - 1995
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Legal Services Sector, Department
of Justice
July 1988 - January 1992
Inspector General for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
(CSIS)
April 1986 - July 1988
Senior General Counsel (Privy Council Office), Department of Justice
August 1983 - April 1986
General Counsel for Energy, Mines and Resources, Department of
Justice
October 1981 - August 1983
General Counsel for Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Department
of Justice
1980 - 1981
Director General, Petroleum Incentives Program, Energy, Mines
and Resources
July 1977 - November 1980
Director, Legal Services for Health and Welfare, Department of
Justice
December 1974 - July 1977
Legal Advisor, Department of Justice (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
1973 - 1974
Corporate Counsel, Federated Cooperatives Limited (Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan)
1967 - 1971
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Saskatchewan
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