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Appointments to the Security Intelligence Review Committee
October 1, 1996
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the appointment
of Paule Gauthier as Chairperson and James Andrews Grant as a
member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee.
The Honourable Paule Gauthier, P.C., Q.C., has been a member
of the committee since June 8, 1995, and previously served as
a member from 1984 to 1991. She is a senior partner in the law
firm of Desjardins Ducharme Stein Monast in Quebec City, and has
been practising corporate and commercial law for more than 20
years. She was President of the Canadian Bar Association in 1992-1993.
She was appointed as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada in 1984, as a Queen's Counsel in 1988, and as an Officer
of the Order of Canada in 1990.
James Andrews Grant, Q.C., has been a lawyer in the law
firm of Stikeman, Elliott in Montreal since 1961, where he practises
commercial, banking and securities law. He graduated from McGill
University with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Civil Law.
Mr. Grant is a director of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
CAE Industries Ltd., United Dominion Industries Limited, and Biochem-Pharma
Inc., and has been active in many other community and cultural
organizations. Mr. Grant was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1985.
In accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Security Intelligence
Service Act, Mr. Grant was sworn in to the Queen's Privy Council
of Canada.
Established in 1984, the Security Intelligence Review Committee
provides an external review of the Canadian Security Intelligence
Service's performance of its duties and functions. It also examines complaints by individuals or reports
by Ministers relating to security clearances and the national
security of Canada. The Committee is required to report annually
to Parliament through the Solicitor General.
These appointments are effective immediately.
PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555
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