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.

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- B.A., University of New Brunswick, Fredericton

- LL.B., University of New Brunswick, Fredericton

- Appointed Queen's Counsel

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

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

- 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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Date of Birth: December 1949

Education: 

- 1974 Masters, Economics, Université de

- 1972 Bachelor, Economics, University of Ottawa

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