27 October 2008
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today the following changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service:
Margaret Bloodworth, currently Associate Secretary to the Cabinet and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, is retiring after a very distinguished career in the Public Service, effective November 16, 2008.
Marie-Lucie Morin, currently Deputy Minister for International Trade, becomes Associate Secretary to the Cabinet and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, effective November 17, 2008.
Louis Lévesque, currently Deputy Minister (Intergovernmental Affairs), Privy Council Office, becomes Deputy Minister for International Trade, effective December 15, 2008.
John Knubley, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, becomes Deputy Minister (Intergovernmental Affairs), Privy Council Office, effective December 15, 2008.
The Prime Minister took the opportunity to thank Mrs. Bloodworth for her dedication and excellence in serving Canadians for over 36 years. The Prime Minister wished Mrs. Bloodworth great success in all her future endeavours.
Biographical notes attached.
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MARIE-LUCIE MORIN
EDUCATION
Licentiate of Laws, Université de Sherbrooke
Member of the Québec Bar (1980)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since May 2006
Deputy Minister for International Trade
2003 - 2006
Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
2003 - 2003
Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business and Chief Trade Commissioner, Foreign Affairs and International Trade
2001 - 2003
Director General, International Business Development, Policy and Planning, Foreign Affairs and International Trade
1997 - 2001
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway and to the Republic of Iceland
1994 - 1997
Minister - Counsellor, Commercial, Canadian Embassy, Moscow
1990 - 1994
Director, Export Finance Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade
1986 - 1990
First Secretary, Economic and Commercial, Canadian High Commission, London
1984 - 1986
Second Secretary, Economic and Commercial, Canadian Embassy, Jakarta
1981 - 1984
Vice-Consul and Assistant Trade Commissioner, Canadian Consulate, San Francisco
LOUIS LÉVESQUE
EDUCATION
Master of Economics, Université Laval
Bachelor of Mathematics, Université Laval
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since May 2006
Deputy Minister (Intergovernmental Affairs), Privy Council Office
2004 - 2006
Associate Deputy Minister of Finance
2002 - 2004
Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch, Department of Finance
2001 - 2002
Deputy Secretary, Intergovernmental Operations, Privy Council Office
2000 - 2001
Director General, Fiscal and Economic Policy Branch, Department of Finance
1998 - 2000
Director General, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance
1993 - 1998
Director General, Excise duties and taxes, Department of National Revenue (Custom and Excise); then Director, Personal Income Tax Division, Department of Finance
1991 - 1993
Chief, Agriculture, Economic Development Policy Division, Department of Finance
1989 - 1991
Principal Economist and Coordinator, Reform on Sales Tax, Tax Policy Analysis; then Acting Assistant Director, Tax Policy Analysis, Department of Finance, Government of Québec
1984 - 1989
Principal Economist and Coordinator, Personal Income Tax, Department of Finance, Government of Québec
1983 - 1984
Teacher, Mathematics and Informatics, CEGEP François-Xavier Garneau; then Economist, Planning Department, Régie des assurances agricoles du Québec
JOHN KNUBLEY
EDUCATION
Master of Public Administration, Harvard University
Master of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Oxford University
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University
Diploma, European Institute of International Relations, Nice
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since September 2007
Associate Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
2006 - 2007
Associate Deputy Minister of Natural Resources
2002 - 2006
Vice-President, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
1996 - 2002
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Affairs and Planning Branch; Assistant Deputy Minister, Insurance Branch; and Director General, Social Policy, Strategic Policy Branch, Human Resources Development Canada
1994 - 1996
Director, Operations, Intergovernmental Affairs and Acting Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office
1990 - 1994
Director, Strategic Investment Analysis, Micro Economic Policy Analysis, Industry Canada
1985 - 1990
Policy Advisor, Federal-Provincial Relations Office
1980 - 1984
Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Economic Council of Canada
