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Minister, Parliamentary Secretaries and Their Exempt Staff
- Hon. Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs)
- Hon. John Baird, Minister
- Robert Dechert, Parliamentary Secretary
- Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary
- Stephen B Snell, Chief of Staff
- John Babcock, Senior Communications Advisor
- Jonathan Ballingall, Special Assistant to the Minister
- Garry Keller, Chief of Staff
- Oren Cainer, Director of Policy
- Valerie Cickello, Scheduling Assistant
- Jonathan Dale, Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary
- Chris Day, Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Communications
- Jean-Claude Desrochers, Minister's driver
- Steven Farber, Senior Policy Advisor
- Yves Gagnon, Senior Policy Advisor
- Sébastien Girouard, Minister's driver
- Paul Hong, Senior Policy Advisor
- Joseph Lavoie, Director Strategic Communications and New Media
- John Light, Director of Regional Affairs
- Katherine Locke, Director of Parliamentary Affairs
- Shuvaloy Majumdar, Senior Policy Advisor
- Ann Matejicka, Senior Communications Advisor
- Ashley McArthur, Senior Policy Advisor for Consular Affairs
- Denis Milliard, Minister's Driver
- Amanda Murphy, Parliamentary Affairs and Issues Management Advisor
- Rick Roth, Press Secretary
- Aaron Scheewe, Director of Issues Management
- Randall Visser, Special Assistant, Regional Affairs
- Joshua Zanin, Director of Communication
- Monika Le Roy, Senior Policy Advisor
Other parliamentarians
- Françoise Boivin, Member of Parliament
- Steven Blaney, Member of Parliament
- Andrée Champagne, Senator
- Olivia Chow, Member of Parliament
- David Christpherson, Member of Parliament
- Denis Coderre, Member of Parliament
- Gerald J. Comeau, Senator
- Barry Devolin, Member of Parliament
- Consiglio Di Nino, Senator
- Mark Eyking, Member of Parliament
- Suzanne Fortin Duplessis, Senator
- Curtis Fraser, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State (Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity)
- Yvon Godin, Member of Parliament
- Marc Godbout, Member of Parliament
- Russel J. Hiebert, Member of Parliament
- Gerald Keddy, Member of Parliament [until March 2008]
- Jason Kenney, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity)
- Wajid Khan, Member of Parliament
- Wajid Khan, Prime Minister's Special Advisor for Middle Eastern and Central Asian Affairs
- Noël Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate
- Francine Lalonde, Member of Parliament
- Hélène Laverdière, Member of Parliament
- Dominic LeBlanc, Member of Parliament
- Pierre Lemieux, Member of Parliament
- Wayne Marston, Member of Parliament
- Keith Martin, Member of Parliament
- Alexa McDonough, Member of Parliament
- Robert Merrifield, Member of Parliament
- Richard Nadeau, Member of parliament
- Donald Oliver, Senator
- Denis Paradis, Member of Parliament
- Bob Rae, Member of Parliament
- Mario Silva, Member of Parliament
- David Smith, Member of Parliament
- Andrew Telegdi, Member of Parliament
- Bryon Wilfert, Member of Parliament
- Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Member of Parliament
Senior Level Employees
- Jon Allen, Special Advisor, Americas
- Stewart Beck, High Commissioner to India (Delhi)
- Patrick Binns, Consul General, United States (Boston)
- Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Canada to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Paris)
- Peter M. Boehm, Associate Deputy Minister
- Peter M. Boehm, Ambassador, Germany (Berlin) until December 2012
- Yves Brodeur, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council (NATO), in Brussels.
- Kerry Buck, Political Director and Assistant Deputy Minister International Security, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
- Kim Butler, Minister (Plenipotentiary's Office), France (Paris)
- Gordon Campbell, High Commissioner, United Kingdom (London)
- Lawrence Cannon, Ambassador, France (Paris)
- Mackenzie Clugston, Ambassador to Japan (Tokyo)
- Gérald Cossette, Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
- William Crosbie, Assistant Deputy Minister, North America, Consular, Emergency Management, Chief Security Officer
- Glenn V. Davidson, Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Christine Desloges, Chief Executive Officer, Passport Canada
- Gary Doer, Ambassador, United States of America (Washington D.C.)
- Cassie Doyle, Consul General, San Francisco
- James Fox, Ambassador, Italy (Rome), Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome
- Jonathan Fried, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, The Permanent Mission of Canada to the World Trade Organization (Geneva)
- Susan Gregson, Deputy High Commissioner (London)
- Loyola Hearn, Ambassador to Ireland (Dublin)
- Sara Hradecky, Ambassador, Mexico (Mexico City)
- Paul Hunt, Ambassador, Israel (Tel Aviv)
- Alan Kessel, The Legal Adviser
- Jamal A. Khokhar, Ambassador to Brazil (Brasilia)
- Judith LaRocque, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the OECD
- Denis Kingsley, Assistant Deputy Minister - International Platform Branch
- Paul-Henri Lapointe, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OECD
- Neil Le Blanc, Consul General, United States (Boston)
- Deborah Lyons, Deputy Head of Mission (Washington DC)
- Grant Manuge, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business Development, Investment and Innovation
- Peter McGovern, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business Development, Innovation & Asia and Chief Trade Commissioner
- Nadir Patel, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer
- Jean-Carol Pelletier, Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
- David Plunkett, Ambassador of Canada to the European Union
- John Prato, Consul General, New York
- Sheila Riordon, Minister (Political Affairs)
- Guillermo Rishchynski, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, in New York City
- Gilles Rivard, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
- Morris Rosenberg, Deputy Minister
- Guy Saint-Jacques, Ambassador, China (Bejing)
- John Sloan, Ambassador, Russia (Moscow)
- Jillian Stirk, Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Issues, Strategic Policy, Europe and Middle East
- Gordon Venner, G8 Sous Sherpa, APEC Senior Official
Minister, Parliamentary Secretaries and Their Exempt Staff (Historical)
- Hon. Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs - until May 2008
- Hon. Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs until May 2011
- Hon. David L. Emerson, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Hon. Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs until July 2004
- Hon. Peter G. MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Hon. Pierre S. Pettigrew, Minister of Foreign Affairs until January 2006
- Hon. Peter Kent, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas) until January 2011
- Roy Cullen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness until January 2006
- Hon. Dan McTeague, Parliamentary Secretary until January 2006
- Hon. Peter Van Loan, Parliamentary Secretary until November 2006
- Dan Costello, Chief of Staff
- Aaron Gairdner, Chief of Staff
- Francis LeBlanc, Chief of Staff
- John MacDonell, Chief of Staff
- Norm McIntosh, Chief of Staff until February 2012
- Stephanie Machel, Chief of Staff until August 2009
- Lawrence Malloy, Chief of Staff
- Paul Terrien, Chief of Staff until May 2011
- Jim Anderson, Director of Policy
- Madeleine Ashe, Personal Assistant to the Minister
- Michael Bailey, Special Assistant (March - April 2006)
- Nancy Baker, Special Assistant
- Anne Bigelow, Regional Affairs Director
- Barrett Bingley, Senior Policy Advisor - effective 26 June 2008
- Isabelle Bouchard, Director of Communications (until October 31, 2007)
- Glenn Bradbury, Senior Advisor
- Natalie Brender, Policy Advisor
- Jeremy Broadhurst, Special Assistant
- France Bureau, Press Secretary
- Simon M. Burke, Senior Policy Advisor
- Georganne Burke, Senior Special Assistant, until 2010
- Megan Cain, Policy Advisor and Parliamentary Liaison for Western and Northern Canada
- Eve Cardinal, Press Secretary, until 2010
- Jamie Christoff, Press Secretary
- Pierre Coulombe, Senior Special Assistant
- Laurence Dare, Special Assistant, Policy
- Marko Dekovic, Regional Assistant (After June 25, 2008)
- Lydia Di Francesco, Special Assistant Parliamentary Affairs
- Elizabeth Dodds, Special Assistant (Office of the Parliamentary Secretary)
- Nancy Dubé, Special Assistant
- Dan Dugas, Director of communication
- Jean-Maurice Duplessis, Director of Operations until December 2010
- Mireille Farrell, Minister's Private Secretary
- Renee Farrell, Special Assistant
- Nadine Farrell, Special Assistant
- Marian Fernet, Director, Parliamentary Affairs
- Elizabeth Finney, Special Assistant
- Paul Fitzgerald, Director of Parliamentary Affairs, until 2010
- Isabelle Fontaine, Director of Communications (Until October, 2007)
- Robert Fry, Director of Policy
- Kim Furlong, Director of Communications, until 2010
- Catherine Godbout, Consular Affairs and Treasury Board Senior Advisor
- Chris Gorman, Executive Assistant
- Christopher W. Green, Director of Parliamentary Affairs - effective 26 June 2008
- Robin Guy, Special Assistant (until June 2009)
- Robin Guy, Special Assistant, Secretary of State (SSFT) (until June 2008)
- Julian Haigh, Special Assistant (Office of the Parliamentary Secretary)
- Craig Haynes, Special Assistant
- Paul Hong, Policy Advisor
- Karine Hopper, Parliamentary Affairs and Issues Management Advisor
- Anne Howland, Director of Communications - effective 26 June 2008
- Neil Hrab, Director of Communications
- Eric Johnson, Executive Assistant
- Eleanor Johnston, Senior Special Assistant until December 2010
- Priya Joshi, Deputy Senior Policy Advisor - effective 26 June 2008
- Sue Kyle, Administrave Assistant until October 2006
- Jacques Labrie, Special Advisor (operations)
- Eric Lamoureux, Policy Advisor and Parliamentary Liaison for Ontario and Atlantic Canada
- Rachel Landriault, Personal Assistant to the Minister
- Melissa Lantsman, Policy Advisor until May 2011
- Daniel Laprès, Special Assistant
- Zoe Lawson, Special Assistant, Parliamentary Affairs and Issues Management
- Jason Lee, Special Assistant Atlantic Affairs
- Deborah Levy, Policy Advisor
- Michelle Lobo, Legislative Assistant
- Catherine Loubier, Director of Communications until October 2010
- Kevin MacAdam, Senior Policy Advisor
- Philippe Mailhot, Senior Special Assistant (Communications)
- Leif Malling, Policy Advisor
- Jean-Sébastien Marineau, Political Advisor
- Michael H. Martens, Special Assistant
- Linda Martineau, Scheduling Assistant until May 2011
- Shaun Masterson, Senior Assistant
- Meredith McDonald, Senior Communication Advisor until January 2011
- Cindy McInnes, Communications Advisor
- Lynn Meahan, Deputy Director and Press Secretary
- Lynn Meahan, Press Secretary
- Lisa Monette, Spokesperson
- Allan Murphy, Regional Affairs Director (February to September 2006)
- Rebecca Murphy, Parliamentary Secretary's Assistant
- Ross O'Connor, Senior Policy Advisor
- Leah Olson, Director of Parliamentary Affairs until 2007
- Michael Pearson, Coordinator International Policy
- Jean-Carol Pelletier, Special Advisor (Policy) until September 2009
- Martin-Pierre Pelletier, Director of Parliamentary Affairs and Deputy Chief of Staff
- Philip Pietersma, Director of Parliamentary Affairs
- Carole Piovesan, Policy Advisor
- Maxime Poulin, Policy Advisor and Parliamentary Liaison for Quebec
- Lise Ratté, Executive Assistant
- Natalie Sarafian, Press Secretary, until 2010
- Isabelle Savard, Director of Communications
- Jonathan Schneiderman, Special Advisor
- Stephanie Schramm, Senior Special Assistant, until 2010
- Catherine Sloan, Scheduling Assistant to Foreign Affairs
- Adam Taylor, Senior Policy Advisor
- Sébastien Théberge, Director of Communications
- Lara Thorpe, Director of Parliamentary Affairs, until 2010
- Lara Thorpe, Director of Parliamentary Affairs
- Paul Throop, Director of Operations
- Peter Van Praagh, Senior Policy Advisor (March 2006 to May 2007)
- Kyle Vis, Policy Advisor until July 2009
- Randall Visser, Special Assistant, Regional Affairs
- Steven Vo, Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary
- Regan Watts, Senior Policy Advisor until May 2011
- Andrew Webb, Policy Advisor
- Rossana Whissell, Director of Ministerial Protocol until July 2009
- Darryl Whitehead, Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary until May 2011
- Matt. W Wolf, Special Assistant (Parliamentary Affairs)
- Michelle Yao, Special Assistant, Minister's Regional Office - Vancouver - effective 26 June 2008
- Chris Yonke, Special Assistant
Senior Level Employees (Historical)
- Jon Allen, Ambassador to Israel (Tel Aviv) until August 2010
- Jack Anawak, Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs
- Marie Bernard-Meunier, Ambassador, Germany (Berlin) - until 2004
- Serge April, Ambassador, Netherlands (The Hague)- to 2005
- André Bachand, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Canada to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Paris) until November 2011
- Jacques Bilodeau, Ambassador, Francophonie Affairs until November 2010
- Patrick Binns, Ambassador, Ireland (Dublin) until August 2010
- Peter M. Boehm, Assistant Deputy Minister, North America - until 8 August 2008
- Greta Bossenmaier, Associate Deputy Minister - until June 2009
- Greta Bossenmaier, Deputy Minister for Afghanistan Task Force
- Claude Boucher, Deputy High Commissioner (London) until August 2012
- Keith Christie, Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Issues until July 2012
- Jocelyne Bourgon, Canadian Ambassador to the OECD and President Emeritus of the Canada School of Public Service (until April 2007)
- Yves Brodeur, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Security Branch until August 2011.
- Yves Brodeur, Assistant Deputy Minister for the Afghanistan Task Force, until July 2009
- Kerry Buck, Assistant Deputy Minister, Programs and Departmental Security until August 2010
- Alex Bugailiskis, Assistant Deputy Minister, Latin America and the Carribean until July 2010
- Melvin Cappe, High Commissioner, United Kingdom (London) - until June, 2006
- Jonathan Fried, Ambassador, Japan (Tokyo) until November 2012
- Joseph Caron, Ambassador, Japan (Tokyo) - until August 2008
- Joseph Caron, High Commissioner, India (New Delhi) until July 2010
- Susan Gregson, Special advisor on Human Resources
- Yvon Charbonneau, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Canada to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Paris) - until Sept, 2006
- Robert Collette, Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of Italy, Albania, and San Marino, Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of Malta and Permanent Repr. to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agencies until July 2009
- Gérald Cossette, Chief Executive Officer, Passport Canada, and 2010 G8 Summit Federal Coordinator - until May 2009
- William R. Crosbie, Assistant Deputy Minister, Consular Services and Emergency Management, until August 2009
- William Crosbie, Ambassador, Afghanistan (Kabul) until July 2011
- Paul Dubois, Ambassador, Germany (Berlin)
- Rob Dufresne, Acting Chief Financial Officer
- Leonard J. Edwards, Deputy Minister until June 2010
- Leonard Edwards, Special representative to the Prime Minister for the G8 and G20 Summits until August 2010
- Marc Lortie, Ambassador, France (Paris) until 2012
- Lucie Edwards, High Commissioner, India (New Delhi) - to July 2006
- Lucie Edwards, Head, Office of Transformation to July 2009
- Philip MacKinnon, Acting Head of Mission to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Drew Fagan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and Planning
- David Mulroney, Ambassador, China (Bejing)until August 2012
- Peter McGovern, Assistant Deputy Minister, Summits Management Office until March 2012
- Elaine Feldman, Assistant Deputy Minister, North America until July 2010
- Jean Fournier, High Commissioner, Australia (Canberra) - to 2004
- Kevin O'Shea, Minister (Political Affairs) until September 2012
- Robert R. Fowler, Ambassador, Italy (Rome), Personal Representative of the Prime Minister for Africa, Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN Food Agencies in Rome, Head of the PM's Special Advisory Team on Sudan
- James Fox, Assistant Deputy Minister, Bilateral Relations
- Lorenz Friedlaender, Ambassador, Sweden (Stockholm)
- Laurette Glasgow, Minister (Plenipotentiary's Office), France (Paris) - until August 2006
- V. Peter Harder, Deputy Minister (until March, 2007)
- Alex Himelfarb, Ambassador to the Republic of Italy, Albania, and San Marino, High Commissioner to the Republic of Malta and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agencies.
- Bruce Hirst, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) until February 26, 2010
- Ron Hoffmann, Ambassador - Afghanistan (Kabul) until August 2009
- Ross Hornby, Ambassador of Canada to the European Union until June 2011
- Paul Hunt, Ambassador to Brasil (Brasilia) until October 2010
- Shelley Whiting, Chargé d'affaires to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan until 2012
- Gordon White, Chief Financial Officer (CFO)until June 2011
- Ronald Irwin, Consul General, United States (Boston) - to 2005
- Blair James, Assistant Deputy Minister, Consular, Security and Emergency Management Branch until July 2011
- Jean-Pierre Juneau, Ambassador, Canadian Joint Delegation to NATO until September 2007
- Michael Kergin, Special Advisor
- Stan Keyes, Consul General, United States (Boston)
- Jeremy K.B. Kinsman, Ambassador to the European Union (Brussels)
- Karen Kraft Sloan, Ambassador for the Environment
- Mario Laguë, Ambassador, Costa Rica (San José)
- Suzanne Laporte, Ambassador, Brazil (Brasilia) - to 2005
- Claude Laverdure, Ambassador, France (Paris)
- Marc Lepage, Special Advisor (Climate Change and Energy) until December 2011
- Gaëtan Lavertu, Ambassador, Mexico (Mexico City)
- Michael Leir, High Commissioner, Australia (Canberra) until September 2010
- Deborah Lyons, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Planning, and Chief Strategist until September 2010
- Ralph Lysyshyn, Ambassador, Russia (Moscow)
- David Malone, High Commissioner, India (New Delhi) - until August 2008
- Sergio Marchi, Ambassador to the Office of the United Nations, to the Conference on Disarmament and to the World Trade Organization (Geneva) - until 2004
- I. David Marshall, High Commissioner - Barbados and the OECS until July 2009
- Roger J. Marsham, Consul General, United States (Buffalo) - until 2005
- Frank McKenna, Ambassador, United States (Washington, D.C.) - until March, 2006
- John McNee, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations, until July 2011
- Robert McRae, Ambassador, Canadian Joint Delegation to NATO until August 2011
- David Mulroney, Associate Deputy Minister - until February 2008
- Gilbert Parent, Ambassador for the Environment - until 2004
- Jean-Carol Pelletier, High Commissioner, Cameroon (Yaoundé)
- David Plunkett, Chief Trade Negotiator (Bilateral and Regional), Trade Policy and Negotiations
- Denis Ricard, Director General, Francophonie Summit 2008
- Stephen Rigby, Associate Deputy Minister (until August 2008)
- Guillermo Rishchynski, Ambassador, Mexico (Mexico City) until August 2011
- Wayne Robson, Acting Ambassador, Mexico (Mexico City) until November 2011
- Robert Rochon, Deputy High Commissioner, United Kingdom (London) - until 2004
- Robert Rochon, Acting Deputy High Commissioner - until May, 2008
- Allan Rock, Ambassador to the United Nations (New York)- until July 2006
- Pierre Sabourin, Assistant Deputy Minister - International Platform Branch until March 31 2010
- Guy Saint-Jacques, Deputy Head of Mission - Washington until September 2010
- Guy Saint-Jacques, Deputy High Commisioner, United Kingdom (London)(until february 2008)
- Gisèle Samson-Verreault, Assistant Deputy Minister
- Brian Schumacher, Deputy Consul General, United States (New York) - until 2004
- Sandelle Scrimshaw, Minister (Plenipotentiary's Office), France (Paris)until September 2010
- Shirley Serafini, Ambassador, Norway (Oslo) - until 2005
- Graham Shantz, acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and Planning
- Michael Small, Assistant Deputy Minister, Human Resources until May 2010
- Michael Small, High Commissioner to Australia (Canberra)
- Doreen Steidle, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services - until March 31 2008
- Jillian Stirk, Assistant Deputy Minister, Afghanistan Task Force, until August 2010
- Daniel Sullivan, Consul General, New York until February 2011
- Loyola Sullivan, Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation until March 2011
- Ken Sunquist, Assistant Deputy Minister, Asia, Africa and Chief Trade Commissioner until August 2010
- Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Security Branch and Political Director, until July 2009
- Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister, Europe, Middle East, Maghreb and Chief Political Economic Officer until September 2009
- Carmen Sylvain, Assistant Deputy Minister, Europe, Middle East, Maghreb and Chief Political Economic Officer until August 2010
- Carmen Sylvain, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and Planning until November 2011
- David Usher, Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d'affaires to the OECD until January 2011
- Pamela Wallin, Consul General, United States (New York) to June 2006
- Christopher Westdal, Ambassador, Russia (Moscow)
- Michael Wilson, Ambassador, United States (Washington, D.C.) until October 2009
- James R. (Jim) Wright, High Commissioner, United Kingdom (London) until August 2011
- Robert G. Wright, Ambassador, China (Beijing) until May 2009
