Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
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Minister, Parliamentary Secretaries and Their Exempt Staff
- Hon. Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade
- Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade
- Bill Hawkins, Chief of Staff
- Fion Anastassiades, Advisor - policy and stakeholder relations
- Dan Baxter, Special Assistant - Projects and processes
- Phil Bolduc, Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary
- Louise Girouard, Director of Policy and Stakeholder Relations
- Christopher Green, Director of Parliamentary Affairs and Issues Management
- Rodolphe Husny, Press Secretary
- Lise-Ann Jackson, Director of Policy and Stakeholder Relations
- Lois Johnson, Executive Assistant to the Minister
- Marisa Monnin, Advisor - Policy and Stakeholder Relations
- Mike Mueller, Director of Parliamentary Affairs and Issues Management
- Rebecca Rogers, Manager of Tour and Events
- Christine Schmidt, Advisor, Policy snd Stakeholder Relations
- Alex Sewell, Special Assistant
- Alicia Swinamer, Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary
- Adam Taylor, Director of Communications and Tour
- Brock Vandrick, Special assistant
- Christine Wylupski, Executive Assistant to the Minister
Other parliamentarians
- Scott Brison, Member of Parliament
- Don Bell, Member of parliament
- John Cannis, Member of Parliament
- Gary Carr, Member of Parliament
- Roger Cuzner, Member of Parliament
- Hedy Fry, Member of Parliament
- Helena Guergis, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade)(Sport)
- Anne Howland, Director of Communications - until 25 June 2008
- Marlene Jennings, Member of Parliament
- Lawrence Malloy, Chief of Staff - until June 2008
- Irene Mathyssen, Member of Parliament
- Don Meredith, Senator
- Maria Minna, Member of Parliament
- Erin O'Toole, Member of Parliament
- Bernard Patry, Member of Parliament and Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- Charles Penson, Member of Parliament
- Bob Rae, Member of Parliament
- Devinder Shory, Member of Parliament
- Joy Smith, Member of Parliament
Senior Level Employees
Minister, Parliamentary Secretaries and Their Exempt Staff (Historical)
- Hon. David L. Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics - until June 2008
- Hon. Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade until January 18 2010
- Hon. Michael M. Fortier, Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for the Montreal Region, Ministers' Regional Office
- Hon. Helena Guergis, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade until January 2007
- Hon. Gar Knutson, Minister of State (New and Emerging Markets) until June 2004
- Hon. James Scott Peterson, Minister of International Trade until January 2006
- Hon. John Harvard, Parliamentary Secretary
- Hon. Ted Menzies, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and to the Minister of International Cooperation until January 2007
- Hon. Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade until May 2011
- Sandra Buckler, Chief of Staff until May 2011
- Maher Abou-Guendia, Senior Departmental Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary
- Frédéric Baril, Press Secretary
- Paul Benoit, Director of Policy (WTO, International Trade Negotiations)- until January 18 2010
- Paul Benoit, Senior Policy Advisor
- Barrett Bingley, Senior Policy Advisor - until 25 June 2008
- John Brent, Communications Assistant until April, 2009
- Neil Brodie, Chief of Staff
- Monika Bujalska, Press Secretary until May 2011
- Jerra Byrne, Special Assistant - Regional Affairs until January 18 2010
- Jennifer Chiu, Press Secretary
- Adam Church, Senior Policy Advisor until May 2011
- Sean Clark, Special Advisor - Policy
- Kenneth Cole, Chief of Staff
- Dennis Crawford, Special Assistant - Western Desk
- Marko Dekovic, Regional Assistant (Before June 25, 2008)
- Jay Denney, Executive Assistant until January 18 2010
- Neil Drabkin, Chief of Staff until January 18 2010
- Marie Dupuis, Director of Regional affairs
- Ken England, Departmental Advisor
- Greg Fergus, Senior Policy Advisor
- Kimberley Furlong, Special Advisor, Policy and Communications
- Catherine Godbout, Parliamentary Secretary's Assistant
- Tony Grace, Special Assistant-Atlantic Desk
- Christopher W. Green, Director of Parliamentary Affairs - until 25 June 2008
- Alanna Heath, Special Assistant - Western Desk and Pacific Gateway & Vancouver-Whistler Olympics
- Christopher Hilton, Director of Communications
- Ryan Hordy, Special Assistant - Ontario
- Idee Inyangudor, Special Assistant, Secretary of States Office
- Lise-Anne Jackson, Senior Advisor, Policy and Stakeholder Relations until July 2012
- Lisa Jibson, Policy Advisor (New and Emerging Markets)
- Priya Joshi, Deputy Senior Policy Advisor - until 25 June 2008
- Francois Jubinville, Director of Communications
- Robert Klager, Director of Communications
- Jeffrey Kroeker, Senior Special Assistant to the Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport)
- Andrea Lanthier, Press Secretary
- Jacqueline LaRocque, Director of Communications
- Mélisa Leclerc, Director of Communications until January 18 2010
- Gerald Lefebvre, Advisor
- Ronald Leung, Special Assistant - Community Relations until February 2, 2009
- Stephanie Machel, Chief of Staff - Secretary of State's Office
- Blair MacLean, Director of Communications, Parliamentary Affairs
- Fraser Malcolm, Director of Communications until May 2011
- Benjamin Maynard, Acting Executive Assistant, April 2009
- Susan McConnell, Special Assistant (New and Emerging Markets)
- Linsday McCray, Special Assistant - Western
- Sarah McLean, Special Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary until January 2010
- Lynn Meahan, Press Secretary - until 25 June 2008
- Colin Metcalfe, Director of Regional Affairs until January 18 2010
- Adria Minsky, Policy Advisor
- Paul Moen, Senior Policy Advisor
- James Moore, Parliamentary Secretary for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics
- Elliot Morris, Special Assistant-Policy
- Liam O'Brien, Director of policy until May 2011
- Joel Oosterman, Parliamentary Assistant to Joy Smith
- Tanya Peatt, Policy Advisor
- Axelle Pellerin, Policy Advisor
- Goran Pesic, Policy Advisor until January 18 2010
- Jacquie Prokopanko, Departmental Liaison (MRO Vancouver)
- Natacha Raphaël, Special Assistant - Québec
- Roy Rempel, Director of Policy (Western Hemisphere) until January 18 2010
- Louis Riccoboni, Director of Parliamentary Affairs
- Donna Robertson, Special Assistant, Minister's Regional Office - Vancouver
- Jean-Paul Ruszkowski, Chief of Staff (New and Emerging Markets)
- Nicole Sacco, Special Assistant until January 18 2010
- Savik Sidhu, Special Assistant-Western Desk
- Niklaus Schwenker, Special Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary until November 2010
- Darlene Stone, Executive Assistant to the Minister until May 2011
- Michael Taube, Senior Special Assistant to the Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport)
- Mark Toews, Special assistant - Western desk
- Ginette Tremblay, Senior Advisor of Operations
- Russell Ullyatt, Senior Special Assistant to the Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport)
- Kyle Vis, Policy Advisor - until 25 June 2008
- Jennifer Wesanko, Director of Communications (New and Emerging Markets)
- Chris Woodcock, Director of Parliamentary Affairs until January 18 2010
- Michelle Yao, Special Assistant, Minister's Regional Office - Vancouver - until 25 June 2008
Senior Level Employees (Historical)
- Stewart Beck, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business Development, Investment and Innovation until August 2009
- Ian Burney, Chief Trade Negotiator (Bilateral and Regional Relations) until August 2009
- Ian Burney, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business Development and Innovation until August 2011
- Louis Lévesque, Deputy Minister of International Trade until October 2012
- John Gero, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, The Permanent Mission of Canada to the World Trade Organization (Geneva) until November 2012
- Claude Carrière, Minister (Economic) and Deputy Head of Mission, United States (Washington D.C.)
- Bertin Côté, Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister
- Robert Déry, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Operations and Associate Chief Trade Commissioner
- Elaine Feldman, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade, Economic and Environmental Policy
- Robert Fonberg, Deputy Minister until April, 2006
- John Gero, Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Policy and Negotiations - until September 2008
- John Klassen, Assistant Deputy Minister, Investment Partnerships Canada
- Andrea Lyon, Chief Trade Negotiator, North America
- Michael Martin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Communications and Corporate Planning
- Kathryn E. McCallion, Senior Advisor, International Trade
- Marie-Lucie Morin, Deputy Minister
- Donald Stephenson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Policy and Negotiations until August 2011
- Donald Stephenson, Trade Policy and Negotiations Branch - until September 2008
- Douglas Waddell, Special Adviser, Softwood Lumber