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INDEPTH: PAUL MARTIN
Paul Martin's new cabinet
CBC News Online | July 20, 2004

Paul Martin's Cabinet (click on name for profile)
Prime Minister	Paul Martin
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness	Anne McLellan
Minister of Finance	Ralph Goodale
Minister of National Defence	Bill Graham
Minister of the Environment	Stéphane Dion
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Pierre Pettigrew
Minister of Health	Ujjal Dosanjh
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Minister responsible for the Francophonie	Jacques Saada
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada	Irwin Cotler
President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board	Reg Alcock
Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development	Joe Volpe
Minister of State (Human Resources Development)	Claudette Bradshaw
Minister of Transport	Jean Lapierre
Minister of Public Works and Government Services	Scott Brison
Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women	Liza Frulla
Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of State (Sport)	Stephen Owen
Minister of International Trade	Jim Peterson
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons	Tony Valeri
Minister of Industry	David Emerson
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food	Andy Mitchell
Minister of Natural Resources	John Efford
Minister of Labour and Housing	Joe Fontana
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians	Andy Scott
Minister of National Revenue	John McCallum
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration	Judy Sgro
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans	Geoff Regan
Minister of Veterans Affairs	Albina Guarnieri
Minister of Social Development	Ken Dryden
Leader of the Government in the Senate	Jacob Austin
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs	Lucienne Robillard
Minister of State (Infrastructure and Communities)	John Godfrey
Minister of State (Multiculturalism)	Raymond Chan
Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario)	Joe Comuzzi
Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency	Joe McGuire
Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister responsible for Democratic Reform and Associate Minister of National Defence	Mauril Belanger
Minister of State (Public Health)	Carolyn Bennett
Minister for International Cooperation	Aileen Carroll
Minister of State (Families and Caregivers)	Tony Ianno
Minister of State (Northern Development)	Ethel Blondin-Andrew

Ralph Goodale

Portfolio:
Minister of Finance
MP, Wascana (Sask.)

Past portfolios:
Minister Of Finance (December 2003 - July 2004), Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Minister Responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board, the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, Minister Responsible for Indian Residential Schools, Resolution Canada, and Minister Responsible For Communication Canada.

Education:
BA (University of Regina)
LLB (University of Saskatchewan)

Born in 1949 and raised on his family's farm near Wilcox, Sask., Goodale was first elected to Parliament in 1974, representing Assiniboia. He was 24. In 1981, he became leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal party. In 1988, he joined the private sector after losing his bid to win the federal riding of Regina-Wascana. For five years he held senior positions at Pioneer Life Assurance Company, Pioneer Lifeco Inc. and Sovereign Life Insurance Co.

Goodale re-entered politics in 1993 and was elected MP for Regina-Wascana.

Anne McLellan

Portfolio:
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
MP, Edmonton West (Alta.)

Past portfolios:
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (December 2003 - July 2004), Minister of Health (January 2002 - December 2003), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (June 1997 - January 2002) and Minister of Natural Resources and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians (November 1993 - June 1997).

Education:
BA, LLB (Dalhousie University)
LLM (Kings College, University of London)

Born in Nova Scotia, McLellan earned her law degree at Dalhousie University and was later admitted to the bar in her home province. She served as assistant professor of law at the University of New Brunswick until 1980, and then moved to Alberta to become professor of law at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. There she served until 1992 in various roles, including associate dean and dean of the Faculty of Law.

She is now Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and a third-term MP for Edmonton West.

John McCallum

Portfolio:
Minister of National Revenue
MP, Markham (Ont.)

Past roles:
Minister of national defence, secretary of state (international financial institutions) and parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance.

Education:
BA (University of Cambridge)
Diplme d'tudes suprieures (Universit de Paris) PhD economics (McGill)

John McCallum once said in an interview that if he were to be given a cabinet role "it would be logical if it were something related to economics." On May 26, 2002, McCallum was handed the national defence portfolio, and the former economist was thrown into the challenging role formerly held by Art Eggleton.

McCallum was born in Montreal on April 9, 1950. He graduated from McGill University with a PhD in economics, and from 1977 to 1994 he served as economics professor at the University of Manitoba, Simon Fraser University and the Universit du Qubec Montral, and as dean of economics at McGill.

In 1994, he became senior economist and senior vice-president at Royal Bank of Canada. His first foray into federal politics came in 2000 when he was elected Liberal MP for Markham, Ont.

A year later he was made parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance. Then, in May of 2002, Prime Minister Jean Chrtien named him minister of national defence in a surprise cabinet shuffle.

Bill Graham

Portfolio:
Minister of National Defence
MP, Toronto Centre-Rosedale (Ont.)

Past portfolios:
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Education:
BA (Hon.), LLB (Toronto)
DU (Paris)

Graham was born on March 17, 1939, in Montreal. He grew up in Vancouver before studying at Upper Canada College, Trinity College and the University of Toronto. He received his doctorate in law from the University of Paris. His professional life has included the roles of lawyer, law professor and teacher.

Graham was first elected as member of Parliament for Toronto Centre-Rosedale in 1993, and appointed minister of foreign affairs in January 2002.From 1995 to 2002, Graham served as chairman of the House of Commons standing committee on foreign affairs and international trade.

Pierre Pettigrew

Portfolio:
Minister of Foreign Affairs
MP, Papineau-Saint-Michel (Que.)

Past portfolios:
Minister of Health, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Official Languages (December 2003 - July 2004), Minister for International Trade, Minister for International Co-operation, Minister responsible for La Francophonie, Minister of Human Resources Development

Education:
BA (Université du Québec à Trois Rivières)
MPhil (Oxford)

Pierre Pettigrew was born in Quebec City in 1951, and was first elected to the House of Commons in a byelection in 1996. He was appointed minister for international co-operation and minister responsible for La Francophonie.

He was appointed minister for international trade in August 1999.

From 1976 to 1978, Pettigrew served as director of the political committee of the NATO Assembly in Brussels. He entered Canadian federal politics as policy adviser to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from 1981 to 1984.

Ujjal Dosanjh

Portfolio:
Minister of Health

Past Portfolios: none

Education: Honours BA, LLB.

Born Sept. 9, 1947 in India, Dosanjh emigrated to Canada in 1968. Prior to completing university, he worked as a millworker and an assistant editor on a Punjabi newspaper. He also taught English as a Second Language to new Canadians at Vancouver Community College. In 1979, Dosanjh established his own law practice specializing in family and personal injury law.

Dosanjh was elected to the B.C. provincial legislature in 1991 and 1996. His provincial portfolios includes: government services, sports, multiculturalism, human rights and immigration, and attorney-general.

On Feb. 24, 2000, he was sworn in as B.C.'s 33rd premier and Canada's first Indo-Canadian premier. He remained premier until May 2001 when the NDP was defeated in a provincial election.

Dosanjh was appointed to run federally in Vancouver South by Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Dosanjh is also involved in the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House, the B.C. Multicultural Society, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and the Vancouver Multicultural Society.

David Emerson

Portfolio:
Minister of Industry
MP Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.

Past portfolios:
None

Education:
Bachelor's and master's degrees in economics (University of Alberta)PhD, economics (Queen's University)

David Emerson left his post as president and CEO of Canfor Corp., B.C.'s largest forestry company, to run for the Liberals in the riding of Vancouver Kingsway, but it wasn't his first experience in politics.

Emerson was a member of B.C.'s Social Credit government in the 1970s and '80s, rising to deputy finance minister. He left government in 1986 to head up the Western and Pacific Bank of Canada. He returned briefly to B.C. provincial politics in 1990, and was appointed to lead the Vancouver International Airport Authority in 1992. It was in 1998 that he became the head of Canfor Corp.

Emerson was born in Grand Prairie, Alta.

Jean Lapierre

Portfolio:
Minister of Transport

Past Portfolios:
· June 30-Sept. 16, 1984: minister of state (fitness and amateur sport)
· June 30-Sept. 16, 1984: minister of state (youth)
· June 30-Sept 16, 1988: deputy leader of government in the House of Commons
· February 2004: Quebec lieutenant

Education:
LLB

Lapierre was born on May 7, 1956. Lapierre left the Liberal party in 1990 over the failed Meech Lake accord and helped form the Bloc Qubcois. Paul Martin lured him back to the Liberals in 2004 and Lapierre ran in the Montreal riding of Outremont in June's federal election. Lapierre is an old friend of Martin's, co-chairing his unsuccessful leadership bid in 1990.

Lapierre began his political career while at university. Between 1974 and 1979, he was special assistant to the minister of consumer and corporate affairs, and executive assistant to Andr Ouellet, minister of state for urban affairs. Eventually, he ran in the southern Quebec federal riding of Shefford and won in 1979, 1980, 1984 and 1988.

In 1992, he became a radio host with CKAC ,and in 2001 he became a presenter for the main news program of TQS.

Stéphane Dion

Portfolio:
Minister of the Environment

Past Portfolios:
president of Privy Council, minister of federal-provincial relations (1996-2003). Co-ordinator of issues related to official languages (2001-03).

Education: BA and MA, PhD

Dion was born Oct. 28, 1955 in Quebec City. He was elected in the Montreal riding of Saint-Laurent-Cartierville in 1996, 1997 and 2000. Dion is a specialist in public administration, organization analysis and has published a number of books and articles. He taught political science at the Universit de Moncton in 1984 and the Universit de Montral from 1984 to January 1996.

During the same period, Dion was also a senior research fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., co-director of the Canadian Journal of Political Science, and research fellow with the Canadian Centre for Management Development. Between 1987 and 1995, he published a number of books and articles on political science, public administration and management.

Ken Dryden

Portfolio:
Minister of Social Development
MP York Centre Ont.

Past Portfolios:
none

Education:
BA and LLB

Dryden is a former NHL goalie who earned six Stanley Cup rings with the Montreal Canadiens. He left his job as vice-chair of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment to run for the Liberals in the Toronto riding that former defence minister Art Eggleton held (York Centre).

Dryden has written four best-selling books, published numerous articles, and created and hosted the CBC-TV documentary series Home Game. He has worked with numerous community and youth groups across the country and was Ontario Youth Commissioner from 1984 to 1986. In 1996, he created a scholarship fund for students from foster homes and group homes to study at university or college. He is on the board of directors for the Hockey Hall of Fame, Vanier Institute of the Family and, until recently, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.

Tony Valeri

Portfolio:
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
MP Hamilton East–Stoney Creek, Ont.

Past portfolios: Minister of Transport

Education:
BA (McMaster University)

Tony Valeri was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993, in the Hamilton, Ont.-area riding of Stoney Creek. He was re-elected in 1997 and 2000. In the 2004 election, riding redistribution combined his riding with that held by Sheila Copps, Hamilton East. In a bitterly fought nomination vote, Valeri took the Liberal nomination for Hamilton East–Stoney Creek and won the riding in June 2004.

Valeri worked as an insurance executive, marketing manager and real estate broker before entering politics. He was born on Aug. 11, 1957, in Hamilton, Ont.

Scott Brison

Portfolio:
Minister of Public Works and Government Services
MP Kings-Hants, N.S.

Past portfolios: None.

Education:
B.Comm. (Dalhousie University)

Scott Brison was first elected in Kings-Hants in 1997 as a Progressive Conservative, and acted as the party's critic on a variety of financial issues. He stepped down as MP in 2000 to allow party leader Joe Clark to run in a byelection, only to regain the seat a few months later in the general election.

In January 2003, he announced his bid for leadership of the PCs, but lost to Peter MacKay. Shortly after the PCs' merger with the Canadian Alliance, Brison announced he would cross the floor to join the Liberals, saying that party better reflects his personal values. "The PC party – the party I grew up in – no longer exists," he said. Brison, who is openly gay, said he didn't want to be poster boy for gay issues for the new Conservative party.

Brison was born in Windsor, N.S.

Joe Fontana

Portfolio:
Minister of Labour and Housing
MP London North Centre, On.

Past Portfolios:
Parliamentary Secretary to the minister of transport (1993-1996).
Parliamentary Secretary to the prime minister with special emphasis on small business and science and technology (2003).

Education:
B.Eng., University of Waterloo.Business, University of Western Ontario.

Fontana was born Jan. 13, 1950 in Celera, Italy. His family emigrated to Canada in 1954. Fontana spent 30 years as a financial consultant and is a former alderman and controller for the City of London. He was elected federally in London East (1988 and 1993) and then in London North Centre (1997 and 2000), where he was recently re-elected. During his time in Ottawa, Fontana had several roles: opposition critic for urban affairs and housing, Ontario caucus chair, head of task forces on VIA Rail and the economy and recession, chair of citizenship and immigration and a member of industry, science and technology committees. He also served as Liberal caucus chair (1996-1999).

Tony Ianno

Portfolio:
Minister of State (Families and Caregivers)
MP Trinity-Spadina, Ont.

Past portfolios: None.

Education:
B.Sc., University of Toronto

Adviser to former Ontario premier David Peterson.Served as chair of Energlobe Power Quality Management Services, a firm that maximizes power efficiency for large commercial industries.

Founder and publisher of the Canadian Italian Business Directory.Co-founder of Trinity-Bellwoods Rate Payers Association.Served as director of the Toronto Athletic Sports Clubs Association.Worked in support of emotionally challenged children.

John Godfrey

Portfolio:
Minister of State (Infrastructure and Communities)

Past Portfolios:Parliamentary Secretary to the minister for international co-operation and minister responsible for La Francophonie (1996-97).
Parliamentary Secretary to the minister of Canadian heritage (1997-98).
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister with special emphasis on cities (as of Dec. 12, 2003).

Education:
BA from Trinity College at University of Toronto in 1965.
MA in philosophy from Balliol College at Oxford University in 1967.
Doctorate of philosophy from St. Anthony's College at Oxford in 1975.

Godfrey was born Dec. 19, 1942 in Toronto. Godfrey is a journalist with many interests. He was an assistant professor in history at Dalhousie University, president of King's College, editor and editor-at-large for the Financial Post and Vice-president of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Godfrey is considered an expert on social, economic and environmental public policy. He has written several programs for TV and radio and is the founding co-host of TV Ontarios current affairs program Between The Lines (1991-present). Godfrey has sat on many boards of organizations including Pollution Probe, World University Services, Ballet Jorgen and CUSO. He is also co-founder of Ethiopia Airlift and Adopt-a-Village.

Godfrey was previously elected in the Toronto Don Valley West riding in 1993, 1997 and 2000. He has been the former chair of Canadian Heritage, former vice-chair of Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources and a member of committees on natural resources, official languages and environment.

Raymond Chan

Portfolio:
Minister of State (Multiculturalism)

Past Portfolios:
Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific) within portfolio of Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1993 - 2000

Education: Holds a B.A.Sc. (applied science in engineering physics) from the University of British Columbia.

Chan was born Oct. 25, 1951 in Hong Kong and emigrated to Canada in1969. Chan was a restaurant owner in Vancouver and an engineer and project team leader in the computing and electronics division of the TRIUMF Nuclear Research Centre at the University of British Columbia. He went back to private business after the 2000 election defeat as president of Global Business Development Inc. The company helped business clients target newly emerging export markets for Canadian and British Columbian products in China, Taiwan and Korea.

Chan was previously elected in Vancouvers Richmond riding in 1993 and 1997. He first became involved with public policy issues when he founded the Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement in 1989. He also led a team on democratic and human rights reforms to China in 1991, and later, as a cabinet minister, to Indonesia in 1998 and East Timor in 1999. When he was appointed as Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific), Chan became the first Canadian of Chinese descent to be named to the Privy Council.

Joe Volpe

Portfolio:
Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
MP Eglinton-Lawrence (Ont.)

Past portfolios:
Human Resources and Skills Development (December 2003 - July 2004)

Education:
BA, BEd, masters of education (University of Toronto)

Joseph Volpe was born in Monteleone, Italy, in 1947 and was first elected to Parliament in 1988. Volpe served as the parliamentary secretary to the minister of health from 1996 to 1998. He has also been chair or co-chair on various government committees, including the health committee and the committee on natural resources and government operations.

Before being elected to Parliament, Volpe was an educator. He was a teacher, vice-principal and principal at schools in the North York area.

Liza Frulla

Portfolio: Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women

MP, Verdun–Saint-Henri–Saint-Paul–Pointe Saint-Charles (Que.)

Past portfolios:
Minister of Social Development (December 2003 - July 2004)

Education:
BA (College Basile-Moreau), B.Ed. (Université de Montréal)

Born March 30, 1949, in Montreal. A member of the Quebec National Assembly from 1989 to 1998, Frulla served briefly as communications and culture minister under Robert Bourassa. She went on to host her own Radio-Canada television show – "Liza" – and then had a number of private-sector communications jobs. She was first elected to the House of Commons in a 2002 byelection. Her experience in public relations is extensive, going back to 1974 when she worked for the organizing committee of the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

Lucienne Robillard

Portfolio:
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
MP Westmount - Ville-Marie (Montreal)

Past portfolios:
Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec (December 2003 - July 2004), Minister of Labour (1995 - 1996), Minister responsible for the federal campaign in the Quebec referendum, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1996 - 1999), Acting Minister of Communications (1996), Acting Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship (1996)

Education:
M.A., M.B.A. (Montreal)

The 58-year-old Montreal-born social worker began her political career in Quebec's National Assembly, holding a number of cabinet positions for the Liberal government. She was considered a star candidate and parachuted into federal politics in a 1995 by-election. She was appointed Labour minister and minister responsible for the Liberal's campaign against the Quebec referendum.

Robillard was later appointed to one of the top cabinet positions as minister of Citizenship and Immigration.

Carolyn Bennett

Portfolio:
Minister of State (Public Health)
MP, St. Paul's (Ont.)

Past portfolios:
Minister of State (Public Health) (December 2003 - July 2004)

Education:
Medical Degree from the University of Toronto

Born in Toronto in 1950. Bennett was a family physician and founding partner of Bedford Medical Associates in downtown Toronto until her election to St. Paul's riding in 1997. A Martin supporter, Bennett made headlines in 2002 when she openly criticized Jean Chrétien for not including more women in a cabinet shuffle. The two reportedly got into a heated exchange at a caucus meeting.

Bennett is married to award–winning Canadian film producer and former executive director of the Canadian Film Centre, Peter O'Brian.

Andy Scott

Portfolio:
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Mtis and Non-Status Indians
MP - Fredericton (New Brunswick)

Past portfolios:
Minister of State (Infrastructure) (December 2003 - July 2004), Solicitor General of Canada (June 1997 - November 1998)
Education: B.A. (University of New Brunswick)

Andy Scott is a career politician who became executive director of the New Brunswick Liberal Party shortly after leaving school. He became Premier Frank McKenna's senior policy adviser in 1989 and the assistant deputy minister in the department of intergovernmental affairs in 1992.

Scott was elected to Parliament in 1993. Following his re-election in 1997, he was appointed solicitor general. He resigned from the post in 1998 after allegations that he prejudged the RCMP inquiry into security arrangements at the APEC summit in Vancouver in 1997.

In November 2003, Scott was attacked in his constituency office. His attacker was allegedly upset with politicians who support gay marriage.

Scott was born in 1955 in Barker's Point, N.B.

Reginald Alcock

Portfolio:
President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board
MP Winnipeg South (Man.)

Past portfolios:
President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board (December 2003 - July 2004)

Education:
BA, M.P.A.

Born April 16, 1948 in Winnipeg, Alcock was first elected to the federal riding of Winnipeg South in 1993. He has held on to leadership of the riding in each subsequent election.

From 1988 to 1993, Alcock was a Member of Manitoba's Legislative Assembly. He was House Leader from 1988 until 1990.

The businessman's most recent parliamentary posting was as Secretary to the President of the Queen's Privy Council for the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. He was appointed to the position in 1998.

Jacob Austin

Portfolio:
Leader of the Government in the Senate

Past portfolios: Leader of the Government in the Senate (December 2003 - July 2004), Minister of State for Social Development, Minister responsible for EXPO '86, and Minister responsible for the Canada Development Investment Corporation. Appointed to the Senate in 1975.

Senator Jacob Austin represents British Columbia and the Senatorial Division of Vancouver South. He has served as a member of Senate committees on foreign affairs, and internal economy, budgets and administration.

Austin attended the University of British Columbia and Harvard Law School. He also has a doctorate in social sciences from the University of East Asia in Macau.

OTHER PORTFOLIOS:

Andy Mitchell
Portfolio:
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
MP Parry Sound - Muskoka.

Born: April 21, 1953 in Montreal
Profession: Bank Manager

Aileen Carroll
Portfolio:
Minister for International Cooperation
MP Barrie-Simcoe-Bradford, Ont.
Born: June 1, 1944, in Halifax, N.S.
Profession: Administrator

Claudette Bradshaw
Portfolio:
Minister of State (Human Resources Development)
MP Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe
Born: April 8, 1949 in Moncton
Profession: Corporate executive director

John Efford
Portfolio:
Minister of Natural Resources
MP Bonavista-Trinity-Conception, Nfld.
Born: January 6, 1944, in Port de Grave, Nfld.
Profession: Businessman

Albina Guarnieri
Portfolio:
Minister of Veterans Affairs
MP Mississauga East, Ont.
Born: June 23, 1953, in Italy
Profession: Businesswoman, management consultant, public servant

Stephen Owen
Portfolio:
Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of State (Sport)
MP Quadra
Born: September 8, 1948, in Vancouver
Profession: Lawyer, professor
Former Lam Professor of Law & Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution at the University of Victoria.Owen was elected to the Vancouver Quadra riding in 2000 and later was appointed Secretary of State (Western Economic Diversification).

Jim Peterson
Portfolio:
Minister of International Trade
MP Willowdale, Ont.
Born: July 30, 1941, in Ottawa
Profession: Author, barrister and solicitor, lawyer, professor of law

Geoff Regan
Portfolio:
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
MP Halifax West, N.S.
Born: November 22, 1959, in Windsor, N.S.
Profession: Administrator, barrister and solicitor, commercial lawyer

Judy Sgro
Portfolio:
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
MP York West, Ont.
Born: December 16, 1944 in Moncton, N.B.
Profession: Municipal councillor

Irwin Cotler
Portfolio:
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
MP Mount Royal
Born in Montreal, the renowned international human rights law professor was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on November 15, 1999. His client list of former prisoners includes South Africa's Nelson Mandela and Andrei Sakharov, of the former Soviet Union.Cotler was a law professor at McGill University and the director of its Human Rights Program. He was also a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and has argued before the Supreme Courts of both Canada and Israel. He is a stong supporter of the Jewish state.

Jacques Saada
Portfolio:
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Minister responsible for the Francophonie
MP Brossard - La Prairie, Quebec
Born: Nov. 22, 1947
Profession: Businessman, consultant, school administrator, teacher

Mauril Blanger
Portfolio:
Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister responsible for Democratic Reform and Associate Minister of National Defence
MP Ottawa-Vanier (Ont.)
Born: June 15, 1955 in Mattawa, Ontario
Profession: Administrator, political adviser

Joseph McGuire
Portfolio:
Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
MP Egmont (P.E.I.)
Born: June 20, 1944 in Morell, P.E.I.
Profession: Executive assistant, principal, teacher

Joe Comuzzi
Portfolio:
Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario)
MP Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.
Born: April 5, 1933 in Fort William, Ont.
Profession: Lawyer

Ethel Blondin-Andrew
Portfolio:
Minister of State (Northern Development)
MP Western Arctic, N.W.T.
Born: March 25, 1951 in Tulita, N.W.T.
Profession: Educator

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