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Since February 2010, Bruce Manion has been on assignment as a faculty member with the Canada School of the Public Service. In that role, he is delivering elements of the School’s learning curriculum and conducting research into a number of key issues such as leadership and organizational learning.
Bruce Manion was appointed Chief Financial, Officer of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) in March 2008. In that role, he was responsible for all aspects of financial management and stewardship of an annual expenditure base of nearly $100B and a key player in supporting the Deputy Minister in her role as Accounting Officer for the HRSDC portfolio. From October 2009 to February 2010, he served as Strategic Advisor to the Deputy Minister of HRSDC.
From 2004 to 2008, he was the Assistant Deputy Minister, Planning and Corporate Affairs, at the Department of Canadian Heritage. His main role was to promote management excellence while providing key enabling services in the areas of corporate planning, strategic policy and research, IM/IT, financial management, audit and evaluation and a G&C Centre of Excellence. During this time, he oversaw the Official Languages Secretariat during the period when the Government of Canada’s Official Languages Strategy was being evaluated and renewed, helped to finalize the negotiations between the Government of Canada and the Aga Khan Foundation to establish the Global Centre for Pluralism, and was a central player in negotiating an innovative partnership with Le Cirque du Soleil regarding their prominent role in Canada’s participation in the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.
Prior to that, he had been Director General, Financial Management Branch at Canadian Heritage since October 2001. In this role, he was successful in helping PCH get its financial house in order, in launching a G&C Centre of Expertise and a PCH Contracting Strategy, and in addressing numerous central agency initiatives on reallocation and financial management reform.
He was the Director of Managerial Accountability and Comptrollership in the Department of National Defence from October 1998 to October 2001. As part of his duties at DND, he was responsible for two major projects, the implementation of the Financial Information Strategy (FIS) and Modernization of Comptrollership and worked with many other jurisdictions such as Australia, South Africa, France and the U.S on financial management reforms. From 1991 to 1998, he held a number of executive and senior analyst positions at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Natural Resources Canada.
Bruce joined the Public Service in 1983 through the Financial Officer Recruitment Program (FORD) of the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Ottawa and was accepted into the Society of Management Accountants of Ontario (CMA) in 1986. He became a Fellow (FCMA) of the Society in November, 2006.
Bruce is married and has two children. When he is not working, he is an avid tool guy and home renovation maniac. In past lives, he has been a professional musician, actor, stand-up comic and gravedigger. He is certainly not your average accountant.
Alain Séguin, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer (CFAO), Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Mr. Séguin held a number of senior level positions in the Federal Public Service including the Chief Financial Officer for Western Economic Diversification Canada and as Director General Finance for Natural Resources Canada. Prior to coming to the RCMP, Mr. Séguin was the Assistant Chief Statistician responsible for Management Services and CFO for Statistics Canada.
Before entering the Federal Public Service, Mr. Séguin held positions of accountant / auditor for several years with the accounting firm of Touche Ross (currently known as Deloitte).
Mr. Séguin holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Ottawa, an MBA from Queen’s University and is a certified General Accountant (CGA). He is married and has two lovely daughters.
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An experienced financial professional, Alfred Tsang joined HRSDC on April 19, 2010 as the Chief Financial Officer. In that role, he is responsible for all aspects of financial management and stewardship of an annual expenditure base of some $100B and a key player in supporting the Deputy Ministers for the HRSDC portfolio.
His previous position was Chief Financial Officer, Health Canada since September 10, 2007. Prior to his appointment at Health Canada, Alfred was the Assistant Director, Finance and Administration with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC), where he provided corporate leadership and functional direction and advice on financial, material management, facilities management and corporate governance matters. Prior to that, he held progressively senior financial positions in a number of government departments and agencies, including the Departments of Public Safety, Industry, and Public Works and Government Services. His broad federal government experience also includes serving as a Program Director in the Treasury Board Secretariat from 2001 to 2003.
Alfred holds a Master of Arts in Public Administration from Carleton University and is a Certified Management Accountant.
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David Enns is Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Expenditure Management Sector of the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS). David has been with TBS since January 2006 – prior to his current assignment, he was an Executive Director in the Economic Sector, where he was responsible for the Environment, Transport and Infrastructure portfolios in that sector. He has also held positions as Acting Director General of the Crown Corporation Secretariat of the Office of Infrastructure Canada, Director General of Strategic Policy and Management at the Department of Canadian Heritage and Director of Researcher Services at the National Archives of Canada, where he began his public service career. He also worked for the Atomic Energy Control Board (now the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission) as senior planning and policy analyst.
His educational background includes a B.A. (Hons.) degree from the University of Winnipeg and an M.A. in Canadian history from Dalhousie University.
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Brian Lee Crowley has headed up the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) in Ottawa since its inception in March of 2010, but he has a long and distinguished record in the think tank world. He was the founder of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) in Halifax, one of the country’s leading regional think tanks. He is a former Salvatori Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC and is a Senior Fellow at the Galen Institute in Washington. In addition, he advises several think tanks in Canada, France and Nigeria.
Crowley has published numerous books, including two bestsellers: Fearful Symmetry: the fall and rise of Canada’s founding values (2009) and MLI’s first book, The Canadian Century; Moving Out of America’s Shadow, which he co-authored with Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis.
Crowley twice won the Sir Antony Fisher Award for excellence in think tank publications.
From 2006-08 Crowley was the Clifford Clark Visiting Economist with the federal Department of Finance. He has also headed the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC), taught politics, economics and philosophy at various universities in Canada and Europe.
Crowley is a frequent commentator on political and economic issues across all media. He holds degrees from McGill and the London School of Economics, including a doctorate in political economy from the latter.
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Lori Watson is a Partner with IBM Global Business Services and the leader of the public sector Strategy and Transformation practice. She has over 25 years of experience working in or consulting to both the public and private sectors, specializing in financial / performance management and reporting. Lori joined the firm of Coopers & Lybrand in 1993 that merged with Price Waterhouse to become PwC Consulting and that was subsequently acquired by IBM in 2002. She is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario (1981).
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Prior to joining DFO in June 2010, Brian was Executive Director, Expenditure Operations at the Treasury Board Secretariat where he was responsible for the preparation of the Government’s Estimates documents and the related Appropriations processes seeking parliamentary authority for over $100 billion in government expenditures. Brian has also worked in procurement positions at DND and on international development programs at CIDA.
Brian has a graduate degree in Public Administration from Carleton University and is in the process of completing his CMA designation.
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Captain Robert Piché realized an outstanding achievement. He knew how to face a critical situation by using his experience, his skills and his crew.
As he has been saying: he was just doing his job! Sure, but what are the elements which prevented the disaster?
The experience of Captain Piché can be used by each and all of us, both personally and professionally. Several companies have seen their reality change since the events of September 11, 2001 and more recently with the financial crisis. All have to face new challenges. How to deal with a situation that seems hopeless?
The experience of Captain Piché will know how to inspire you, provide the energy you need every day to always go farther.
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Gonzague Guéranger is Executive Director at the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada within the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. He is responsible for developing and implementing the new financial management framework of the Government of Canada.
For nearly 3 years, Mr. Guéranger and his team have worked, in close cooperation with all federal government departments, on the Treasury Board’s financial management policy renewal in order to reinforce corporate governance with respect to financial management, to specify roles and responsibilities on all levels, and to ensure that the practices in force in Canada correspond to those of other leading-edge jurisdictions.
Mr. Guéranger occupied a variety of management positions in the private sector and the public sector, both on the provincial and the federal scene. Notably, he worked for the Bank of Canada, EDS-Hewlett Packard, and the Secrétariat du Conseil du trésor of the government of Quebec.
Mr. Guéranger has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Ottawa, as well as, a Masters in Management Sciences obtained in Paris, France.
Graham Fraser, The Commissioner of Official Languages
A well-known and respected journalist and author with close to 40 years of journalistic experience, Mr. Fraser was educated at the University of Toronto, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in History. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner of Official Languages, Mr. Fraser worked as a national affairs writer with The Toronto Star. Over the years, he has held positions of increasing responsibility with various newspapers and periodicals, including Montréal Bureau Chief with Maclean's; Québec City Bureau Chief with the Montreal Gazette and then The Globe and Mail; and Parliamentary Correspondent, Ottawa Bureau Chief and later Washington Bureau Chief with The Globe and Mail. He was a weekly columnist for Le Devoir from 1995 to 2000 and for The Toronto Star from 2000 to 2005 and was a regular commentator on the TFO public affairs program Panorama.
During a long and distinguished career that has straddled the language divide, Mr. Fraser has reported in both official languages on issues affecting Canada and Canadians, including cultural and foreign policy; constitutional debates and negotiations; and provincial, national and international politics. He has been invited to speak on official languages issues to the minority-language organizations of Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario, as well as minority-language organizations working at the national level, and has given lectures on language policy as an adjunct professor at Carleton University as well as at other universities.
Mr. Fraser has written five books, including Fighting Back: Urban Renewal in Trefann Court (1972), Playing for Keeps: The Making of a Prime Minister (1988) and Vous m’intéressez : chroniques (2001). His latest book, Sorry, I Don't Speak French, was published in March 2006 and helped stimulate renewed public discussion of language policy in Canada. Mr. Fraser is also the author of PQ: René Lévesque and the Parti Québecois in Power, which dealt with Quebec language policy and which was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction in 1984. In 1979, he helped found the Centre for Investigative Journalism, the bilingual precursor of the Canadian Association of Journalists, and served on the Centre's board for two terms. He was the first recipient of the Public Policy Forum's Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism. In recognition of his achievements, he was awarded honourary doctorates by the Université Sainte-Anne (Political Science) and the University of Ottawa (Doctorate of the University) in 2008.
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Since January 2006, Ms. Basia Ruta has assumed the position of Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance and Corporate Branch for Environment Canada (EC). As part of her role, she is EC’s Chief Financial Officer and the single point of accountability for the financial management of the Department ─ an over billion dollar-a-year funded organization. In addition, Ms. Ruta is responsible for ensuring proper stewardship over assets, contracting and EC’s environmental management as well as for programs and processes supporting the department’s governance, values and ethics regimes.
Ms. Ruta was appointed Assistant Comptroller General in December 2004. Among her key achievements was developing a new Policy on Internal Audit that is viewed as transforming internal audit across government, and leading edge for governments world-wide.
Ms. Ruta obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree (B.Comm.), Honours (Spec. Accounting) from the University of Ottawa. She is also a member of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants, and has over 26 years of notable business experience.
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Roch Huppé occupies the position of Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) since March 2010 where he ensures sound financial management and provides leadership on all corporate planning, risk management and evaluation functions. Before joining DFO, Mr. Huppé occupied the positions of Director General, Budgeting, Planning and Resource Management at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and Director General, Financial Operations at Public Works and Government Services Canada.
Mr. Huppé began his career in the federal public service in 1995 with the department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade where he held various positions within the Financial Services Division. He then joined the department of Citizenship and Immigration (CIC) as Deputy Director, Revenue Accounting. Following his experience at CIC, he went on to work as a Senior Policy Analyst with the Office of the Comptroller General at the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS). His experience with TBS in managing the travel card program led him to his next position of Director of Client Engagement with the Shared Travel Services Initiative (STSI). He then returned to the financial field as Director of Policies and Procedures at PWGSC in May 2005.
Mr. Huppé holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the Université du Québec, a Masters in Public Administration from l’École nationale d’administration publique, and a Certified General Accountant designation.
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Peter Everson joined the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in January 2009 as the Chief Audit Executive and Executive Director of the Audit, Evaluation and Risk Oversight (AERO) Branch. He is also the Agency's Senior Officer for Disclosures of Wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. In 2009-10, he completed a four month assignment as the Agency's Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance, Administration and Information Technology (FAIT).
Prior to the CFIA, Peter was Industry Canada's Chief Audit Executive. He also was the Executive Director of the Industrial Technologies Office, where he was responsible for the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative – a $250 million grants and contributions program.
Peter is a Certified Internal Auditor and member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
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Laura Ruzzier has more than 20 years of public sector experience in program management, social policy, and results / risk-based management.
More recently, she has worked in the in Audit and Evaluation fields.
Since March 2010, she has held the position of Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive at Transport Canada where she is responsible for providing the Deputy Minister with insight on the effectiveness and adequacy of departmental risk management practices, controls and governance processes, and on the effectiveness of TC policies and programs.
Prior to that, from 2007 to 2010, she was Director General, Audit & Evaluation with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and from 2005 to 2007, she was with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, where she oversaw the renewal and repositioning of the Department's Audit and Evaluation functions.
At Canadian Heritage Canada, she gained a solid footing in all aspects of Audit and Evaluation, and worked in program management, policy development and analysis.
She is a graduate of the University of Manitoba.
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Jennifer Robinson joined the Audit Committee Recruitment and Development Secretariat (ACRDS) team in January 2007. Her role is to provide departments and agencies with support, advice and guidance for the recruitment, appointment, tenure management and engagement of Department and Agency Audit Committee (DAAC) Members.
Jennifer started her public service career in communications at Health Canada and has been with the Treasury Board Secretariat since 2001. She held positions in the Classification Division, the Public Service Modernization Act Office and the Strategic Communications and Ministerial Services Branch. She has also been involved with the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign for the last 9 years. Prior to joining the government, Jennifer worked in the not for profit sector in various communications-related positions.
Jennifer holds a Bachelor Degree (Communications/Business Administration) from Laval University and is a member of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals.
Jennifer lives in Orléans with her husband and their 12-year old son. She is actively involved in her community as a founding member of the Orléans Festival, past Des Sentiers School Council Chair and long time volunteer of the Cumberland United /Cobra Soccer Clubs.
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Kevin Page was appointed Canada's first Parliamentary Budget Officer on March 25, 2008. Mr. Page has 27 years of experience in the federal public service. He has worked extensively in the economic and fiscal community at the three main central agencies, including Finance Canada, the Treasury Board Secretariat and the Privy Council Office. He has also worked for other departments including Fisheries and Oceans, Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada and Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
Mr. Page has a Master’s Degree in Economics from Queen's University and an Honour's BA in Economics from Lakehead and Simon Fraser Universities.
A married father of three children, Mr. Page has been an active member in the Nepean sports community and is currently a coach in the East Nepean Challenger Little League Baseball Division.
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Elizabeth Lindsay, Director, Corporate Communications, Public Works and Government Services Canada
A skilled communicator and facilitator, Elizabeth Lindsay brings over 19 years of government communications experience, including 11 years at Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).
Currently the Director of Corporate Communications, she oversees the development of various internal communications products, leads the internal communications for high-profile, strategic initiatives and issues, provides internal communications advice and training to senior leaders, and is responsible for the department’s internal and external web presence.
Elizabeth has also provided issues management support and services to various branches within the department, handling files related to government procurement, corporate services and the Receiver General function. Prior to her work at PWGSC, Elizabeth worked for the National Library of Canada, providing a variety of internal and external communications services to support the Library’s products and initiatives.
This varied and extensive experience gives her unique insight and knowledge of effective communications strategies and principles that can be used to address a variety of stakeholders.
Elizabeth holds a B.A. (Hons) Communication, Bachelor of Education and Masters of Education.
