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The Honourable Pierre S. Pettigrew, P.C., L.L.D.
Former member of Parliament and Federal Cabinet Minister, and Executive Advisor, International Relations, Deloitte & Touche LLP |
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The Honourable Pierre Pettigrew has had a long and distinguished career in both public and private sectors. He has led a number of senior departments in 10 years as a minister in successive governments of Canada.
- 1976-1978 - Director, political committee, NATO assembly, Brussels
- 1978-1981 - Executive assistant to Québec Liberal leader Claude Ryan
- 1981-1984 - Foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau (Privy Council Office)
- 1985 to 1995 - Vice President of Samson Belair Deloitte & Touche International
- January 1996 - prior to his election to Parliament as member for the constituency of Papineau (Montréal, Québec), Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed him Minister of International Cooperation (CIDA) and minister responsible for “la Francophonie”
- October 1996 - promoted to the department of Human Resources Development and was responsible for more than half the budget of Canada, he negotiated with the provinces and implemented the National Child Benefit, now a $13 billion annual program
- August 1999 - became Minister for International Trade
- November 1999 - Chaired the ministerial meeting of the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA)
- December 1999 - Chaired the working group on implementation at the ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 2001 - 2003 - Chaired the working groups on implementation and Singapore issues at the Seattle, Cancun and Doha World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conferences
- December 2003 – Prime Minister Paul Martin appointed Pierre Pettigrew as Minister Of Health, Minister of Intergovernmental affairs and Minister responsible for official languages. He was also the senior minister for Québec in the Government of Canada
- July 2004 to February 2006 – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- M. Phil. (International Relations) Balliol College, Oxford University, Great Britain 1973-1976
- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, University of Québec at Trois-Rivières 1970-1972
- Directors Education Program, Institute of Corporate Directors, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto – March 2008
- Honorary Doctorate in Law, Warwick University, United Kingdom 2008
- Business Leaders’ Center of Québec, Manager of the year (large business) in the Québec economy, 1989
- The New Politics of Confidence, 1999 Stoddard
- Pour une politique de la confiance, 1999 Boréal
- Mentor 2009, Trudeau Foundation
- Serves as Strategic Advisor to Forbes Manhattan
- Eurocontrol Technics, Chairman
- Aberdeen International, Director
- Avion Resources, Director
- Brazil Potash, Director
- Longford Energy, Director
- Intercontinental Potash Corp., Director
- Advisory board of Vast Resources
- Inter-American Dialogue, Washington D.C.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Toronto, ON M5J 2V1
Phone: (416) 874-3434
E-mail: ppettigrew@deloitte.ca
