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Biographies of Members

Andrée Delagrave - Chair

Photo Andrée Delagrave was appointed as Chair of the Access to Information Review Task Force on August 21, 2000. Prior to the appointment to the Treasury Board Secretariat, she was Director General of Policy Integration and Coordination, with the Department of Justice. Ms Delagrave is a member of the Quebec Bar and the Law Society of Upper Canada.

 

Mary Anne Stevens - Director
Mary Anne Stevens is a former investigator with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. She has worked on ATIP and information policy issues with the Treasury Board Secretariat since 1989, providing guidance to institutions on ATIP and information management issues.

Louis Alberti - Legal Counsel
Louis Alberti joined the Task Force from the legal services at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He previously worked in the Information Law and Privacy Section of the Department of Justice for a number of years.

David Dunbar - Senior Legal Counsel
David Dunbar joined the Task Force from the legal services of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, where he gained good practical experience with access to information and privacy issues.

Shauneen Furlong - Senior Policy Officer
Shauneen Furlong joined the Task Force from the Department of Finance. She has experience in information management, business process reengineering and change management.

Marta Khan - Senior Policy Officer
Marta Khan joined the Task Force from the National Archives of Canada where she worked as the Director of the Access to Information and Privacy Division and ATIP Coordinator since 1995. She has extensive experience in the area of information management.

Donald Lemieux - Counsel
Donald Lemieux joined the Task Force from the Information Law and Privacy Section of Justice Canada. Previously, he was with the Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) Office of Justice and the ATIP Coordinator at the former Department of Communications. He also worked in Industry Canada’s ATIP Office.

Valerie Lasher - Senior Policy Officer
Valerie Lasher has worked as the legislative assistant to several ministers of various departments. She has extensive experience in parliamentary procedure, legislative reform, issues related to governance and project management.

Bruce Mann - Senior Counsel
Bruce Mann joined the Task Force from the legal services of the Infrastructure Program of the Treasury Board Secretariat. He had previously worked in the Office of the Information Commissioner as senior counsel, then as Assistant Commissioner from 1985 to 1990.

John McCarthy - Special Advisor
John McCarthy joined the Task Force from the Civil Legal Services Division of the Department of Justice of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, where he has worked since 1981, first as a litigator and then as a senior legal counsel. In his latter role, he has had significant involvement with access to information issues.

Eric Miller - Senior Policy Officer
Eric Miller joined the Task Force from the Treasury Board Secretariat. He has worked for several departments in a variety of areas including comprehensive audit, information technology audit, information management and business planning and reporting. He was on the team that developed the audit guide for the Management of Government Information Holdings Policy.

Sherry Moran - Special Advisor
Sherry Moran joined the Task Force from the Privy Council Office. She has worked previously in the Department of Revenue where she had many years of dealing with policy and legislation matters.

Bruce Walton - Senior Policy Officer
Bruce Walton joined the Task Force from the National Archives of Canada where he is the Director of the Archives' Electronic Records Project, and a member of the InterPARES project investigating the requirements for preservation of authentic electronic records.

Stephen Bindman - Special Advisor
Stephen Bindman joined the Task Force from the Department of Justice. Previously he was the national legal affairs correspondent for the Southam Newspapers, reporting on the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court and justice system. During his reporting career, he wrote extensively on ATIP and was a frequent user of the Act.


 


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