François Guimont, currently Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services, becomes Deputy Minister of Public Safety, effective November 12, 2012.
Michelle d’Auray, currently Secretary of the Treasury Board, becomes Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services, effective November 12, 2012.
Yaprak Baltacioğlu, currently Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, becomes Secretary of the Treasury Board, effective November 12, 2012.
Louis Lévesque, currently Deputy Minister for International Trade, becomes Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, effective November 12, 2012.
Simon Kennedy, currently Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Industry, becomes Deputy Minister for International Trade, effective November 12, 2012.
Marta Morgan, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry Sector, Industry Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Industry, effective November 12, 2012.
Guy Mc Kenzie, currently President of the Canada School of Public Service, becomes President of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, effective October 29, 2012.
Linda Lizotte-MacPherson, currently Commissioner of Revenue, becomes President of the Canada School of Public Service, effective October 29, 2012.
Jean Boivin, currently Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Finance, effective October 25, 2012.
William F. Pentney, currently Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultations), Privy Council Office, becomes Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada, effective November 5, 2012.
The Prime Minister also wishes to express his gratitude to Myles J. Kirvan, who will retire from the Public Service on November 5, 2012, for his remarkable achievements, his professionalism and his dedicated service to Canadians over a long Public Service career.
Biographical notes attached.