Mel Cappe | |
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Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
In office 2002–2006 | |
Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, Stephen Harper |
Preceded by | Jeremy Kinsman |
Succeeded by | James R. Wright |
Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet | |
In office January 18, 1999 – May 12, 2002 | |
Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien |
Preceded by | Jocelyne Bourgon |
Succeeded by | Alex Himelfarb |
Deputy Minister of Human Resources Development | |
In office July 12, 1996 – January 17, 1999 | |
Minister | Doug Young Pierre Pettigrew |
Preceded by | new office |
Succeeded by | Claire Morris |
Deputy Minister of Labour | |
In office July 12, 1996 – January 17, 1999 | |
Minister | Alfonso Gagliano Lawrence MacAulay Claudette Bradshaw |
Preceded by | new office |
Succeeded by | Claire Morris |
Deputy Minister of the Environment | |
In office May 9, 1994 – July 11, 1996 | |
Minister | Sheila Copps Sergio Marchi |
Preceded by | Nick Mulder |
Succeeded by | Ian Glen |
Personal details | |
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | December 3, 1948
Alma mater | New College, Toronto University of Western Ontario |
Melvin Samuel Cappe, OC (born December 3, 1948) is a retired Canadian civil servant and diplomat. From 2006 to 2011 he was the President and CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) in Montreal, Quebec. He was most recently Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He had served in Canada's government since 1975 as a deputy minister of Environment Canada, Human Resources Development and Labour, as well as Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Federal Cabinet.