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Michael Wernick

Michael Wernick
Wernick in 2017
23rd Clerk of the Privy Council
Secretary to the Cabinet
In office
January 22, 2016 – April 18, 2019[1]
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byJanice Charette
Succeeded byIan Shugart[1]
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council
Associate Secretary to the Cabinet
In office
October 6, 2014 – January 21, 2016
Preceded byJanice Charette[2]
Succeeded bySerge Dupont
Deputy Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
In office
May 5, 2006[3] – July 11, 2014
MinisterJim Prentice
Chuck Strahl
John Duncan
James Moore
Bernard Valcourt
Succeeded byColleen Swords
Personal details
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (BA, MA)
Occupation
  • Public servant
  • academic
  • consultant

Michael Wernick (born September 1957) is a Canadian retired public servant who served as the 23rd clerk of the Privy Council for Canada from 2016 to 2019. Following his tenure as clerk, Wernick joined the University of Ottawa, where he was named Jarislowsky chair of public sector management.

Wernick joined the public service in 1981. Before becoming clerk, Wernick was the deputy clerk under Janice Charette.[4] He was previously the deputy minister for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development from May 2006 to July 11, 2014.[5] He has held several other positions in the Privy Council Office and as associate deputy minister for the Department of Canadian Heritage.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Top bureaucrat Michael Wernick to step down April 19 after SNC-Lavalin controversy - National | Globalnews.ca". globalnews.ca. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  2. ^ Fekete, Jason; May, Kathryn. "Janice Charette faces challenges as new Clerk of Privy Council". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Archived - Prime Minister announces changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service". News Release - Office of the Prime Minister. Government of Canada. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Trudeau names Michael Wernick as new clerk of Privy Council". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press via The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  5. ^ Tasker, John Paul (20 January 2016). "Trudeau names Michael Wernick new Clerk of the Privy Council". CBC News Politics. CBC News. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

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