Ian Shugart

Ian D. Shugart PC (born May 31, 1957) is a Canadian politician and retired public servant who has been a senator from Ontario since September 27, 2022. Prior to his appointment to the Senate, Shugart held a number of senior roles within the Public Service of Canada, including as the 24th clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the Cabinet from 2019 to 2021.

The Honourable
Ian Shugart
PC
Canadian Senator
from Ontario
Assumed office
September 27, 2022
Nominated byJustin Trudeau
Appointed byMary Simon
Preceded byJim Munson
24th Clerk of the Privy Council
Secretary to the Cabinet
In office
April 19, 2019[1] – March 8, 2021
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byMichael Wernick
Succeeded byJanice Charette
Deputy minister positions
2016–2019Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
2010–2016Deputy Minister for Employment and Social Development
2008–2010Deputy Minister for Environment Canada
Personal details
Born (1957-05-31) May 31, 1957
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Residence(s)Ottawa, Ontario
Alma materTrinity College, Toronto (BA)
Occupation
  • Public servant
  • politician
Websitesencanada.ca/en/senators/shugart-ian/

Education

Shugart graduated in from Trinity College at the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in political economy.[2]

Career

Political staffer

Shugart began his career in Ottawa in 1980 as a political staffer, where he was a constitutional policy advisor to Progressive Conservative (PC) leader Joe Clark and later policy director under Brian Mulroney, when the PCs formed the Official Opposition.[3][4][5][6] Mulroney formed government in 1984 and Shugart worked as a senior policy advisor to the minister of national health and welfare, Jake Epp.[3] When Epp became minister of energy, mines and resources in 1989, Shugart became his chief of staff.[3][4][5]

Public Service

In 1991, Shugart joined the Public Service of Canada, taking a job as the assistant secretary for the social policy and programs branch in the Federal-Provincial Relations Office.[3][4] He would go on to serve in a number of roles in the federal government, including as the executive director of the Medical Research Council (1993–1997), as an assistant deputy minister with Health Canada (1997–2006), and as the associate deputy minister with Environment Canada (2006–2008).[3]

Shugart was promoted to deputy minister for Environment Canada in 2006, where he supported international climate change negotiations and the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.[3][7] In 2010, he joined Employment and Social Development Canada as its deputy minister, where he worked on labour market and income security initiatives.[7] He became deputy minister of foreign affairs at Global Affairs Canada in 2016, where he managed national security issues and bilateral relationships.[7]

Clerk of the Privy Council

In 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Shugart would become the 24th clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the Cabinet – the head of the Public Service – following the resignation of Michael Wernick.[5]

In 2021, Shugart stepped aside in order to receive cancer treatment. Former clerk Janice Charette, Canada's high commissioner to the United Kingdom assumed the role on an interim basis.[8]

Retirement

Shugart resigned in 2022 and Charette assumed the role of clerk.[9]

He joined the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy in May 2022 as a part-time professor.[6]

He was sworn in as a member of the King's Privy Council for Canada on September 26, 2022.[10]

Political career

On September 26, 2022, the Prime Minister's Office announced that Shugart had been appointed to represent Ontario in the Senate of Canada.[11][12]

References
  1. "Top bureaucrat Michael Wernick to step down April 19 after SNC-Lavalin controversy". Global News. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  2. "Ian Shugart | Public Policy at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy | University of Toronto". Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  3. "Ian Shugart Backgrounder". Prime Minister of Canada's website. March 18, 2019.
  4. "Ian Shugart replaces Michael Wernick as the country's top public servant". ottawacitizen. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  5. Forrest, Maura (March 18, 2019). "Who is Ian Shugart, the man who will replace Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick?". National Post. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  6. "Ian Shugart appointed as professor at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy". Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  7. "Ian Shugart". Prime Minister of Canada. September 26, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  8. "Ian Shugart, Canada's top civil servant, to take time off to seek cancer treatment". Global News. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  9. May, Kathryn (June 16, 2022). "Public service finally has a new boss, and she's the old boss". Policy Options. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  10. "King's Privy Council for Canada". Government of Canada. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  11. "The Prime Minister announces the appointment of two Senators". Prime Minister of Canada. September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  12. "Ian Shugart appointed to Senate of Canada". Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.