Michel Dorais,
Commissioner of the CRA

Michel Dorais was appointed Commissioner of the Canada Revenue Agency on December 20, 2004.

He joined the CRA after serving for six years at Citizenship and Immigration Canada, first as Associate Deputy Minister, then as Deputy Minister beginning in 2001.

Mr. Dorais received a Bachelor of Science in biology and ecology from the University of Ottawa, and also studied in France with UNESCO where he earned a diploma in environmental studies and land management.

He joined the Government of Canada as a senior analyst for Parks Canada in 1976, and went on to fill various positions with Parks Canada, Environment Canada and the Privy Council Office before undertaking other responsibilities with Labour Canada and Investment Canada.

After working four years for the Quebec government, Mr. Dorais rejoined the federal government as executive chairman of the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office and, later, as the first president of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.

Mr. Dorais was Secretary to the Cabinet (Intergovernmental Operations) in the Privy Council Office from November 1996 until October 1998, when he joined Citizenship and Immigration.