PAUL E. KENNEDY

Mr. Kennedy received his B.A. from Loyola College of Montreal in 1969 and his L.L.B. from the University of Western Ontario in 1972. He joined the Toronto Regional Office of the Federal Department of Justice as a criminal prosecutor in 1974.

During a 25 year career with the Justice Department, Mr. Kennedy held a number of increasingly important positions including roles as General Counsel for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Senior General Counsel in the Federal Prosecution Service.

In November of 1998 Mr. Kennedy was appointed as Senior Assistant Deputy Minister for the then Department of the Solicitor General. He was responsible for providing expert advice and support to the Minister in relation to law enforcement and national security matters. In May of 2004, following the creation of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, Mr. Kennedy was appointed as Senior Assistant Deputy Minister with responsibility for national security and emergency preparedness, a position that he held until his retirement in May of 2005.

During his 31 years of public service, Mr. Kennedy has played a leadership role in the public safety arena both domestically and internationally. From 1997 to 2005 he was the Canadian Co-Chair of the Canada - U.S. Cross Border Crime Forum, the Chair of the Canadian National Co-ordinating Committee on Organized Crime, Chair of the Assistant Deputy Ministers Committee on Public Safety and Chair of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Commission of the Organization of the American States.