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Released: 29 August, 2003

Dhaliwal Appoints MacInnis to Cape Breton Development Board

OTTAWA — The Honourable Herb Dhaliwal, Minister of Natural Resources Canada, today announced the appointment of Gordon M. MacInnis as Chairman of the Board to the Cape Breton Development Corporation.

“Mr. MacInnis has had a distinguished career in finance and academia, and he will be a welcome addition to the Corporation,” said Minister Dhaliwal. “I believe his leadership and experience will be an asset to the Board in its deliberations and decisions.”

Mr. MacInnis has just finished a term as Interim President of University College of Cape Breton (UCCB) in Nova Scotia. He is currently a member of the Canadian Association of University Business Officers, the Institute of Public Administrators of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

He received his designation as chartered accountant in 1986 while working for KPMG Chartered Accountants in Sydney, Nova Scotia. In 1988, he became Town Manager for Glace Bay, N.S., and in 1994 joined the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. He moved to UCCB in 2000 as Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. MacInnis has remained involved with the community over the years. He has served in various capacities in the Glace Bay Healthcare Corporation, the Minister of Health’s Task Force on Regionalization of Provincial Healthcare Systems and the Cape Breton Micro Loan Action Fund. Mr. MacInnis holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Mount Allison University.

The Cape Breton Development Corporation was formed by an Act of Parliament in 1967 to conduct coal mining and related operations in the Sydney coalfield. It is wholly owned by the Government of Canada. In 2000, the Corporation was authorized by Parliament to divest itself of its assets and dissolve.

Natural Resources Canada is a Government of Canada department specializing in the sustainable development and use of natural resources — energy, minerals, metals and forests. Its work contributes to the economic importance of these resources and allied industries, and to a strong society and communities through knowledge, innovation, technology and international leadership — helping ensure our quality of life and building the Canada we want, for ourselves and for future generations.

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