The Honourable Jake Epp
Over the years, Epp has had an illustrious career as a politician and as a leader in the private and public energy fields. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1972. In 1979 he was appointed as the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and was the Member of Parliament for the riding of Provencher, Manitoba from 1972 to 1993. He also served as Minister of Energy North of the 60th parallel and Chairman of the Committee on Federal-Provincial Relations. In 1984 he was appointed Canada&rsquos;s Minister of National Health and Welfare, followed in 1989 as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. He also sat on several cabinet committees including Priorities and Planning, Economic and Trade Policy, Social Policy and Foreign and Defense Policy.
Epp was appointed Chairman of Ontario Power Generations Inc. (OPG) in April 2004. Before joining OPG, he served first as Senior Vice President of TransCanada Pipelines and then as President of TransCanada Pipelines International, from 1993 to 2000. In 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed him to an Independent Panel on Canada&rsquos;s Future Role in Afghanistan.
Throughout his life, Epp has been active in his community and has held various positions including board member of the Canadian Institute of Child Health (Ottawa) and Chairman of Health Partners International Canada. He has received several awards including the Manitoba Centennial Medal and the Canadian 125 Anniversary Commemorative Medal.
Epp received bachelor&rsquos; degrees in Arts and Education from the University of Manitoba in 1961 and 1965 respectively. Appointed to the Privy Council of Canada in June 1979, he also received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from Trinity Western University in British Columbia in 1987. In 2010 he was inducted into The Order of Canada as an officer.