TAX COURT OF CANADA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED

OTTAWA, October 29, 2010 - The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment:

The Honourable M.L. Johanne D'Auray, Assistant Deputy Minister and Counsel with the Department of Finance Canada, is appointed a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada (Ottawa), to replace Mr. Justice A. Tardif, who elected to become a supernumerary judge as of September 27, 2010.

Madam Justice D'Auray received a Bachelor of Commerce (B. Comm.) in 1979 and a Bachelor of Civil Laws (LL.L.) in 1982 from the University of Ottawa. She was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1983.

Madam Justice D'Auray has been Assistant Deputy Minister and Counsel with the Department of Finance Canada since August 16^th, 2010. Prior to that, she was with the Department of Justice as Assistant Deputy Attorney General and Head of the Tax Law Services Portfolio from 2005 to 2010, Regional Director General of the Quebec Regional Office from 2003 to 2005, Associate Assistant Deputy Attorney General from 2002 to 2003, Senior General Counsel - Civil Litigation Section from 1998 to 1999 and Counsel on financial law from 1984 to 1998. She was with the Competition Bureau at Industry Canada from 1999 to 2002. Her main areas of practice were tax litigation, Aboriginal and insolvency law.

Madam Justice D'Auray was a member of the Liaison Committee as well as of the Rules Committee for the Tax Court of Canada. She was Governor for the Canadian Tax Foundation and a frequent speaker and lecturer on tax issues most notably at the Canadian Tax Foundation National Conferences.

This appointment is effective immediately.

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