Translation of "Direction des services d'appui de la Direction générale " (French → English) :

From the Department of Health: Julia Hill, Acting Director General, Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch; Harold Rode, Acting Manager, Vaccines Division, Health Products and Food Branch; Ian MacKay, Unit Head, Special Access Unit, Clinical Trials and Special Access Programme, Senior Medical Advisor Bureau, Therapeutic Products Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch; Supriya Sharma, Director, Marketed Biologicals and Biotechnology Products Division, Marketed Health Products Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch; Maureen Thompson, Manager, Diabetes Program, First Nations and Inuit He ...[+++]alth Branch; Georges Nadon, Pharmaceutical Consultant, Non-Insured Health Benefits Program, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch.

We also have an internal management services directorate that supports branch-specific activities in planning, co-ordination, and branch operations.

The exclusion from the scope of this Directive as regards matters of electronic communications services as covered by Directives 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive) , 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive) , 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of ...[+++]the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) , 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) and 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) should apply not only to questions specifically dealt with in these Directives but also to matters for which the Directives explicitly leave to Member States the possibility of adopting certain measures at national level.

Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive) , Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive) , Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) , Dire ...[+++]ctive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) and Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (hereinafter together referred to as ‘the 2002 regulatory framework for electronic communications’) aim to create an internal market for electronic communications within the Community while ensuring a high level of consumer protection through enhanced competition.

They are officials from the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development and more precisely Ms. Donna Achimov, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizen and Community Services Branch, Service Canada; Mr. Robert Smith, Acting Director General, Aboriginal and Youth Program Directorate; Ms. Margo Craig Garrison, Director, Active Employment Measures, Policy Division, Active Employment Measures Directorate, Employment Program Policy and Design Branch and Ms. Julie Lefebvre, Acting Director, Youth Programs of Citizen and Community ...[+++] Branch, Service Canada.

Then there are two corporate branches. There is the Corporate Services Branch, which does administration, finance, facilities management, infomatics the usual things; and then the smallest branch, which is my branch, is the Policy and Consultation Branch, which has responsibilities for planning, communications, federal-provincial relations, and international relations, and also looks after substantive policy areas such as the Canada Health Act, women's health, and other major policy issues such as new reproductive technologies.