Elections Canada: Who does Andre Thouin work for?

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Elections Canada: Who does Andre Thouin work for?

Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 10:40 PM

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A minor detail, but you know Andre Thouin? He's the Elections Canada official photographed carrying out that box of material from Conservative Party headquarters. Here's the thing. I can't find him in the staff list.

The Canadian government maintains the Government Electronic Directory Services. Here is the full listing starting with the entry of Elections Canada:

Information Technology
- Rocky Kreis
- Annick Bouffard
- Doris Andreescu
- Danielle Beauregard
- IT Renewal Project
  - Philip Carr
  - Gilles Lalonde
  - Raed Inayeh
  - David Guertin
  - Therese Jacques
- Production Services
  - Ronald Beaulne
  - Serge Muboyayi
  - Denis Bazinet
- Systems Development
  - Patrick McDermott
  - Gilles Pepin
  - Pat Owen
  - Duncan Toswell
  - Brian McCullough
  - Chris McDougall
  - Fiona Campbell-Daigle
  - Geographic Information System
    - Mike Zaborski
    - Sean Jackson
    - Paul O'Blenes
    - Mario Duquet
    - Brian Kennedy
    - Michael McManus
    - Sonia Giamberandino
- Systems Integration
  - Chris Spiess
  - Courtenay Evans
  - Pat Ryan
  - Isabelle Laprise-Enright
- Telecommunications Services
  - Robert Snyder
  - Gilles Provost
  - Denis Carriere
  - Deborah Pelletier
  - Andre Therien
  - Donald Pepin
  - Kenneth Moore
  - Sheena Ryan
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
- Marc Mayrand
- Vivian Cousineau
- Chantal Diprose
- Chantal Sabourin
Office of the Deputy Chief Electoral Officer and Chief Legal Counsel
- Diane Davidson
- Shari Kulik
- Elaine Martel
- Huguette Belisle
- Commissioner of Canada Elections
  - William Corbett
  - Johanne Massicotte
  - Patricia Moise
  - Johanne Gauthier
  - Audrey Nowack
  - Mathilda Haykal-Sater
  - Claire Courchesne
  - Brigitte Dompierre
- International Research and Cooperate Directorate
  - Miriam Lapp
  - Louise Pineau
  - Diane Dutrisac
  - Marcel Vautour
  - Serge Gallant
  - Lise Vallee-Obal
- Legal Services Directorate
  - Access to Information and Privacy
    - Francine Wong
    - Holly McManus
  - Legal Services
    - Francois Bernier
    - Jean-Nicholas Bustros
    - Geoffrey Brennan
    - Maya Bhusari
    - Alexandre Michaud
    - Danielle Girouard
    - Veronique Dagenais
  - Legislative Policy and Analysis
    - Michele Rene de Cotret
    - Trevor Knight
  - Senior General Counsel and Senior Director
    - Stephane Perrault
    - Angelle Moore
- Outreach, Communications and Research
  - Belaineh Deguefe
  - Alain Pelletier
  - Jean-Sebastien Bargiel
  - Paul Laronde
  - Andre Martineau
  - Glynis Sharpe
Operations
- Rennie Molnar
- Gargi Bose
- Distribution Centre
  - Daniel Fournier
  - Rick Brule
  - Michel Lajoie
  - Pierre Godin
  - Andre Lusignan
  - Stella Van Tassel
- Electoral Coordination
  - Sylvie Jacmain
  - Jocelyne Leroux
  - Richard O'Reilly
  - Danielle Duquette
  - Nicole Deveaux
  - Ingrid Clarke
  - Sherri Coolin
  - Diane Lanteigne
  - Andre L'Ecuyer
- Field Liaison Officer Program
  - Diane Bruyere
- Operations Support Services
  - Marc Douville
  - Nathalie Gauthier
  - Diane Lemay
  - Estelle Scantland Lemieux
  - Carl Jette
  - Deborah Didylowski
  - Marie Allard
  - Nathalie Girard
  - Karim Zarrouki
  - Daniel Lacroix
- Revision Systems and Special Voting Rules
  - Julie Hopkins
  - Tovy Paull
  - Michel Roussel
  - Dominique Nicol
  - Fatima Hassan
  - Karen McAllister
  - Craig Morse
  - Lyne Morin
  - Nicole Boucher
  - Roger Millette
- Training and Evaluation
  - Isabelle Bouvier
  - Sylvie Patry
  - Yves Denoncourt
  - Carmen Moreau-Vena
  - James Cross
  - Janin Lavertu
Outreach, Communications and Research
- Marc Lamontagne
- Communications Services
  - Wayne Brown
  - Terensinha DaSilva
  - Roger Berube
  - Lisa Barreca
  - Nicole Parent
  - Annie Lefebvre
- Electronic Communications
  - Anne-Marie Lalonde
  - Jean-Marc Mondoux
  - Mark Lin
  - Zheyu Shi
- Media Relations
  - Susan Torosian
  - Anna Erasmo
  - John Enright
- Public Affairs
  - Nancy MacLeod
- Public Enquiries
  - Chantal Fortin
  - Therese Morin
  - Lise Marquis
  - Lise Menard
  - Denise Martin
Political Financing, Audit and Corporate Services
- Janice Vezina
- Karen Levesque
- Corporate Planning and Organisational Performance
  - Gail Christopher
  - Diane St-Louis
  - Hughes St-Pierre
  - Patrice Tremblay
  - Barbara Reid
  - Lambert Landa
  - Chantal Avila
- Finance and Contracting
  - Bonnie Marga
  - Contracts and Procurement Division
    - Sylvie Huneault
    - Luc Potvin
    - Daniel Sobczak
    - Susie Boudreau
    - Sharon Shalla
    - Andre Beaudet
  - Corporate Finance Division
    - Martin Gagnon-Bouchard
    - Annie Lamarche
    - Nathalie Martin
    - John Doucette
    - Maxime Beauchamp
    - Andre Daigle
    - Carl St-Amand
    - Grace Ramos
    - Nathalie Legault
    - Francine Lafrance
    - Guillaume Morin
    - Rachel Mayo
  - Election Financing, Systems and Reporting
    - Lydia Melnikov
    - Alexandre Poitras
    - Helene Levesque
    - Helene Bolduc
    - Serge Sabouring
    - Nathalie Gauthier
    - Kouassi Agbodoh-Falschau
    - Cynthia St-Amour
- Human Resources, Security and Administration
  - Pierrette Lacroix
  - Laurent Leblanc
  - Solange Labbe
  - Christine Berndt
  - Ahmed Boukherouaa
  - Administration
    - Linda Roberge
    - Daniel Dore
    - Nathalie Plante
    - Yves Dufault
  - Human Resources
    - Nicole Blondin-Roy
    - Angela Saikaley
    - Diana Gauthier
    - Nadine Fortin
    - Compensation
      - Julie Brazeau
  - Security
    - Richard Leduc
    - Jean Tessier
    - Chris Boisvenue
- Internal Audit and Investigations
  - Michel A Dion
- Political Financing and Audit
  - Francois LeBlanc
  - Wendy Feuer
  - Suzanne Evans
  - Joseph Bokhaut
  - Agnes Joannisse
  - Correspondence and Records Management
    - Madeleine St-Onge
    - Lyne Michaud
    - Lynda Lake
    - Dominique Roy
    - France Carriere
- Political Financing, Audit Systems and Reporting
  - Brian Berry
  - Jeff Merrett
Register and Geography Directorate
- Maurice Bastarache
- Brian Cromie
- Larry Li
- Puiyee Chan
- Clayton Block
- Daniel Larrivee
- Juergen Weltner
- Richard Chiasson
- Sean Connors
- Erik Lairot
- Ann Laplante
- Electoral Georgraphy
  - Christian Yeon
  - Sylvie Jodouin
  - Tim Werschler
  - Herschell Sax
  - Jose Santos
  - Robert Lavigne
  - Louise Brisson

Two things ought to strike you at once.

First, just how many people does it take to run an organization that is needed once every four years? Apparently, a lot!

Second, where is Andre Thouin? You know, the fellow from Elections Canada?

At least two Mounties sifted through party offices on the 12th floor of a downtown office building as camera crews captured the images outside. A short time later, two officers rolled a cart full of boxes and bags into a 17th-floor mailroom. Elections Canada official Andre Thouin was seen leaving the building with a carton of documents.

He's the guy in all those pictures.

He doesn't seem to work for Elections Canada. Indeed, he doesn't appear in the Canadian government's electronic directory working for any department of the government from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to Western Economic Diversification Canada (there is no department that starts with Z).

Maybe Andre Thouin is an independent contractor. Or maybe he is a new hire and the directory hasn't been updated. But then you would think that something as sensitive as this visit to Conservative Party headquarters would be handled by a full-time staff member with plenty of experience.