Anil Arora

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Anil Arora
Chief Statistician of Canada
Assumed office
19 September 2016
Minister
Preceded byWayne Smith
Personal details
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Alberta[1]
OccupationCivil servant[2]

Anil Arora is the currently serving Chief Statistician of Canada, in office since 19 September 2016.[3] He replaced Wayne Smith, who resigned to protest changes in Statistics Canada's informatics infrastructure stemming from the Shared Services Canada initiative.[4] Prior to his appointment, he had served as a career employee of Statistics Canada, reaching the post of Assistant Chief Statistician before moving to management positions in Natural Resources Canada and then Health Canada.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2016/09/16/anil-arora
  2. ^ https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/statcans-new-head-sees-good-future-with-shared-services
  3. ^ a b Canada, Statistics (2016-10-03). "Anil Arora". aem. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  4. ^ "Anil Arora appointed chief statistician at StatsCan". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2019-03-27.


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