Jurisdiction: Building Confidence in a Borderless Medium
July 26-27, 1999
Montreal, Canada
Speaker Biography
Nick Discepola
Member of Parliament (Vaudreuil-Soulanges)
Education:
- M.B.A. graduate of McGill University, major in Marketing & Small
Business (1977)
- B.Sc. graduate of McGill University, major in mathematics (1972)
Professional Career:
President/Founder of N.D. Computer Resources Ltd.
1976-1992: Nick decided to form his own computer company
in
November 1976 while concurrently completing his MBA studies. The company
now almost 20 years old provides computer analysis and programming hardware
sales and support, for small and medium-sized businesses in Quebec.
1972-1976: Worked for Bell Canada and the Federal
government in Ottawa as a computer specialist.
- Elected Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance in 1998
- Elected Federal Liberal M.P. for Vaudreuil-Soulanges in 1997
- Appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada in
1997
- Elected Federal Liberal M.P. for Vaudreuil Riding in 1993
- Appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada in
1996
- Member of Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs
- Member of Sub-Committee of Standing Committee on Justice and Legal
Affairs on National Security
- President of the Quebec Liberal Caucus in 1994
- Member of Standing Committee on Finance
- Member of Standing Committee on Industry
1989-1993: Mayor of the Town of Kirkland
1983-1989: Councillor of the Town of Kirkland
First elected to the Municipality of the Town of Kirkland in 1983 and
acclaimed in 1987. Elected in the 1989 municipal by-election with 93% of
the popular vote; Mr. Discepola was acclaimed in the November 1991 general
municipal election. Under Mr. Discepola's mandate the Town of Kirkland
experienced tremendous growth and under his sole administration the town was
selected as one of the top 10 towns best to live in all of Canada.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Montreal Urban Community.
The Montreal Urban Community is a regional government responsible for
providing various services to the 29 member municipalities of the Island of
Montreal, Ile Bizard and Ile Dorval. The M.U.C. provides services such as
police protection (responsible for a force of 4,500 police officers), public
transportation, domestic and industrial waste water treatment, air and water
purification, food inspection, evaluation, arts council, 911 emergency
centre and regional planning for the whole territory.
President of the Economic Development Commission of the Montreal Urban
Community.
The Economic Development Commission reports directly to the MUC Executive
Committee. It oversees the functioning of the Taxi Bureau of the Island of
Montreal and the Economic Expansion Office of the Region of Montreal. The
Office's role is to promote regional economic development for the 29
municipalities and to attract potential international investors to locate on
the Island of Montreal.
Vice-President of the Island of Montreal Intermunicipal Waste Management
Board.
The Montreal Waste Management board is composed of 27 member municipalities
on the Island of Montreal. The role of the board is to plan, implement and
oversee the operations of a $ 275 million project for a total waste flow
control system based on reduction, recycling, reuse, composting,
incineration, and energy recovery by the year 1995.
Vice-President of the West Island Industrial Development Council.
The West Island Development Council is responsible for the industrial
development and promotion for the twelve member municipalities of the West
Island of Montreal. Its role is to attract new investment to the area and
promote the West Island to potential international investors.
