Companion of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: April 13, 1994
• Invested on: October 19, 1994

Throughout the course of a distinguished career, he has served Canada with great dedication. Formerly a senior Cabinet minister, Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and chair of the influential Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada, he has made substantial contributions to the development and implementation of Canada's trade and social policy.