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CAMPBELL, Duncan R.G. Passed away in his sleep on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 in the Perth Hospital as the result of cancer. Born Montreal, B.A. Econ. U. Toronto, Ph.D. Econ, Cornell, Phi Betta Kappa. Taught Econ. at Cornell and Yale. For many years, Duncan was a senior official of the Government of Canada. He developed Canada's National Training Act, participated in the Canada - U.S. free trade negotiations, and was the senior Assistant Deputy Minister for the Department of Employment and Immigration. He led the team responsible for revising the citizenship labour and immigration programs under the auspices of the Neilson Task Force. He has published brief monographs on the American petroleum industry, pulpwood logging, non-sampling bias in mail surveys, long-range economic forecasting, and the disappearance of anchovies from the Black Sea. In retirement, he and his wife Vera split their time between San Miguel (Mexico) and the backwoods of Ontario, where he worked on demographics of Upper Canada to 1841. He is survived by his beloved wife Vera; sons Robert (Patricia) and Ian (Celina); grandchildren Benjamin, Anna, Liam, Jacob, and Avery; brother Justice Archie (Julie) Campbell, sister Jennifer Bradley; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. At his request, a celebration of his life will be held privately for family. Those wishing are asked to consider donations to the Great War Memorial Hospital Foundation, 33 Drummond St. W., Perth ON K7H 2K1. Arrangements are in the care of Blair & Son Funeral Directors, Perth (613) 267-3765. Published in the Ottawa Citizen on 8/6/2005