 He was chairman of the Canadian Association of Income Funds (CAIF) ("National Post", 24 November 2005) and president and CEO of the Clean Power Income Fund, which he founded to promote environmentally sound energy sources ("Globe and Mail", 24 November 2005).He supported federal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale's financial update in November 2005.Snyder (born 23 November 1958) is a Civil Engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo.