During his 12 years of elected office,he was not part of the government,but served from the 'Opposition Benches'.
In the Reform Party,he was instrumental to sponsor major planks of the Reform Party platform published in the Reform "Blue Sheet" concerning 'Justice' and 'Environment' policy,and led House of Commons debates on those subjects.
During his Canadian Alliance tenure,he was part of the 'shadow cabinet' under Stockwell Day,leader of the Official Opposition.
During the Conservative Party term,he was his Party's lead representative on the Government Operations and Estimates Committee,which investigated the administrative record of Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski. Forseth co-chaired the sub-committee which held in-camera investigative hearings. Radwanski was accused of falsifying documents and other administrative excesses by the Auditor General,(Ottawa Citizen Oct. 01,2003) After Parliamentary hearings,the G.O.E.Committee tabled a report in the House of Commons. (37th PARLIAMENT,2nd SESSION HANSARD •NUMBER 150 Tuesday,November 4,2003) As a consequence,the House of Commons declared George Radwanski to be in contempt of Parliament. (37th PARLIAMENT,2nd SESSION HANSARD •NUMBER 152 Thursday,November 6,2003) “That this House find George Radwanski to have been in contempt of this House,and acknowledge receipt of his letter of apology,tabled and read to the House earlier today.”
Paul Forseth was also among the very few MPs in Parliamentary history to ever have his Private Members Bill,coming from the Opposition side of the House,cooperatively taken over by the government and incorporated into a larger piece Government Legislation. (Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act - discharge list). (Hansard Tuesday,October 22,1996)
As of September 2009,Forseth is again a Conservative candidate. He said “I have been nominated as the Conservative Party candidate in the district of Burnaby-New Westminster. I am offering myself for service,as our community needs a Conservative voice at the national level.”(source - paulforseth - blogspot)
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