Michael M. Fortier,is a Canadian financier,lawyer and former politician. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Minister of Public Works and Government Services from 2006 to 2008,and Minister of International Trade in 2008 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Fortier served in Cabinet of Canada while a Senator,which proved controversial. In 2008,he resigned from the Senate to run for a seat in the House of Commons in the 2008 election;he placed second in riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges.
David Lee Emerson,is a Canadian politician,financial executive,and economist. He was formerly the Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Kingsway. He was first elected as a Liberal and served as Minister of Industry under Prime Minister Paul Martin. After controversially crossing the floor to join Stephen Harper's Conservatives,he served as Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics,followed by Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Greek Canadians are Canadian citizens who have full or partial Greek heritage or people who emigrated from Greece and reside in Canada. According to the 2021 Census,there were 262,140 Canadians who claimed Greek ancestry.
The Office of the Prime Minister (commonly called the prime minister's office or PMO comprises the staff that supports the prime minister of Canada and is located in the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council Building in Ottawa,Ontario. The PMO provides policy advice,information gathering,communications,planning,and strategizing. It should not be confused with the Privy Council Office,which is the higher office that controls the Public Service of Canada and is expressly non-partisan;the PMO is concerned with making policy,whereas the PCO is concerned with executing the policy decisions made by the government.
Sandra Buckler is a former director of communications for the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada under Conservative Party of Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper. She was appointed in 2006 and resigned from her position on June 26,2008. Her tenure was contentious,including charges from the national media that she was overly restricted in sharing information,pressing journalists to instead focus on photo ops and adhering rigorously to talking points from the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO),as well as accusations from Members of Parliament that she had bullied them,and charges of conflict of interest. She joined Canadian Tire as Vice President of communications in 2015.
Kory Teneycke is the former vice-president of Sun News Network. He was also the former Director of Communications to the Prime Minister's Office under Stephen Harper. He was the campaign manager for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party during the 2018 Ontario election.
The 40th Canadian Parliament was in session from November 18,2008 to March 26,2011. It was the last Parliament of the longest-running minority government in Canadian history that began with the previous Parliament. The membership of its House of Commons was determined by the results of the 2008 federal election held on October 14,2008. Its first session was then prorogued by the Governor General on December 4,2008,at the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper,who was facing a likely no-confidence motion and a coalition agreement between the Liberal party and the New Democratic Party with the support of the Bloc Québécois. Of the 308 MPs elected at the October 14,2008 general election,64 were new to Parliament and three sat in Parliaments previous to the 39th:John Duncan,Jack Harris and Roger Pomerleau.
Lisa Sarah MacCormack Raitt is a former Canadian politician who served as a federal Cabinet minister and member of Parliament (MP) from 2008 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party,Raitt was elected to the House of Commons in the 2008 election,representing Halton. Shortly after her election,Prime Minister Stephen Harper named her minister of natural resources,holding the role until 2010,when she became minister of labour. In 2013,she became minister of transport,remaining in the role until the Conservatives were defeated by the Liberal Party in the 2015 election. Raitt was re-elected in the newly formed riding of Milton. She contested the Conservative leadership in 2017,losing to Andrew Scheer,who made her deputy party leader and deputy opposition leader,a role she would hold until she was defeated in the 2019 election. Since leaving politics,she has been the vice chair of Global Investment Banking at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
Claude Carignan is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was leader of the Conservative Party in the Senate of Canada,first as Leader of the Government in the Senate from 2013 to 2015 and then as Senate Opposition Leader from 2015 until 2017.
On 23 January 2010 there were numerous protests opposing the prorogation of the 40th Canadian Parliament. The prorogation had occurred a month earlier on 30 December 2009 on the constitutional advice of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and was officially carried out by Governor General Michaëlle Jean. Protests were held in over 60 cities and towns in Canada,and internationally in New York City,San Francisco,Dallas,London,Oman,Brussels,Amsterdam,The Hague and Costa Rica. The protests and rallies attracted approximately 21,000 participants,including many who had joined a group on Facebook,known as the "Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament" (CAPP). At the 23 January rallies in Ottawa and Toronto,Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff,New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton,Green Party leader Elizabeth May,and Member of Parliament Bob Rae spoke against the prorogation,while at the rally in Montreal,Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe spoke alongside future NDP leader,Thomas Mulcair,and Liberal MP Marc Garneau. Future Liberal Leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was also in attendance at the Montreal Rally.
By-elections to the 39th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 2006 federal election and the 2008 federal election. The Conservative Party of Canada led a minority government for the entirety of the 39th Canadian Parliament,although their seat total increased as a result of by-election results.
Eve Adams is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Mississauga—Brampton South from 2011 to 2015. She was elected as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada but,on February 9,2015,she announced she was resigning as a parliamentary secretary and crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party. Adams later lost the Liberal nomination in Eglinton—Lawrence to Marco Mendicino.
John S. L. Williamson is a Canadian politician who has represented the riding of New Brunswick Southwest in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada since 2019. He represented the riding from 2011 until his defeat in the 2015 election. He was elected again in the 2019 election.
Jason MacDonald is a Canadian communications professional and was the candidate for the Ontario PC Party in the 2011 Ontario election in the riding of Ottawa South. In 2013,MacDonald was appointed as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's eighth Director of Communications.
The Director of Communications in the Prime Minister's Office is one of the most senior roles in the Canadian Prime Minister's Office,reporting directly to the prime minister and his or her chief of staff. The person is responsible for selling the government's agenda to the media and public.
The following is a page of endorsements from prominent individuals and organisations made during the 42nd Canadian federal election
The SNC-Lavalin affair is a political scandal involving attempted political interference with the justice system by the Prime Minister of Canada,Justin Trudeau,and the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The Parliament of Canada's Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion found that Trudeau improperly influenced then Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in an ongoing criminal case against Quebec-based construction company SNC-Lavalin by offering a deferred prosecution agreement.
Sean Speer is a Canadian academic,commentator,and public policy analyst. He is senior fellow at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy,Fellow in strategic competitiveness at the Public Policy Forum,Editor-at-large at The Hub,and a regular contributor to the National Post. He has been published in The Globe and Mail,Maclean's,C2CJournal,National Review,and Policy Options.
Navigator Ltd. is a Canadian public relations,crisis management,lobbying,and polling company based in Toronto,with offices in Ottawa,Calgary,Edmonton,and Moncton,Canada. They have represented a number of high-profile Canadian clients including Brian Mulroney,Michael Bryant,and Magna International. The company was founded in 2000 by Jaime Watt,a communications strategist tied to the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Watt remains the Executive Chairman of the company.
By-elections to the 44th Canadian Parliament may be held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 2021 federal election and the 45th federal election. The 44th Canadian Parliament has existed since 2021 with the membership of its House of Commons having been determined by the results of the 44th Canadian federal election held on September 20,2021. The Liberal Party of Canada has a minority government during this Parliament,supported by the New Democratic Party in a confidence-and-supply agreement. The Conservative Party of Canada forms the Official Opposition.
