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David Yurdiga
David Yurdiga (born March 26, 1964) is a former Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2014 to 2021. Political career Yurdiga entered politics in 2007 when he was acclaimed to Athabasca County's council as a representative of the hamlet of Grassland. He was named deputy reeve in 2008 and then served as reeve from 2009 to 2013. On January 10, 2014, Brian Jean announced he was resigning as the Conservative Party's Member of Parliament for the riding Fort McMurray—Athabasca to return to private life in Fort McMurray. Yurdiga resigned from Athabasca County's council after party members selected Yurdiga to replace Jean. Yurdiga was elected during the 2014 by-election. In the 2015 federal election, he was elected to the newly formed riding of Fort McMurray-Cold Lake and re-elected in 2019. Yurdiga was appointed as the party’s critic for Northern Affairs by interim Conservative Party Leader Rona Ambrose on November 20, 2015. He held the position u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort McMurray—Cold Lake
Fort McMurray—Cold Lake is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It was Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, created in 2012, mostly from the more urbanized portion of Fort McMurray—Athabasca (78%) combined with a portion of Westlock—St. Paul (22%). The new riding consists of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, the city of Cold Lake, Alberta, Cold Lake, and Lac La Biche County. It also contains CFB Cold Lake and most of the Athabasca oil sands. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada: Election results References Alberta federal electoral districts Cold Lake, Alberta Fort McMurray {{Canada-constituency-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy McLeod
Cathy McLeod (born 12 June 1957) is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo from 2008 to 2021. She served as a member of the Conservative Party. Biography McLeod was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In 1981, McLeod completed training from the University of Western Ontario as a registered nurse, practicing for some years thereafter. McLeod was a municipal politician in Pemberton, British Columbia, serving as a town councillor from 1993 to 1996 and then as mayor from 1996 to 1999, before moving to Kamloops, where she worked as a nurse and a health care administrator.. In the 2008 federal election, McLeod was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. She was re-elected in the 2011 federal election with 52% of the riding's vote. On 30 January 2011, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue. On 19 September 2013, she became Parlia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Canadian Parliament
The 42nd Canadian Parliament was in session from December 3, 2015, to September 11, 2019, with the membership of its lower chamber, the House of Commons of Canada, having been determined by the results of the 2015 federal election held on October 19, 2015, and thirty new appointees to its Upper House, the Senate of Canada. Parliament officially resumed on December 3, 2015, with the election of a new Speaker, Geoff Regan, followed by a Speech from the Throne the following day. The Speaker of the Senate of Canada was George Furey, who was appointed Speaker of the Canadian Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to replace Leo Housakos, on December 3, 2015. On September 11, 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau advised Governor General Julie Payette to dissolve Parliament and issue the writ of election, leading to a 5-week election campaign period for the 2019 federal election. Party standings Legislation Among the more significant pieces of legislation adop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort McMurray Today
The ''Fort McMurray Today'' is a publication based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. It is considered the paper of record for Fort McMurray and covers a number of topics affecting the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. The daily newspaper was founded in 1974 after Bowes Publishing bought the weekly McMurray Courier, a weekly newspaper founded in 1970 by Frances Jean. Ownership transferred to Sun Media in 1988, which was then bought by Postmedia in 2014. In 2017, the newspaper's coverage of the 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire won a National Newspaper Award for breaking news. The award was shared with the combined newsroom of the ''Edmonton Journal'' and ''Edmonton Sun''. That same year, the newspaper also covered long-awaited infrastructure for running water and sewage systems in the RMWB's hamlets of Anzac, Conklin, Gregoire Lake Estates, Janvier (Chard) and Saprae Creek. Conklin and Janvier (Chard), which has a population that is mostly First Nation and Métis, also faced a ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body whose members are known as members of Parliament (MPs). There have been 338 MPs since the most recent electoral district redistribution for the 2015 federal election, which saw the addition of 30 seats. Members are elected by simple plurality ("first-past-the-post" system) in each of the country's electoral districts, which are colloquially known as ''ridings''. MPs may hold office until Parliament is dissolved and serve for constitutionally limited terms of up to five years after an election. Historically, however, terms have ended before their expiry and the sitting government has typically dissolved parliament within four years of an election according to a long-standing convention. In any case, an ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firearms Regulation In Canada
Firearms in Canada are federally regulated through the ''Firearms Act'' and related provisions of the ''Criminal Code''. Regulation is largely about licensing and registration of firearms, including air guns with a muzzle velocity of more than and muzzle energy greater than . Handgun registration became law in 1934, and automatic firearms registration was added in 1951. In 1969, laws classified firearms as "non-restricted," "restricted," and "prohibited." Starting in 1979, people who wished to acquire firearms were required to obtain a firearms acquisition certificate (FAC) from their local police agency. From 1995 to 2012, all firearms owners were required to possess a firearms licence—either a possession and acquisition licence (PAL), a possession-only licence (POL), a FAC, or a minor's licence—and all firearms were required to be registered. In April 2012, the Parliament of Canada enacted the ''Ending the Long-gun Registry Act'' to eliminate the requirement to register n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Conservative Party Of Canada Leadership Election
The 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election was held on May 27, 2017. Party members chose Andrew Scheer as leader, replacing Stephen Harper, who led the Conservative Party of Canada as its leader from 2004 following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties. Harper led the party through five federal elections: the party increased its seat count in the House of Commons in 2004, formed two minority governments in 2006, and 2008, and then a majority government in 2011. Following the defeat of the party in the 2015 federal election on October 19, Harper tendered his resignation as party leader. In a statement, Conservative Party President John Walsh said he had spoken to Harper, "and he has instructed me to reach out to the newly elected parliamentary caucus to appoint an interim Leader and to implement the leadership selection process." 259,010 party members were eligible to vote in the leadership contest. 141,000 members cast a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kellie Leitch
Khristinn Kellie Leitch (born July 30, 1970) is a Canadian surgeon and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Simcoe—Grey from 2011 to 2019 as a member of the Conservative Party. She was first elected in the 2011 federal election, succeeding Member of Parliament Helena Guergis who was dismissed from the Conservative Party caucus. Following her election, Leitch was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. On July 15, 2013, Prime Minister Stephen Harper named Leitch Minister of Labour and Minister for the Minister responsible for the Status of Women (Canada), Status of Women. She served in Cabinet until the defeat of the Conservative government in the 2015 Canadian federal election, 2015 federal election. Leitch ran in the 2017 contest for the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, leadership of the Conservative Party. On January 23, 2018, Leitch announced that she woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Conservative Party Of Canada Leadership Election
The 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election was a leadership election held to elect a successor to Andrew Scheer, who in December 2019 announced his pending resignation as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. The election was conducted by postal ballot from mid-July to 21 August 2020, with the ballots processed and results announced on 23–24 August 2020. The $300,000 entrance fee made it the most expensive leadership race in the history of Canadian politics. Four candidates were running for the position: member of parliament and former veterans affairs minister Erin O'Toole, co-founder of the Conservative Party Peter MacKay, Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis and member of parliament Derek Sloan. The election was originally scheduled for 27 June 2020, but on March 26, the party suspended the race due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic crisis in Canada. Party officials said they would revisit their decision on May 1. On April 29, it was announced that the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter MacKay
Peter Gordon MacKay (born September 27, 1965) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2015 and has served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2013–2015), Minister of National Defence (2007–2013), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006–2007) in the Cabinet of Canada under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. MacKay was the final leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC Party), and he agreed to merge the party with Stephen Harper's Canadian Alliance in 2003, forming the Conservative Party of Canada and making MacKay one of the co-founders of the current conservative wing of Canadian politics. The son of Canadian politician and Minister of Public Works Elmer MacKay, MacKay received his undergraduate degree from Carleton University and his law degree from Dalhousie University. MacKay represented the riding of Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough from 1997 to 2004, and the riding of Central Nova from 2004 until 2015, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
