Candidates

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  Breen Ouellette – NDP

  Vancouver Centre NDP
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Breen Ouellette – NDP

Vancouver Centre NDP

Breen is a 42 year old Métis man married for 17 years to his partner Cammy. In 2014, they made Metro Vancouver their home.

Over 20 years, Breen has developed diverse experience as a lawyer, a manager in Indigenous governance, a union advocate, and a small business owner.

As one of the Commission Counsel lawyers for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Breen conducted the examination of testimony for over 60 witnesses in nationally televised public hearings and in-camera private testimony. Breen demonstrates the highest integrity and advocates for immediate action to end the genocide being committed against Indigenous people, as found by the National Inquiry in its recently released Final Report. Breen was an elected union steward, an elected OH&S committee member, and a trained union counsellor of CEP Local 1-S at SaskTel. He took a dangerous work appeal to the OH&S Tribunal of Canada. Breen was also Director of IT for the Métis Nation – Saskatchewan. Throughout his working life he has stood for integrity and equal opportunity for

 

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  Hedy Fry – Liberal Party

  Candidate, Vancouver East
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Hedy Fry – Liberal Party

Candidate, Vancouver East

The Honourable Dr. Hedy Fry was first elected to Parliament for Vancouver Centre in 1993, becoming the first rookie to defeat a sitting Prime Minister. Re-elected in 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2015, she is now the longest-serving female MP in Canadian history.

Inspired by Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s vision for a just society, Dr. Fry immigrated to Canada in 1970, practicing family medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital for decades. She was a leader in the medical community, serving as president of the Vancouver Medical Association (VMA), BC Medical Association (BCMA), and the Federation of Medical Women. She also hosted the popular medical information show Doctor, Doctor on CBC television.

Following her election in 1993, Dr. Fry was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health. From 1996 to 2002, she was in Jean Chrétien’s Cabinet as Canada’s Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Status of Women, where she focussed on social policy, arts and culture, women’s equality, the environment, homelessness, same-sex benefits, and equal marriage.

From 2006 to 2015, she held a number of leadership roles in the Official Opposition, holding the Harper government to account as Critic for Canadian Heritage, Critic for Sport and the 2010 Games, and Critic for Health—where she was responsible for developing the Liberal Party of Canada’s 2015 Health platform.

In addition to her duties as a Member of Parliament, Dr. Fry currently serves as head of Canada’s delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (OSCEPA), and is the OSCEPA’s Special Representative for Gender Issues. She is also a member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), which oversees Canada’s intelligence agencies, and Chairs the Canadian Association of Parliamentarians for Population Development.

Karin Litzcke

People’s Party of Canada