Pre-Election Reads: Thomas Mulcair
August 4, 2015 | John P. | Comments (0)
Canada has a federal election scheduled for October 19, 2015. While some voters may have already decided which political party and leader to support, others have not and may be seeking information and research to help them to make a personal, informed decision. Toronto Public Library can help those individuals in a non-partisan way by providing access to collection items available for borrowing (or using) with a valid Toronto Public Library card. So let us continue…
Thomas “Tom” Mulcair is the current leader (since March 24, 2012) of the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) and Leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons of the 41st Parliament of Canada. Mulcair was elected the Member of Parliament in a by-election for the electoral district of Outremont on September 17, 2007 and was subsequently re-elected in the 2008 and 2011 general elections. Mulcair served as a co-Deputy Leader of the NDP and became Opposition House Leader following the 2011 general election. Following the death of Jack Layton in August 2011, Mulcair contested the leadership of the NDP, winning the position on the fourth ballot in March 2012.
Thomas Mulcair graduated from McGill University in 1977 with degrees in common law and civil law. After being called to the Bar of Québec in 1979, Mulcair worked for the provincial Ministry of Justice in the Legislative Affairs Branch and subsequently in the Legal Affairs Directorate of the Superior Council of the French Language. In 1983, Mulcair became Legal Affairs Director at Alliance Québec. After going into private practice in 1985, Thomas Mulcair became the reviser of Manitoba statutes following the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling in the Manitoba Language Rights case. Serving as President of the Office des professions du Québec from 1987-1993, he argued for transparency in disciplinary hearings and facilitated dealing with cases involving alleged sexual abuse of patients.
Prior to federal politics, Thomas Mulcair also served in Québec provincial politics as the Member of the National Assembly for Chomedey for the Québec Liberal Party, winning election in the 1994 provincial election and re-election in the 1998 and 2003 provincial elections. Following the 2003 Québec provincial election, Premier Jean Charest appointed Mulcair as Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks. Québec’s National Assembly unanimously passed Mulcair’s Sustainable Development Plan in April 2006. As part of the plan, Thomas Mulcair had included an amendment to the Québec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms for the right to live in a healthy environment respecting biodiversity.
Thomas Mulcair’s autobiography Strength of Conviction was just released so consider borrowing the title from Toronto Public Library collections:
Book:
Ce livre est également publié en français:
Le Courage De Ses Convictions . Placer une cale de demander une copie de ce titre - ici.
eBook:
Ce livre est également publié en français:
Le Courage De Ses Convictions . Placer une cale de demander une copie de ce titre - ici.
Read an excerpt from the book courtesy of NOW Toronto.
Read Margaret Wente’s review in The Globe and Mail.
Read Mark Kennedy’s overview in The Calgary Herald.
Read Jen Gerson’s review in The National Post.
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Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q)
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(See also: Pre-Election Reads: Stephen Harper )
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