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| Name | Wayne Easter |
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North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island , Canada |
| Email | Easter.W@parl.gc.ca |
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June 22, 1949
(75 years)
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| Info | Wayne Easter was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and was raised on the family farm in North Wiltshire. He attended Charlottetown Rural High School and holds a diploma from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. He was granted a certificate from the Canadian International Grains Institute in 1973. Wayne received an Honorary Doctorate of Law degree from UPEI in 1988 for his work and contribution to agriculture and social activism on the national level. He was also awarded the Governor General’s Canada 125 Medal in 1992 for community service.
Wayne was first elected as a Liberal representing the riding of Malpeque in 1993 and was re-elected in 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2006. Wayne was appointed Official Opposition Critic for Agriculture by the Hon. Bill Graham, Opposition Leader, on February 22nd, 2006. In 2002-2003 he served in the Cabinet as Solicitor General of Canada. He served as Chair of the House Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. He has also held the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. In an earlier session of the House, Wayne was a member of the House Sub-Committee on grain transport and was a member of the executive of the Canada-European Parliamentary Association. He served as a member of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on the Future of Farming.
Having been a long-time member of the Canada-US Parliamentary Association, Wayne has extensive experience related to many bi-lateral issues affecting Canada-US relations. On the national and international fronts, Wayne was National President and CEO of the National Farmers Union for 11 years. He was advisor to the Trudeau administration for the federal export agency, Conagrex. He was an advisor to the Minister of Agriculture at the FAO Conference in Rome in 1983. He was an invited participant under the European Community’s Visitors Program examining Common Agricultural Policy and International Agricultural Trade Issues in 1987 and toured New Zealand examining the impact of Farm Policy and Free Trade Issues in 1988.
In 1990, Wayne was an advisor and panelist for the Tri-national Exchange on Agriculture, the environment and Free Trade Agreements with Canada, the United States and Mexico.
In 1991, with the Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food, Wayne was an advisor and delegate to GATT discussions in Geneva and Brussels. He also served as panelist to a Congressional briefing on NAFTA in Washington in March 1993.
Wayne was appointed Solicitor General of Canada on October 22, 2002. As Solicitor General, Wayne oversaw five agencies for national security and public safety of Canadians - the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Correctional Services Canada, the National Parole Board and the National Firearms Registry.
Wayne was a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee of Agriculture and Agri-Food and was Vice Chair of the Canada-US Parliamentary Association. From July 20th, 2004 to November, 2005, Wayne was Parliamentary Secretary to Agriculture and Agri-Food with special emphasis on Rural Development.
Wayne and his wife Helen, a nurse, live in North Wiltshire and have two grown children, Kimberley and Jamie.
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