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	John Efford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Efford, PC Ruben John Efford, PC (born January 6, 1944 in Port de Grave, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a former Canadian politician.
		Efford was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in May 2002 and was re-elected in the 2004 general election.
		Efford and fellow leadership contestant Paul Dicks subsequently left provincial politics saying that they could not work with Grimes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Efford (348 words)

	Sea Shepherd - Ocean Realm Autumn 1999
		Efford was referring to (on May 4, 1998, in a statement in the Legislature) was his desire to exterminate the harp seals off the eastern coast of Canada.
		John Efford is a wise fool: wise in the ways of populist politics, foolish in his understanding of the laws of ecology and his responsibility to the conservation ethic.
		John Efford was quick to answer the call with a demand to the Canadian Minister for Fisheries and Oceans to raise the seal hunt quota above 275,000 and to authorize a "cull" of two million seals for the year 2000.
	nederland.seashepherd.org /essays/ocean_realm_aut99.html (3452 words)

	Brave talk from new minister is music to oil patch's ear @ workopolis.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Efford was on his way to Regina, having met with virtually every industry association as well as a number of high-profile executives, there was no question who this guy was or what he was about.
		Efford, who hails from Newfoundland and is more than just a little aware of the importance of the energy sector to the provincial economy, along with westerners Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan and Finance Minister Ralph Goodale will constitute a strong voice for all resource-based companies.
		Efford's appointment is coming off as a very astute move by the Prime Minister because he is from a province that has clearly benefited from oil and gas activity, but that is also outside the industrial core of the country.
	francais.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/qprinter/20040116/RYEDL16 (810 words)

	CBC Newfoundland and Labrador - Efford pondering retirement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Efford told CBC News Friday his diabetes – an illness he has been coping with for 27 years – is taking a toll on personal health.
		Efford has not been present at the House of Commons this week because his blood-sugar levels were found to be too high.
		Efford says he has put his political career ahead of his health and his family for the past two decades, and it is time to reassess his priorities.
	www.cbc.ca /nl/story/nf-efford-future-050422.html (380 words)

	Sympatico / MSN : News : CTV.ca
		Efford, who is Newfoundland's lone voice in the federal cabinet, said he will continue to serve as MP until the election.
		Efford, 61, who gave up his natural resources portfolio to bring his diabetes under control, retains a cabinet seat as political minister for Canada's easternmost province.
		Efford was not the first federal cabinet minister to announce he won't run for re-election.
	sympaticomsn.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051122/effort_election_051122 (367 words)

	Sympatico / MSN : News : CTV.ca
		26 2005 4:37 PM ET John Efford was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in May 2002 and was re-elected in 2004.
		Efford, 61, has been ill of late with complications from diabetes and has had to cancel a number of trips and engagements as he undergoes treatment.
		Efford has said he will not run in the next election, expected to be called by March.
	sympaticomsn.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050926/mccallum_efford_050926 (325 words)

	nl-Avalon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Efford didn't run in 2000, he was still in provincial politics running to lose to Grimes by 8 votes in the leadership.
		Efford's old chateau-fort in the Port-de-Grave area is in the heart of this new Avalon seat.
		John Efford is the most or second-most popular politician in Newfoundland, and a formidable campaigner, especially in rural parts of the province.
	www.electionprediction.org /2004_fed/riding/10001-avalon.htm (1957 words)

	Sea Shepherd - Scapegoats of the Deep
		John Efford, the current Federal Minister for Natural Resources and the former minister of fisheries for the province of Newfoundland.
		Thus Efford's intent was to put the media philosophy of Joseph Goebbels into practice when he tirelessly repeated the lie that the harp seal is responsible for the destruction of the Newfoundland cod fishery.
		Efford has gotten his way and the quota for this year is 350,000 seals the same as the 2004 and 2003.
	www.seashepherd.org /editorials/editorial_050328_2.html (3416 words)

	Minister's Efford
		John Efford was appointed Minister of Natural Resources in December 2003.
		Efford was first elected to the House of Commons as member for Bonavista–Trinity–Conception in a byelection in May 2002, following a distinguished tenure in the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial arena.
		Minister Efford entered politics in 1985 as a Member of Newfoundland and Labrador's House of Assembly for the district of Port de Grave.
	www.beijing.gc.ca /beijing/en/1382.htm (510 words)

	McCallum-Efford, 1st Writethru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Efford, a fixture in Newfoundland politics for two decades, has been suffering from complications arising from diabetes.
		Efford will remain as minister responsible for Newfoundland and Labrador and keep his seat in the Commons, a key consideration in a minority government.
		Efford, 61, was first elected to the Commons in a byelection in 2002 after 15 years in the provincial legislature.
	www.recorder.ca /cp/National/050926/n092643A.html (458 words)

	CBC News:Liberal cabinet ministers sweep East
		John Efford, the federal Minister of Natural Resources, was the first member of cabinet to be declared elected.
		Efford, who ran in the riding of Avalon in Newfoundland, had almost 59 per cent of the popular vote in the riding.
		Efford, a veteran of provincial politics, became a favourite to win the riding when former Tory cabinet minister John Crosbie decided not to enter the election race.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/06/28/canada/ca_efford040628 (707 words)

	One Hand Clapping
		In the mean time, at home Efford is respected as a politician who is perceived as honest and a real constituency man. These are qualities that have been sorely missed in politics of late and may spark a reignition of interest on a local level.
		Efford has already been out-spoken about the policies of the federal Liberals that he disapproves of especially in terms of the fishery and seal hunt.
		John Efford is running the potential of ending what is potentially the most effective policy move by the feds to protect fish stocks from overfishing since the moratorium in 1992, all to win the political support of rural business people who are feeling a temporary economic pinch.
	www.clapping.blogspot.com (2006 words)

	National Story - canada.com network
		Since the time he was Newfoundland's fisheries minister in the 1990s, Efford has been one of the brashest boosters of the commercial seal hunt, blaming seals for eating millions of tonnes of fish.
		Efford butted heads with the IFAW in 1998, when he was seeking to have Ottawa increase the allowable seal cull, while activists went on a high-profile campaign to shut the hunt down.
		Efford said he'll continue to wear his coat and support the sealing industry despite the protests.
	www.negativepositive.org /sealcoat.htm (417 words)

	MP John Efford says he won't run in next election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Critics were irked to learn that Efford was still collecting his $213,000 cabinet salary when he travelled to Florida earlier this month for a brief vacation, despite claims he was too ill to travel to Ottawa.
		On Tuesday, Efford appeared emotional as 150 friends, family members and supporters gathered at the legion hall in Bay Roberts, one of the larger communities on the west side of Newfoundland's Conception Bay.
		Efford said he will continue to serve as an MP until the federal election - expected in early January - and he confirmed he will not seek the leadership of Newfoundland's Liberal party.
	www.canada.com /national/story.html?id=cb6f9217-51e4-4a28-984f-56eba2d5a66f (376 words)

	John Efford is Truly Sick - In the Head :: Canadian Democratic Movement :: Alternative News Media on Democracy, Energy, ...
		Pseudo-Natural Resources Minister John Efford is ticked at the media over comments related to his absence from cabinet due to his illness.
		John Efford hasn't made an appearance in the House of Commons since well before the end of the last session yet he continues to reap his annual salary of $213,000 a year plus expenses while vacationing in the south.
		Efford the travel he was forced to endure as a cabinet minister has taken a toll on his health.
	www.canadiandemocraticmovement.ca /index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=772 (1075 words)

	untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		John Efford was first elected as MHA for the district of Port de Grave in 1985.
		John has been a strong force and an integral part of this growth since 1985.
		With the support of his wife, Madonna, John is pleased to be your Liberal candidate for the district of Port de Grave.
	home.thezone.net /liberals/highlights/bio_efford.htm (256 words)

	Edited Evidence * ENVI * Number 029 (Official Version) - Committees of the House of Commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		We have the Honourable John Efford, Minister of NaturalResources.
		R. John Efford: From the fundamental success this department has contributed to the Canadian economy to the concern about social stability, about environment, I'm very proud to be Minister of Natural Resources Canada.
		R. John Efford: If you look at the growing Canadian economy, to say there's nothing being done in Canada when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions is absolutely false.
	www.parl.gc.ca /committee/CommitteePublication.aspx?SourceId=125930 (10309 words)

	Nfld. MP John Efford returns to Ottawa after prolonged absence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		OTTAWA (CP) - John Efford, a former natural resources minister, was back in Ottawa on Tuesday where he defended his prolonged absence from the capital.
		Efford has said his life as an MP has taken a toll on his health.
		Efford was conspicuous by his absence last summer as key natural resources issues, such as soaring gasoline prices and the ongoing softwood lumber dispute, loomed large across the country.
	www.canada.com /news/national/story.html?id=7165be09-8778-4ea1-ac6e-b80fed02a993 (362 words)

	PRESS RELEASE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		John's, NF - The Council of the Students' Union was dismayed to hear John Efford's attacks on Memorial University over the past weekend.
		Minister Efford insisted that professors at Memorial University are using taxpayers' money to undermine his goals, and thus, jeopardize the integrity of rural Newfoundland and Labrador.
		Efford's contempt for the university and considerable influence in the provincial Cabinet will translate into reduced government support for the institution.
	www.mun.ca /munsu/media/efford.htm (217 words)

	Web Talk - Newfoundland and Labrador: Surgeon Urgently Required
		Efford has sided with the Prime Minister in direct opposition to the desire, and even begging, of members of his riding and by Newfoundlanders and Labradorians in general.
		Efford telling the provincial government and the people of the province back in September of last year to accept the deal being offered because it was the best we were going to get.
		I heard John Efford speaking after the cod issue came up in the house, and his only defense was, if he were to speak out against the party line he would lose his seat at the cabinet table and then he would be no good to the province.
	freenewfoundlandlabrador.blogspot.com /2005/04/surgeon-urgently-required.html (894 words)

	CANOE -- CNEWS - Canada: Nfld minister to announce political intentions next week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		John Efford, a diabetic, told a Newfoundland radio station he will hold a news conference in Bay Roberts, N.L., on Tuesday.
		Efford has not made an appearance in the House of Commons since May. He travelled to Ottawa last week to attend a federal cabinet meeting.
		Efford came under attack earlier this year after heated negotiations between the province and the federal government over offshore oil revenues.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Canada/2005/11/19/1314358-cp.html (697 words)

	The Files of the Phantom Observer: Exit John Efford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		John Efford, the Liberal MP for Avalon and now-former Minister of Natural Resources:
		CTV News has learned that [current revenue minister] John McCallum is temporarily taking on the duties of Natural Resources Minister John Efford, as Efford continues to struggle with health issues.
		Efford has been ill of late because of diabetes and has had to cancel a number of trips and engagements as he undergoes treatment.
	phantomobserver.blogspot.com /2005/09/exit-john-efford.html (380 words)

	Whitehorse Star Online
		Efford has been suffering from health issues attached to his longstanding diabetes and has missed meetings and other engagements to undergo treatment.
		Efford will keep his seat in the House of Commons as the representative for Avalon in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
		Efford is not expected to run again in the next federal election.
	www.whitehorsestar.com /auth.php?r=39632 (272 words)

	Daily Headlines Report - Week ending Apr. 2, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Efford maintains that seals are eating cod and are threatening the stocks.
		VOCM Radio News, St. John's March 30 -Recently released video footage of dead cod in Bonavista Bay has not proved that harp seals are a threat to the recovery of northern cod stocks according to a group of graduate biology and behavioural ecology students at Memorial.
		NTV Evening News, St. John's March 31 -Fisheries Minister John Efford says he is disappointed that a group of Memorial students are questioning his belief that seals are ravaging the cod that remain in our waters.
	www.mun.ca /univrel/news/headlines/1999/April2.html (1179 words)

	Sea Shepherd - J’Accuse — The Hypocrisy of the Canadian Government
		Efford is the former Newfoundland Minister of Fisheries who publicly has advocated the extermination of the seals.
		During the debate, Efford was not interested in talking science or facts concerning the seal hunt.
		Efford ignored the challenge and went on to talk about how seal defenders were gorging themselves on lamb and veal on the Farley Mowat while protesting the killing of seals and called the hunt opponents hypocrites.
	www.seashepherd.org /news/media_050513_2.html (859 words)

	CBC News: Efford won't reveal decision on same-sex marriage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		JOHN'S - Natural Resources Minister John Efford, who previously hinted that he may resign his post rather then vote in favour of same-sex marriage legislation, says he has made up his mind on the issue.
		Efford said he will announce his decision early in the New Year.
		Efford said last week he may resign his portfolio because of his views on the issue.
	www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2004/12/21/efford-samesex041221.html (234 words)

	IFCNR - FISHERIES COMMITTEE
		Stock Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister John Efford today expressed grave concerns over the lack of scientific data available to the federal Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (FRCC) to enable the council to make the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) recommendations for the northern cod stock in 2J3KL.
		Efford added that fishermen should be calling upon the federal minister for an increased commitment to the department's scientific program in the province, particularly for groundfish.
		Efford, is regrettable given the demonstrated need for more and better science.
	www.fisheries.ifcnr.com /article.cfm?NewsID=7 (298 words)

	www.mineweb.net \| events \| conferences \| 2004 \| pdac Canada's curious mining minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Officially opening the PDAC Convention for 2004, Efford said he has come to appreciate how natural resources is so important to "this government; this country".
		Bizarrely, Efford said he only learned after becoming minister that Canada was a big player in international mining.
		Alas, Efford sounds all too keen to be an active policy maker, seeing opportunities for government fingers in every pie.
	www.mineweb.net /events/conferences/2004/pdac/16386.htm (256 words)

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