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 Honourable Tony Valeri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Honourable Tony Valeri, P.C., M.P., Minister of Transport, 2003-2004.
The Honourable Tony Valeri was elected to the House of Commons in the general elections of 1993, 1997 and 2000 and represents the riding of Stoney Creek, Ontario.
Valeri was born in Hamilton in 1957 and lives with his wife Terri and their two children in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
www.tc.gc.ca /minister/valeri.htm   (186 words)

  
 Prime Minister of Canada: The Honourable Tony Valeri - Leader of the Government in the House of Commons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Prime Minister of Canada: The Honourable Tony Valeri - Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Tony Valeri was first elected to Parliament in 1993 and was re-elected in 1997, 2000 and 2004.
Valeri was president of the Canadian Financial Group Ltd. and was a director of the Independent Life Insurance Brokers of Canada.
pm.gc.ca /eng/bio.asp?id=1   (161 words)

  
 Tony Valeri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tony Valeri, PC The Honourable Tony Valeri, PC, MP, BA (born August 11, 1957) is the Canadian Leader of the Government in the House of Commons.
Valeri served as a backbencher before being appointed to the Cabinet on December 12, 2003, by incoming Prime Minister Paul Martin.
A part of Valeri's Stoney Creek riding was merged with a part of Hamilton - East.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Valeri   (496 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Tony Valeri
He is a graduate of Hamilton's McMaster University, and lived in Hamilton while he served as President of Canadian Financial Group Ltd. Stoney Creek was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario.
Following on Tony's earlier testimony in Washington, the push for greater Canada-US cooperation continued with the visit of Rep. Phil English (R-Pa.), Chair of the Congressional Steel Caucus, Who accepted Tony's invitation to visit Ottawa on September 27th.
Working with Tony, English has been a supporter of the integrated Canada-US steel sector, recognizing that the problems in both countries are largely due to world over-capacity and dumping.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tony-Valeri   (1774 words)

  
 Liberals back NDP in Copps' riding   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tony Valeri, right, the Transport Minister and Liberal candidate for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, seen here with Paul Martin, has become the target of a campaign by supporters of Sheila Copps, whom Valeri beat for the candidacy of the new riding.
Valeri took the Liberal nomination away from Sheila Copps, the former deputy prime minister.
Valeri and made it clear early in the campaign that they would not be helping him win his seat.
www.canada.com /national/features/decisioncanada/story.html?id=6f4b109b-707d-4482-95b5-77db99f037c6   (561 words)

  
 35032 - Hamilton East-Stoney Creek
Tony Valeri has been identified as one of the Cabinet Ministers who was informed of the Income Trust announcement.
Valeri can't go down any further from 2004 in the Hamilton East section of the riding but he will go up in Stoney Creek given that the NDP has decided to run a candidate with little appeal in Stoney Creek.
Valeri is getting a lot of publicity as the Liberal Whip - but might be negative as he is blamed for trying to control democracy by playing legislative tricks to hold onto power.
www.electionprediction.org /2005_fed/riding/35032-hamilton-east-stoney-creek.htm   (5357 words)

  
 globeandmail.com - Canada's Election 2004 - Breaking News
Tony Valeri was first elected as a member of Parliament in 1993 and re-elected in 1997 and 2000.
Valeri was given the honour of being appointed the Minister of Transport for the new Paul Martin Government.
Valeri was President of Canadian Financial Group Ltd. He was also a member of numerous business organizations, including a term as Director of the Board of the Independent Brokers Life Insurance of Canada Association.
www.theglobeandmail.com /elections/fed2004/candidates/generated/35032_LIB.html   (262 words)

  
 Liberal Party of Canada - liberal.ca
Valeri was appointed Leader of the Government in the House of Commons for the new Liberal Government.
Valeri was elected by his colleagues to chair the non-partisan Parliamentary Steel Caucus.
Valeri was President of Canadian Financial Group Ltd. He was also a member of numerous business organizations, including serving as Director of the Board of the Independent Brokers Life Insurance of Canada Association.
www.liberal.ca /bio_e.aspx?&id=35032   (319 words)

  
 The Hill Times - Newspaper Online.
Valeri's stock grew considerably after he hatched the backroom deal with the NDP and Bloc Québécois to pass C-48 just before midnight on June 23.
Valeri's plan in retaliation against the Tories who wouldn't agree to hold a planned vote on extending the session that same night earlier than scheduled.
Valeri defended the government's approach to find support for its agenda on a case by case basis.
www.thehilltimes.ca /html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2005/july/4/valeri/&c=1   (1183 words)

  
 Vote Valeri - The Official Tony Valeri Campaign Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tony Valeri believes that our region can attract and keep those jobs, and has worked hard to make that a reality.
Tony Valeri is committed to protecting workers and creating opportunities for employment.
Tony brought those concerns to Ottawa, and on November 21st Bill C-55, a bill that protects vulnerable workers in the event of their employer's bankruptcy, was passed unanimously in the House of Commons.
www.votevaleri.com   (807 words)

  
 Paul Martin Time: Copps's battle a symptom of Liberal infighting
Valeri is purely the result of changes to riding boundaries, he said.
Valeri of trying to drive her out of politics by refusing to follow the trend of moving eastward like other MPs.
Valeri said he does not want to go to the Niagara West—Glanbrook riding, even though he lives there, because most of it is outside Hamilton.
paulmartintime.ca /mediacoverage/000136.html   (1080 words)

  
 CANOE -- CNEWS - Politics: Clock ticking on Liberal budget
Government House Leader Tony Valeri is asking MPs to support a motion Monday that will see them sit until midnight for the next two weeks in a bid to pass budget legislation and money bills before their summer break begins on June 23.
Valeri said the government is scrambling to ensure the bills pass after a Grit MP stepped down earlier this week, saying he may vote against the budget to stop the the same-sex marriage bill.
Valeri said his government's priorities remain the money bills, opening the door to pushing a vote on same-sex marriage to the fall.
cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Politics/2005/06/10/1080741-sun.html   (501 words)

  
 Canada's Political, Justice & Police System: Corrupt!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Valeri has said prior to purchasing the property next door, he contacted the Ethics Commissioner and told him the lot would be used to accommodate a new home Valeri wanted to build across the two properties.
Valeri answers a CBC reporter's questions regarding cutting taxes on income trusts and the sale of a property next to his home, after being forced back inside the school after two people stood in front of his van to keep it from leaving.
Tony Valeri says his office didn't know the government was going to cut taxes on income trusts until the afternoon of the day the announcement was made, and couldn't be the source of any leak.
rghs2004.blogspot.com   (10458 words)

  
 Tony Valeri - Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tony Valeri announced the investment of up to $105 million to clean up the Hamilton Harbour and develop the North Glanbrook Industrial Business Park.
Tony Valeri addresses the House of Commons in response to the Conservative motion
On November 24th, Tony Valeri gave this address in the House of Commons in response...
www.tony-valeri.com   (608 words)

  
 'Sit into the summer,' Liberals warned It's possible MPs won't begin vacations until budget clears the House, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Valeri indicated the budget had to be through by June 23, the last scheduled day on the parliamentary calendar for the House to sit, "or sit into the summer."
Valeri repeated his vow in a television interview later in the day.
Valeri and his cabinet colleagues] all have to posture.
www.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/qprinter/20050602/COMMONS02   (679 words)

  
 Strong World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Valeri has stated that he purchased the next-door property so that he could build a new home straddling the two properties, but then decided that he didn't need the property and resold it.
Two days before Valeri purchased the next-door property, ownership of the Valeri family home was transferred from Tony Valeri and his wife jointly into the sole ownership of Valeri's wife.
Valeri was involved in a real estate transaction in which a property he had purchased in April 2005 for $225,000 was sold for $500,000 less than three months later.
www.strongworld.blogspot.com   (6696 words)

  
 Crossing Boundaries National Council : Hon. Tony Valeri
Prior to his appointment, Minister Valeri was an active member of the House of Commons.
Before entering federal politics, Minister Valeri was president of Canadian Financial Group Ltd. In 1976, he earned a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree from McMaster University.
Minister Valeri was born in Hamilton in 1957 and lives with his wife Terri and their two children in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
www.crossingboundaries.ca /index.php?page=tvaleri&lang_id=1&page_id=66   (206 words)

  
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Federal Transport Minister Tony Valeri says he's only interested in running as a candidate in one riding, thereby ensuring a nasty showdown between himself and former cabinet minister Sheila Copps for the Liberal party nomination in the next general election.
Appearing on CTV's Question Period, Valeri said he won't consider moving from the newly-created Hamilton East-Stoney Creek riding, where Copps is the incumbent, to the neighbouring Niagara West-Glanbrook riding.
The battle between Valeri and Copps emerged when five ridings in the Hamilton area were reduced to four due to population shifts.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/scfcn/CTVNews/20040119/valeri_qp040118/Canada   (469 words)

  
 CBC News:Copps loses Liberal nomination fight
HAMILTON, ONT. - Canada's Minister of Transport Tony Valeri derailed the campaign hopes of longtime Hamilton MP Sheila Copps Saturday night, winning the right to run as the Liberal party's candidate in a redrawn local riding.
Copps, on the other hand, talked about the importance of lobbying for "the true values of liberalism," and said she was the best choice to represent immigrants and the working class.
Valeri, who was endorsed by Hamilton's mayor and several business and labour leaders, had said he would not run for Parliament as an independent if he lost Saturday's vote.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/03/06/canada/copps_valeri040306   (485 words)

  
 Tony Valeri Appointed Federal Transport Minister   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Stoney Creek MP Tony Valeri was appointed as the new Minister of
Valeri is an Ontario MP, representing the Hamilton area riding of Stoney
Tony Valeri was first elected to Parliament in 1993.
www.ontruck.org /news/news/2003/pnews_2003_12_12_114736_rt.php3   (153 words)

  
 Groupe CNW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
During a briefing and discussion with Vanguard executives, Minister Valeri noted that security at ports, on airplanes and at border crossings is a priority of the Government of Canada.
Valeri then used the CASCAD decontaminant foam system to "neutralize" a simulated Anthrax laboratory, similar to what would have been used to manufacture Anthrax-laden letters which shut down the U.S. Senate Building in Washington and CBS Studios in New York in 2001.
The Honourable Tony Valeri, Minister of Transport (left), tries out Vanguard Response System's Universal Containment System with the assistance of Vanguard training manager Bill Johnson during a visit to the company's facilities in his home riding of Stoney Creek, near Hamilton, Monday, March 1, 2004.
www.newswire.ca /fr/releases/archive/March2004/02/c6156.html   (734 words)

  
 Sympatico / MSN : News : CTV.ca
The riding was the scene of a bitter fight this winter between longtime MP Sheila Copps, who had represented the riding since 1984, and new cabinet minister Tony Valeri.
Their fight was triggered by the redrawing of the riding boundaries and the elimination of Valeri's seat.
In Hamilton, both Valeri and Stan Keyes -- another Martin loyalist appointed to cabinet, running for re-election in Hamilton Centre -- are reported to be in trouble.
sympaticomsn.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1088178528509_54?hub=topstories   (568 words)

  
 The Government House Leader Launches Parliamentary Agenda
OTTAWA - October 8, 2004 - Government House Leader Tony Valeri today detailed the first steps in the federal Government's Parliamentary agenda following Tuesday's Speech from the Throne.
Valeri said the Government intends to pursue a robust agenda in Parliament that supports the themes laid out in the Speech from the Throne: a strong economy, the health of Canadians, children caregivers and seniors, Aboriginal Canadians, cities and communities, the environment, and the role of Canada in the world.
Mr Valeri said he expected to advance more than 40 Bills before the House rises in December.
www.pco-bcp.gc.ca /lgc?Language=E&Page=NewsRoom&sub=Press&doc=20041008_agenda_e.htm   (313 words)

  
 Steve Janke: Angry in the Great White North   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hamilton Liberal cabinet minister Tony Valeri more than doubled his money in three months when he flipped a property next to his home to the son of a prominent businessman with ties to the Liberal party.
Valeri, Liberal MP for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, purchased the property on Ridge Road along the escarpment in upper Stoney Creek for $225,000 last April.
After Jan 23, when Mr Valeri is looking for something to do with his days, perhaps he should consider opening his own REIT (real estate investment trust) I think many people would invest monies with him, knowing what fantastic returns he's provided for himself...
angrygwn.mu.nu /archives/151385.php   (2208 words)

  
 Sport and Physical Activity and Election 2004
Valeri was only slightly ahead of New Democrat Tony DePaulo as results continued to trickle in late last night.
Valeri, 46, had to cope with problems from within his own party after a deeply divisive nomination battle with Ms.
Valeri did not do more to help Stelco -- the troubled local steel producer -- or to deter WestJet from moving its eastern hub from Hamilton to Toronto.
www.caaws.ca /election2004/e/keyes.htm   (422 words)

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