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| Name | Scott Brison |
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Cheverie, Nova Scotia , Canada |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
 Facebook | scott.a.brison |
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May 10, 1967
(56 years)
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Modifed | IndyGeorgia
May 20, 2016 10:52pm |
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| Info | Scott A. Brison, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. He was Minister of Public Works and Government Services under Paul Martin and ran to succeed Martin as party leader in the 2006 Liberal leadership convention.
Brison represents the Nova Scotia riding of Kings—Hants as a Liberal Member of Parliament, and was Canada's first openly gay member of Cabinet, though not the first gay Canadian Member of Parliament.
Brison obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from Dalhousie University. While there, he started and operated a successful business renting small fridges. Brison then worked in corporate sales for ten years. He entered politics as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Nova Scotia riding of Kings—Hants in the 1997 election.
In July 2000, Brison resigned his seat so that PC leader Joe Clark could enter the House of Commons. In the interim, Brison was appointed co-chair of the Tories' Election Policy Platform Committee, and became vice-president of investment banking at Yorkton Securities in Toronto.
When the 2000 election was called in October, Clark stood for election in a Calgary riding. Brison returned as the PC candidate in Kings—Hants, and was returned to Parliament. In 2001, he served as the party's Finance and Industry critic, and was vice-chairman of the House of Commons Finance committee. Brison came out as gay in 2002, saying that he is "not a gay politician, but a politician who happens to be gay." He became the fourth sitting Member of Parliament to do so after Svend Robinson, Réal Ménard and Libby Davies. As well, he was the first openly gay MP to sit as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
In 2003, following Clark's retirement, Brison ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives on a platform of "new ideas", that consisted of Employment Insurance reform, more private involvement in health care, integrated defense strategy with the US, and socially liberal policies. At the leadership convention, his campaign was dealt a crucial blow by John Herron who defected to the MacKay camp. Despite gaining votes on the second ballot, Brison was eliminated by a mere three votes and threw his support to Jim Prentice. Prentice lost on the final ballot to MacKay. He fought publicly with other members of his party, particularly Elsie Wayne, over their opposition to same-sex marriage.
On December 10, 2003, four days after Brison voted in favour of the PCs merging with the Canadian Alliance to form the new Conservative Party of Canada, Brison announced that he would cross the floor and sit as a Liberal MP. He stated that he had reservations about the perceived dominance of former members of the more socially conservative Canadian Alliance in the new party.
On December 12, he was appointed as a parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister with special emphasis on Canada-U.S. Relations and sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. In the 2004 election, Brison was re-elected, his first victory as a Liberal. On July 20, 2004, Brison was named to cabinet as Minister of Public Works in Martin's post-election shuffle. In doing so, he became Canada's first openly gay cabinet minister.
As the youngest member of cabinet, Brison also served on three cabinet committees - Treasury Board, Domestic Affairs and Expenditure Review. Previously, he had served as Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance, been a member of the Standing Committee on Industry, the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
It was announced in October 2005 that he and his partner, Maxime Saint-Pierre, intended to marry. They were married on August 18, 2007 in Brison's riding.
In March 2006, it was revealed that Brison had sent emails to a CIBC banker the day before the government's announcement on the taxation of income trusts. Brison said to the banker that "I think you will be happier very soon... this week probably". Although Brison claimed not to have any insider knowledge of the announcement, the emails created the perception that he had leaked the news in advance of the announcement.
On April 22, 2006, Brison entered the race for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. His Liberal leadership platform emphasised both environmentalism and economic reform calling for a "green" platform that called for personal and corporate tax cuts to prompt business growth and curb pollution. Brison won 4% of the vote on the first ballot, leaving him in 6th place out of eight candidates. He dropped out and threw his support behind Bob Rae. When Bob Rae dropped out on the third ballot and released his delegates, Scott Brison opted to support the politically similar Michael Ignatieff. The final winner of the leadership convention was Stéphane Dion.
Brison is currently the Official Opposition critic for Industry, Science, and Technology.
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| Dec 18, 2009 08:00am |
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[MP Scott] Brison’s Christmas card attracts 'bigots'
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Monsieur |
| Aug 16, 2007 01:00pm |
General |
Neighbours unfazed as 'local boy' [Scott] Brison to wed
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Monsieur |
| Aug 10, 2007 03:00pm |
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Scott Brison to tie knot in same-sex ceremony
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| Oct 31, 2006 08:00am |
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Brison poses nude for fundraising calendar
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Monsieur |
| Sep 21, 2006 04:00pm |
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The contenders: Scott Brison
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Monsieur |
| Feb 02, 2006 03:00pm |
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Read my lips: Brison shows off French capabilities
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Monsieur |
| Jan 27, 2006 11:55pm |
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Could ex-Tory Brison lead Liberals?
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Monsieur |
| Nov 23, 2005 12:00pm |
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Grit wants Brison fired for vulgar gibe
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Monsieur |
| Oct 08, 2005 01:05pm |
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Nova Scotia MP Scott Brison mulls wedding bells
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| May 01, 2005 02:00pm |
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Conservatives target Brison
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