It's April 29, 2024, 11:58:55 AM
In the biggest surprise of the cabinet, former Industry Minister David Emerson crossed the floor to join the Tories and was rewarded with the international trade minister portfolio.In his new post, the Vancouver Kingsway MP will be responsible for developing the relationship between Canada and the growing market in China and the Pacific region.Emerson gives the party its only Member of Parliament from the major urban centres of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.Prior to his defection, Emerson had been tapped as a possible contender for the Liberal crown.Emerson was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004 as a Liberal.In 1975, Emerson joined the government of British Columbia and became the province's deputy minister of finance in 1984.In 1986, Emerson left government to become president and CEO of the Western and Pacific Bank of Canada. Four years later, he was appointed deputy minister of finance, then deputy minister to the Premier and later president of B.C. Trade Development Corporation.In 1992, Emerson was appointed to lead the Vancouver International Airport Authority and six years later, he was appointed president and CEO of Canfor Corporation, Canada’s largest producer of softwood lumber.
theres only gonna be more and more construction goin on, traffic is gonna get worse and worse!