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Mark Holland, M.P.

Mark Holland, M.P.

1. Education

2. Professional Life

3. Personal Life

4. Political Life

5. Life as an MP

6. Making News

7. Priorities

8. Aspirations

9. Resources

Mark Holland – Education

• University of Toronto – political science – history

• Canadian Securities Institute

Mark Holland – Personal Life

• He lives with his wife Aerlyn and their three children in Pickering.

• He is an avid reader who loves adventure racing, technology and spending time with his family.

Mark Holland – Professional Life

• Investment Advisor, RBC Dominion Securities

• Financial Advisor, CIBC

• Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration

• Special Assistant to Dan McTeague, M.P.

• City Councillor

• Regional Councillor

• Acting Mayor

• Member of Parliament

Mark Holland – Political Life

• City Councillor 1997-2000

• Regional Councillor 2000-2004

• Member of Parliament 2004-Present– Liberal Opposition Critic for the Canada Border

Services Agency – Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Public

Safety and National Security – Previous member and Vice Chair of other

Parliamentary committees

Mark Holland – Political Life

– Durham Region Police Services Board– Veridian Corporation’s Board of Directors– Durham West Arts Centre’s Board of Directors– Canadian Association of Nuclear Host Communities– Ajax-Pickering Social Development Council – Ajax-Pickering Block Parent program – Pickering’s Winterfest (Chair)– Waterfront Coordinating Committee (Chair)– Durham's Youth Partnership Initiative (Founder)

Mark Holland – Life as an MP

• “Day in the Life”

Mark Holland – Making News

• “Most Effective Opposition MP in Question Period” – The Hill Times

• “Rat Pack II” – The Globe and Mail– Original Rat Pack was in the 1980s

• Don Boudria, Sheila Copps, Brian Tobin, and John Nunziata

– Today’s Rat Pack• Wayne Easter, Jean Lapierre, John McCallum, Dominic

LeBlanc, and Mark Holland

• Ontario Chair, Gerard Kennedy Leadership Bid

Mark Holland – Making News

• Vote 16– www.vote16.ca– www.votesat16.org.uk

Mark Holland – Priorities

• “Represent my constituents' interests and address their concerns

• “Fulfill my responsibilities as Liberal Critic for Natural Resources

• “Achieve progress on key issues, particularly:– Climate change – Cities and communities – Social justice – Animal cruelty”

Mark Holland – Aspirations

• “To continue to earn the privilege of representing the residents of Ajax-Pickering”

Mark Holland – Resources

• www.markholland.ca