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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Deputy Whip of the Opposition</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />2016</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1968-01-10</span>) </span>January 10, 1968<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 56)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> (federal)<br /><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Quebec" title="Conservative Party of Quebec">Conservative</a> (Quebec)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> (before 2000)<br /><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Alliance" title="Canadian Alliance">Canadian Alliance</a> (2000–2003)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Demi Papapanagiotou</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Peter and Tasso</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label">Montreal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/McGill_University" title="McGill University">McGill University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Businessman</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Leonidas Housakos</b> (born January 10, 1968) is a Canadian politician who has served as the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/List_of_Quebec_senators#Wellington" title="List of Quebec senators">Wellington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> since January 8, 2009. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party</a>, Housakos was appointed on the advice of <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a>. Housakos served as the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Senate_of_Canada" title="Speaker of the Senate of Canada">speaker of the Senate</a> for part of 2015. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Housakos was born in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, Quebec into a <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greek</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from <a href="/wiki/McGill_University" title="McGill University">McGill University</a> with a Bachelor of Arts in 1992 and worked as a ministerial staffer in the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Multiculturalism_and_Citizenship_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship (Canada)">Ministry of Multiculturalism</a> under <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Weiner" title="Gerry Weiner">Gerry Weiner</a>. Soon after, he became involved with the Hellenic Congress of Quebec and served two terms as its Vice-President, National Issues between 1998 and 2000.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Prior to entry to politics, Housakos worked as the president of Terrau Inc., the presidency of Quadvision International and Sales at Constant Laboratories. He was also a member of the North America Advisory Board for the Alexander Proudfoot Company, an organization specializing in the productivity of corporations.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He co-founded the Hellenic Board of Trade in 1993, an organization dedicated to the development of business opportunities and networking in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Montreal_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Montreal Area">Greater Montreal Area</a>. Housakos was an advisor to the Mayor of Montreal between 2001 and 2002. In 2007, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of <a href="/wiki/Via_Rail" title="Via Rail">Via Rail</a> and served for a year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leo Housakos, a co-chair on Pierre Poilievre leadership campaign for the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party of Canada</a> in 2022, started its political involvement in 1993 as a field organizer for Jean Charest in Montreal back when he ran for leadership for the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative Party of Canada</a>.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/poilievre-s-team-takes-aim-at-charest-s-conservative-cred-as-his-campaign-takes-shape-1.5809478">[1]</a> </p><p>He was a candidate for the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Alliance" title="Canadian Alliance">Canadian Alliance</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2000_Canadian_federal_election" title="2000 Canadian federal election">2000 federal election</a>, in the riding of <a href="/wiki/Laval_West" title="Laval West">Laval West</a>, where he has lived for over twenty years.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For several year Leo Housakos acted as the head of the <a href="/wiki/Action_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Qu%C3%A9bec" title="Action démocratique du Québec">Action démocratique du Québec</a>'s fundraising arm,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a provincial party in Quebec whose leader, <a href="/wiki/Mario_Dumont" title="Mario Dumont">Mario Dumont</a>, campaigned for the "Yes" side during the 1995 referendum in Quebec along with <a href="/wiki/Parti_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois" title="Parti Québécois">Parti Québécois</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bloc_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois" title="Bloc Québécois">Bloc Québécois</a>. The "No" side was led by <a href="/wiki/Jean_Charest" title="Jean Charest">Jean Charest</a>, the then leader of the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative Party of Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a>, the then leader of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal Party of Canada</a> and Daniel Johnson, the then leader of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Quebec">Liberal Party of Quebec</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senator">Senator</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Senator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Housakos was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a> on December 22, 2008, as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada promising to uphold the limit of 8 years for Senate appointees. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Corruption_allegations">Corruption allegations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Corruption allegations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Housakos served as the president of the fundraising committee of the <a href="/wiki/Action_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Qu%C3%A9bec" title="Action démocratique du Québec">Action démocratique du Québec</a>. In October 2013, a witness with the <a href="/wiki/Charbonneau_Commission" title="Charbonneau Commission">Charbonneau Commission</a> insinuated to the CBC that Housakos gave him illegal contributions collected in 2008 in favour of the party. Housakos denied any wrongdoing, describing the allegations as "a hatchet job of the worst degree."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Charbonneau Commission has long since completed its work and released its report.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The false allegations were proven untrue and Housakos' name does not appear anywhere in the report.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2017,<i> The Globe and Mail</i> reported that Housakos, along with Senator <a href="/wiki/Victor_Oh" title="Victor Oh">Victor Oh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Don_Plett" title="Don Plett">Don Plett</a>, were subject to a Senate ethics probe regarding an all-expenses-paid trip to China without declaring it as a sponsored travel or a gift.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2020, the Ethics Officer released his report and reiterated that Housakos and Plett were not the subjects of his investigation and that they were exonerated on the basis that Senator Oh had not made them aware of the source of funding for the trip.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, during an informal meeting with the former chief of staff to Public Works Minister Michael Fortier, Leo Housakos raised the possibility of the department's dropping its plan to reclaim a building complex from the Rosdev Group. Housakos hoped Rosdev's president, Michael Rosenberg, would become a strong ally for the party, especially within Montreal's Jewish community. So he argued at the time that the ministerial staffer should help Rosdev "get a fair hearing" in an effort to help the party. Rosdev faced the loss of a $50-million complex because Ottawa planned to exercise an option to claim the complex for $0 in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sponsored_legislation">Sponsored legislation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sponsored legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/43rd_Canadian_Parliament" title="43rd Canadian Parliament">43rd Canadian Parliament</a> (2019 to 2021), Housakos introduce Bill S-221 which, if approved, would have inserted a provision into the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Code_(Canada)" title="Criminal Code (Canada)"><i>Criminal Code</i></a> to make committing mischief in relation to a monument or similar structure that honours first responders an indictable offence subject to specified minimum fines and imprisonment.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/44th_Canadian_Parliament" title="44th Canadian Parliament">44th Canadian Parliament</a>, he introduced Bill S-204, seeking to block all imports from <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> region, citing allegations from human rights organizations that members of the <a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghurs</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Turkic_peoples" title="Turkic peoples">Turkic minorities</a> are subject to forced labour as part of the Communist government's plan to control the population.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Speakership">Speakership</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Speakership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was appointed acting speaker of the Senate on April 24, 2015, following the death of <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Claude_Nolin" title="Pierre Claude Nolin">Pierre Claude Nolin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 4, 2015, he was appointed as Pierre Claude Nolin's successor permanently.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded as Speaker by Senator <a href="/wiki/George_Furey" title="George Furey">George Furey</a> on December 3, 2015, on Furey's appointment to the position by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Justin_Trudeau" title="Justin Trudeau">Justin Trudeau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_stances">Political stances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Political stances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Official_bilingualism">Official bilingualism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Official bilingualism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Breaking ranks with his party in September 2011, Housakos was the first Conservative Party parliamentarian to openly and publicly oppose the nomination of unilingual <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ferguson_(Auditor_General)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Ferguson (Auditor General)">Michael Ferguson</a> as <a href="/wiki/Auditor_General_of_Canada" title="Auditor General of Canada">Auditor General of Canada</a>, stating, "there are certain positions in the federal government that are so symbolic to what Canada is all about and I just believe they have to be filled by people who are functionally bilingual."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arguing that the appointment sets a dangerous precedent that threatens bilingualism in Canada, he said, "I think that bilingualism is so fundamental to this country, not just from the point of view of national unity, but I think it’s a tool that should be used as a positive attribute, both in terms of our diplomatic strategies and our commercial strategies around the world."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multiculturalism">Multiculturalism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Multiculturalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2012, Housakos published <i>The Challenges of Integration and Multiculturalism</i>, where he voices concerns regarding the difficulties recent immigrants have had in being both accepted and integrated within North American society and, more specifically, the challenges the Muslim communities after <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">9/11</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He argues that the Canadian government should provide prospective new immigrants a clear understanding of the norms and values of their adoptive new home, because Canada is a country based on the separation of Church and state and the equality of men and women. </p><p>Housakos published <i>Multiculturalism's an Outdated Insult</i>, in March 2013, where he argues that official <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Multiculturalism_Act" title="Canadian Multiculturalism Act">Multiculturalism</a> became a state-financed marketing program where the government uses tax dollars to buy photo ops with ethnic leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He suggested that multiculturalism should be replaced with a policy of integration.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charter_of_Quebec_Values"><i>Charter of Quebec Values</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Charter of Quebec Values"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Housakos later spoke out against the <a href="/wiki/Parti_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois" title="Parti Québécois">Parti Québécois</a> government's <a href="/wiki/Charter_of_Quebec_Values" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter of Quebec Values">Charter of Quebec Values</a>, on the basis that it negates respect for individual rights. </p><p>"Other than just a political ploy on the part of the Parti Québécois to chase down nationalist votes that have maybe left to go to other more radical nationalist parties in the last couple of elections, there's no other benefit (from introducing a new charter)," said Housakos. "So the only people that see a need for this is the Parti Québécois. And the need is for political expediency."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_policies">Foreign policies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Foreign policies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2019, Housakos and Senator <a href="/wiki/Thanh_Hai_Ngo" title="Thanh Hai Ngo">Thanh Hai Ngo</a> tabled a motion to sanction Chinese officials on actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, citing their concern for "violation of human rights Hong Kong" and for the "treatment of minority Muslims in China".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_Digital_Plan_for_Canada">A Digital Plan for Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: A Digital Plan for Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Commenting on the release of the report, Housakos said, "We need a multi-targeted policy approach to prepare the way for a digital society. We need a principle of true universality to avoid the creation of 'information haves' and 'information have-nots'."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NDP industry critic Brian Masse welcomed the report, insisting a national digital policy was overdue for Canadians and contained many ideas his party wants to explore further.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Housakos is married to Demi Papapanagiotou; they have two children.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Community_involvement">Community involvement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Housakos&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Community involvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Housakos does charity work for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), where they help raise funds for children's causes in the Montreal area.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He helped to organize a charity ball for Giant Steps, an association dedicated to helping autistic children.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also been coaching a youth hockey team for over 10 years. 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McNair">McNair</a></li> <li><span style="color:#6495ED; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#6495ed">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Rose-May_Poirier" title="Rose-May Poirier">Poirier</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Quinn_(New_Brunswick_politician)" title="Jim Quinn (New Brunswick politician)">Quinn</a></li> <li><span style="color:#DCDCDC; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#dcdcdc">■</span> <a href="/wiki/David_Adams_Richards" title="David Adams Richards">Richards</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Pierrette_Ringuette" title="Pierrette Ringuette">Ringuette</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Krista_Ann_Ross" title="Krista Ann Ross">Ross</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador_senators" title="List of Newfoundland and Labrador senators">NL</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="color:#6495ED; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#6495ed">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Manning" title="Fabian Manning">Manning</a></li> <li><span style="color:#6495ED; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#6495ed">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Marshall_(politician)" title="Elizabeth Marshall (politician)">Marshall</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Iris_Petten" title="Iris Petten">Petten</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Mohamed-Iqbal_Ravalia" title="Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia">Ravalia</a></li> <li><span style="color:#6495ED; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#6495ed">■</span> <a href="/wiki/David_Wells_(politician)" title="David Wells (politician)">D. Wells</a></li> <li><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Judy_White" title="Judy White">White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nova_Scotia_senators" title="List of Nova Scotia senators">NS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9jean_Aucoin" title="Réjean Aucoin">Aucoin</a></li> <li><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Wanda_Thomas_Bernard" title="Wanda Thomas Bernard">Bernard</a></li> <li><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Jane_Cordy" title="Jane Cordy">Cordy</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Mary_Coyle" title="Mary Coyle">Coyle</a></li> <li><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Rodger_Cuzner" title="Rodger Cuzner">Cuzner</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Colin_Deacon" title="Colin Deacon">C. Deacon</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Greene_(politician)" title="Stephen Greene (politician)">Greene</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Stan_Kutcher" title="Stan Kutcher">Kutcher</a></li> <li><span style="color:#6495ED; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#6495ed">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_L._MacDonald" title="Michael L. MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Prosper" title="Paul Prosper">Prosper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ontario_senators" title="List of Ontario senators">ON</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Al_Zaibak" title="Mohammad Al Zaibak">Al Zaibak</a></li> <li><span style="color:#6495ED; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#6495ed">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Salma_Ataullahjan" title="Salma Ataullahjan">Ataullahjan</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Black_(Canadian_politician)" title="Robert Black (Canadian politician)">Black</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Boehm" title="Peter Boehm">Boehm</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Gwen_Boniface" title="Gwen Boniface">Boniface</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Boyer" title="Yvonne Boyer">Boyer</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Burey" title="Sharon Burey">Burey</a></li> <li><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cardozo" title="Andrew Cardozo">Cardozo</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Clement" title="Bernadette Clement">Clement</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Donna_Dasko" title="Donna Dasko">Dasko</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Marty_Deacon" title="Marty Deacon">M. Deacon</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Dean_(Canadian_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Dean (Canadian politician)">Dean</a></li> <li><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Harder_(politician)" title="Peter Harder (politician)">Harder</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Marnie_McBean" title="Marnie McBean">McBean</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Lucie_Moncion" title="Lucie Moncion">Moncion</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Moodie" title="Rosemary Moodie">Moodie</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Ratna_Omidvar" title="Ratna Omidvar">Omidvar</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Kim_Pate" title="Kim Pate">Pate</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Patterson" title="Rebecca Patterson">R. Patterson</a></li> <li><span style="color:#DCDCDC; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#dcdcdc">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Paulette_Senior" title="Paulette Senior">Senior</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Toni_Varone" title="Toni Varone">Varone</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Yussuff" title="Hassan Yussuff">Yussuff</a></li> <li>1 vacancy</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Prince_Edward_Island_senators" title="List of Prince Edward Island senators">PE</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Percy_Downe" title="Percy Downe">Downe</a></li> <li><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Francis_(politician)" title="Brian Francis (politician)">Francis</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Jane_MacAdam" title="Jane MacAdam">MacAdam</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Mary_Robinson_(Canadian_politician)" title="Mary Robinson (Canadian politician)">Robinson</a></li> <li>1 vacancy</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Quebec_senators" title="List of Quebec senators">QC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="color:#DCDCDC; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#dcdcdc">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Mich%C3%A8le_Audette" title="Michèle Audette">Audette</a></li> <li><span style="color:#DCDCDC; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#dcdcdc">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Brazeau" title="Patrick Brazeau">Brazeau</a></li> <li><span style="color:#6495ED; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#6495ed">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Claude_Carignan" title="Claude Carignan">Carignan</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Jean-Guy_Dagenais" title="Jean-Guy Dagenais">Dagenais</a></li> <li><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Dalphond" title="Pierre Dalphond">Dalphond</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%89ric_Forest" title="Éric Forest">Forest</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Rosa_Galvez" title="Rosa Galvez">Galvez</a></li> <li><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Amina_Gerba" title="Amina Gerba">Gerba</a></li> <li><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Gignac" title="Clément Gignac">Gignac</a></li> <li><span style="color:#DCDCDC; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#dcdcdc">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Marc_Gold" title="Marc Gold">Gold</a></li> <li><span style="color:#6495ED; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#6495ed">■</span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Housakos</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Loffreda" title="Tony Loffreda">Loffreda</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Massicotte" title="Paul Massicotte">Massicotte</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Marie-Fran%C3%A7oise_M%C3%A9gie" title="Marie-Françoise Mégie">Mégie</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Julie_Miville-Dech%C3%AAne" title="Julie Miville-Dechêne">Miville-Dechêne</a></li> <li><span style="color:#DCDCDC; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#dcdcdc">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Moreau" title="Pierre Moreau">Moreau</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Manuelle_Oudar" title="Manuelle Oudar">Oudar</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Chantal_Petitclerc" title="Chantal Petitclerc">Petitclerc</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Raymonde_Saint-Germain" title="Raymonde Saint-Germain">Saint-Germain</a></li> <li><span style="color:#6495ED; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#6495ed">■</span><a href="/wiki/Judith_Seidman" title="Judith Seidman">Seidman</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Smith_(Canadian_politician)" title="Larry Smith (Canadian politician)">Smith</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9e_Verner" title="Josée Verner">Verner</a></li> <li><span style="color:#DCDCDC; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#dcdcdc">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Suze_Youance" title="Suze Youance">Youance</a></li> <li>1 vacancy</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saskatchewan_senators" title="List of Saskatchewan senators">SK</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/David_Arnot_(Canadian_politician)" title="David Arnot (Canadian politician)">Arnot</a></li> <li><span style="color:#6495ED; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#6495ed">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Denise_Batters" title="Denise Batters">Batters</a></li> <li><span style="color:#845B87; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#845b87">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Brent_Cotter" title="Brent Cotter">Cotter</a></li> <li><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Marty_Klyne" title="Marty Klyne">Klyne</a></li> <li><span style="color:#DCDCDC; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#dcdcdc">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Muggli" title="Tracy Muggli">Muggli</a></li> <li><span style="color:#386B67; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#386b67">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Wallin" title="Pamela Wallin">Wallin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_territorial_senators" title="List of Canadian territorial senators">Territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>NT</dt> <dd><span style="color:#5B081D; font-size:100%; line-height:1;" title="#5b081d">■</span> <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Dawn_Anderson" title="Margaret Dawn Anderson">Anderson</a></dd> <dt>NU</dt> <dd>1 vacancy</dd> <dt>YT</dt> <dd><span style="color:#845B87; 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