Peter Fonseca
- Born
- October 5, 1966 — Lisbon, Portugal
- Family
- Married to Christine "Chris" Fonseca in 2003
- Education
- BA, University of Oregon; BEd, University of Windsor
- Career
- Senior performance management consultant for the Coach Corporation; ran an importing and distributing company in Portugal
- Political Experience
- Provincial Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing Mississauga East (2003-2007) and Mississauga East—Cooksville (2007- 2011); Minister of Tourism and Recreation; Minister of Labour; Chair of the Finance Committee
- Notable
- Dual-citizenship with Portugal; represented Canada at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia in the Men's Marathon
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering federal politics, Peter Fonseca had a career in athletics and provincial politics. He was an accomplished marathon runner who represented Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also worked in the financial services industry as an investment and insurance advisor. Fonseca served as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in Ontario from 2003 to 2011. During his time in the provincial government, he held cabinet positions, including Minister of Labour and Minister of Tourism and Recreation.
Public Controversies
In 2011, while serving as Ontario's Minister of Labour, Peter Fonseca resigned from his provincial cabinet post and his seat as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) to run as a candidate in the federal election. His decision was criticized by opposition parties and some members of the public. The criticism focused on the timing of his departure, which triggered a provincial by-election, and the perception that he was abandoning his provincial responsibilities for a federal opportunity. Fonseca was unsuccessful in his 2011 federal campaign but was later elected to the House of Commons in 2015.
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Thank you for that. I agree. I'll go now to my friend Derek Nighbor. We've known each other for many years. I didn't know about your history and your family's history in the forestry sector, but thank you for sharing that. In terms of driving more Japanese demand for our products, where is the value added we could bring and then take into the market? How do you do that? Do you work with local
Mr. Chair, I know you and the members know that I am a member of Parliament from Mississauga, and I'm going to make an unbiased yet bold statement here. Mississauga is Canada's number one hub for Japanese investment. Of the 250 largest Japanese companies right across Canada, over 100 are located in Mississauga. These are companies like Canon, Panasonic, Fujitsu, Ricoh and Mitsubishi Logistics,
Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you to our witnesses here in the Ottawa region. Canada's Building Trades Unions is here having its advocacy days. I met with members yesterday. They talked about moving on these major projects, and they want to move at speed and scale. I was speaking to a member of the IBEW, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. They are Red Seal members. They are
Mr. Greer, you mentioned that in the last 18 months, more has been done on interprovincial trade than in the last number of decades. To continue that momentum, you speak about a scorecard. Can you give us some insight into that scorecard?
Do we take the road map of the Red Seal and implement it with other professions and other—
What I've heard so far from all of your testimony is that much of the friction that's still happening is mostly provincial. We can get rid of the federal barriers, but most of the labour or workforce would still be under provincial jurisdiction. I know that the provinces have many barriers in the regulated professions, and that is a challenge. How would the provinces deal with those regulated