13 Facts About Alistair MacGregor

Alistair MacGregor is a member of the New Democratic Party.

Alistair MacGregor previously worked as a tree-planting supervisor and a millworker.

Alistair MacGregor was born in Victoria, British Columbia and raised in Duncan where he attended Cowichan Secondary School.

On January 31,2018, Alistair MacGregor was named the NDP's critic for Agriculture and Agri-food, and serves as the vice-chair of the parliamentary standing committee on Agriculture and Agri-food.

Alistair MacGregor was appointed to sit on the Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Alistair MacGregor opened a constituency office in Langford and later one in Duncan.

Alistair MacGregor held a series of town hall meetings in his riding to hear views on electoral reform and to promote the private member bill.

In February 2017 Mulcair reassigned Alistair MacGregor to be the party's critic for Justice and in this role he held the party's stance that marijuana possession should be decriminalized during the process of its legalization.

Alistair MacGregor went on to introduce two more private member bills.

On February 21,2019, Alistair MacGregor introduced Bill C-430 that would have amended the Income Tax Act to create an organic farming tax credit.

Alistair MacGregor then introduced Bill C-431 that would have required the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board integrate environmental, social and corporate governance objectives into its investment decisions.

Alistair MacGregor sought re-election in the 2019 general election and was challenged by Alana DeLong of the Conservative Party, former chief of the Cowichan Tribes Lydia Hwitsum of the Green Party, and realtor Blair Herbert for the Liberal Party.

Alistair MacGregor re-introduced his private member bill seeking to prohibit investments of the Canada Pension Plan in entities that produce weapons or commissioned of human, labour or environmental rights violations but it was defeated with both Liberals and Conservatives voting against it.