26 Facts About Borys Wrzesnewskyj

Borys Wrzesnewskyj is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Etobicoke Centre in the House of Commons of Canada.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj held the riding from 2004 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj is a third-generation Ukrainian Canadian, of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, and partly Polish from paternal family.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj attended Humber Valley Village Public School and Upper Canada College.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj received a Bachelor of Commerce from Trinity College, University of Toronto and has been a member of Plast.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj is the owner of Future Bakery, founded by his grandparents, and M-C Dairy.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj is known for his humanitarian work both in his riding of Etobicoke Centre and abroad, including helping children causes in Ukraine.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj was actively involved in the Canadian delegation to the contested Ukrainian election of 2004, Orange Revolution, and has often spoken to Canadian media on its behalf.

In 2010, Borys Wrzesnewskyj served as vice-chair on two committees: Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure on the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj discussed the importance of Ukraine's accession to NATO at meetings of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe parliamentary assembly meetings and official meetings of NATO member states.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj was later selected as an official member of the delegation of the Speaker of the House of Commons to Ukraine.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj helped the previous Canadian government to negotiate and sign the historic agreement for $12.5 million with the Ukrainian Canadian community for the acknowledgement, commemoration and, education of Canadians of the dark episode of internment operations against Ukrainian Canadians.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj subsequently co-authored a report which offered several key recommendations to the Government of Canada.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj self-financed a fact-finding mission to Darfur, Sudan, regarding the Darfur Conflict, and another to Somalia.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj was instrumental in bringing forward to the Public Accounts Committee, and pursuing, an investigation into the misuse of the RCMP pension and insurance funds involving the upper echelons of Canada's national police force which pressured the government into establishing the Task Force on Governance and Cultural Change in the RCMP.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj has persistently criticized Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney for reducing immigration quotas from Poland, and Ukraine to Canada.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj has spoken to Canadian media on the Katyn Massacre and 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash that saw the deaths of Poland's senior government, diplomatic and military leaders, including President Lech Kaczynski.

At a news conference on 25 February 2012, interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae said that Borys Wrzesnewskyj will be going to court on 2 May 2012 to call for a by-election.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj will be alleging that there were irregularities at ten polls in the riding of Etobicoke Centre.

In December 2011, Borys Wrzesnewskyj participated in a demonstration outside the Russian consulate in Toronto.

Supporters have quietly urged Borys Wrzesnewskyj to run for the 2013 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj challenged the election results of May 2,2011 in the Etobicoke Centre.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj has spent over $300,000 of his own money to bring the case to court.

Borys Wrzesnewskyj noted that Harper's time in office saw "increasing international jingoism," and criticized the Conservatives' handling of the global refugee crisis.

In late 2018, Borys Wrzesnewskyj announced he would not be running for re-election in the coming 2019 election.

On February 25,2011 Borys Wrzesnewskyj was awarded the Estonian Canadian Medal of Merit for his outstanding contribution to Canadians of Estonian heritage.