10 Facts About Bruce Hyer

Bruce Tolhurst Hyer was born on August 6,1946 and is a Canadian politician, businessman, and ecologist.

Bruce Hyer was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1946.

Bruce Hyer graduated in 1964 from Hall High School, and was a Republican at the time.

Bruce Hyer played a key role in banning DDT and many other of the "dirty dozen" chlorinated pesticides, and ended the spraying of non-selective chemical insecticides in unmanaged forests.

Bruce Hyer lived for two years mostly off the land in the Canadian wilderness; first in a tipi and later in a log cabin he constructed himself.

Bruce Hyer has had a number of vocations and avocations, including consultant, wilderness guide, log building and whitewater canoeing instructor, biologist, teacher, bush pilot, and land use planner.

Bruce Hyer received a Master of Science degree in Forestry from Lakehead University in 1997 for his scientific work on the effects of human disturbance on woodland caribou.

On February 10,2009, Bruce Hyer tabled Bill C-311 the Climate Change Accountability Act as his first private member's bill in the House of Commons of Canada.

Bruce Hyer served as the NDP's small business and tourism critic from 2008 to 2011.

On December 13,2013, Bruce Hyer announced that he would join the Green Party of Canada, doubling the number of members the party has in the House of Commons by joining the leader of the party, Elizabeth May Bruce Hyer gave as reasoning for his decision that: the Green Party has the best leader and platform; and that they are the only party in Parliament that is truly democratic, allowing Green MPs to put their constituents and conscience before party control.