Fluently bilingual, Dan McTeague graduated from the University of Toronto and worked as an intern in Ottawa to Paul Cosgrove, then Minister of Public Works and Canada Mortgage and Housing and later with the Royal Bank.
14 Facts About Dan McTeague
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Dan McTeague was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 federal election and was re-elected in 1997,2000,2004,2006 and 2008.
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Dan McTeague was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs tasked with protecting Canadians abroad, until the Liberals lost the 2006 election.
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Dan McTeague served as the vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Industry.
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Dan McTeague helped free William Sampson from prison in Saudi Arabia by obtaining a letter of forgiveness from Justin Rodway, the eldest son of the victim of Sampson's alleged crime.
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Dan McTeague aided in securing the release of other Canadians from detention abroad, including Abdullah Al-Malki, Muyadad Nureddin and Al-Matti.
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Dan McTeague's Act, now section 249.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada, took effect on February 7,2000.
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On November 22,2005, Dan McTeague asked Immigration Minister Joe Volpe to restrict rapper 50 Cent from entering Canada, citing the death of a constituent at the performer's previous concert in Toronto in 2004.
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Dan McTeague tabled a private member bill that proposed to give parents substantial tax breaks for saving education money; taxpayers who deposited $5,000 into a Registered Education Savings Plan for their children's post-secondary education would earn a $5,000 tax deduction, similar to the deduction allowed for contributions to a Registered Retirement Savings Plan.
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Dan McTeague's bill passed through the House of Commons of Canada on March 5,2008, after Speaker of the House, Liberal Peter Milliken, ruled the bill in order as it did not require a royal recommendation, given that it did not contemplate spending money, only reducing revenue.
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From January 2015 to June 2019, Dan McTeague was a gas price analyst at GasBuddy.
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Dan McTeague vowed to fight to reverse the CRTC decision, calling it the "Giga-Tax".
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Dan McTeague criticized the induction into the Order of Canada of Dr Henry Morgentaler, saying that the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada strayed into social comment with its "provocative" choice, and argued that it was not the mandate of the ten-person panel.
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Dan McTeague criticized the Liberals' implementation of the carbon tax, spending policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, and natural resource policies.