1. Eric Hoskins served in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne, holding the portfolios of Health and Long-Term Care, Economic Development, Trade, and Employment, Children and Youth Services, and Citizenship and Immigration.
19 Facts About Eric Hoskins
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Eric Hoskins resigned from cabinet and the legislature on February 26,2018, three months before the provincial election.
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On June 20,2018, the federal government announced that Eric Hoskins had been appointed Chair of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare.
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Eric Hoskins was born on November 29,1960, in Simcoe, Ontario.
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Eric Hoskins is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and is board-certified in the specialty of community medicine.
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From 1987 to 1990, Eric Hoskins lived and worked in Sudan providing humanitarian relief to Ethiopian refugees in eastern Sudan, and to displaced civilians in southern Sudan.
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In 1991, Eric Hoskins co-founded the International Study Team, and led a group of international experts to examine the impact of war on the civilian population in Iraq.
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In 1997, Eric Hoskins joined the Department of Foreign Affairs Canada as Lloyd Axworthy's Senior Policy Advisor.
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Eric Hoskins later served as an advisor to the Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict at the United Nations, and has been involved in setting United Nations policy on issues concerning the protection of children living with war.
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Eric Hoskins is the co-founder and former president of War Child Canada, a charitable organization that works to raise funds for relief and development programs in support of war-affected children around the world.
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Eric Hoskins worked with the United Nations and non-governmental organizations in some of the world's worst conflict areas including Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Iraq, Burundi, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Eric Hoskins was a regular commentator on CTV, CBC and other major broadcast networks concerning the impact of war on civilians.
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In 2008, Eric Hoskins was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his humanitarian work.
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Eric Hoskins resigned on November 9,2012, to stand as a candidate in the Ontario Liberal Party leadership election.
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Eric Hoskins was eliminated after the first ballot and he endorsed Kathleen Wynne, the eventual winner.
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Eric Hoskins was re-elected in June 2014, and was appointed by Kathleen Wynne as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
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On February 26,2018, Eric Hoskins announced his resignation as an MPP and as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
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At age 33, Hoskins became the youngest recipient of the United Nations Association in Canada's Lester B Pearson Peace Medal and was later awarded the Meritorious Service Cross by the Governor General of Canada in the name of the Queen of Canada for his work in war-torn communities around the world.
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Eric Hoskins has been awarded the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Citation for Citizenship, was a member of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Award, and won the Distinguished Alumni Award from McMaster University.