27 Facts About Glenn Thibeault

Glenn Edward Thibeault was born on 23 October 1969 and is a former Canadian politician.

Glenn Thibeault was Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2015 to 2018 who represented the riding of Sudbury.

Glenn Thibeault served as a cabinet minister in the government of Kathleen Wynne.

On 16 December 2014, Thibeault announced that he would be resigning from the House of Commons in order to run for the provincial Ontario Liberal Party in a by-election in the provincial riding of Sudbury for a seat in the Ontario legislature after being recruited by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.

Glenn Thibeault's resignation became official on 5 January 2015, shortly before Wynne called the by-election.

Glenn Thibeault won the by-election on 5 February 2015 but was defeated in the general election in 2018.

Glenn Thibeault was born in Sudbury, and was a newscaster and reporter at local stations CIGM and CJRQ during the 1990s.

Glenn Thibeault later graduated from the developmental services worker program at Cambrian College, and was hired as a behavioural consultant for the West Vancouver School Board in British Columbia.

Glenn Thibeault worked for five years as coordinator at the Mainstream Association for Pro-Active Community Living in Vancouver, and returned to Sudbury in 2003 to become campaign director of the United Way of Sudbury and District.

Glenn Thibeault won the New Democratic Party's Sudbury nomination in September 2008, after the resignation of previously nominated candidate Gerry McIntaggart and the withdrawal of Dave Battaino from the contest.

Glenn Thibeault received endorsements from the Sudbury Star newspaper, the Sudbury and District Labour Council and United Steelworkers of America Local 2020, and won an upset victory over six-term Liberal Party incumbent Diane Marleau.

The Conservative Party won a minority government in this election, and Glenn Thibeault entered parliament as a member of the opposition.

Glenn Thibeault was appointed as his party's critic for consumer protection and amateur sport in late November 2008.

Glenn Thibeault supported a planned coalition government of Liberals and New Democrats in late 2008, and wrote an editorial describing Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper as a "coward" for proroguing parliament when it appeared his government would be defeated by the coalition in a motion of non-confidence.

Glenn Thibeault called on the federal government to regulate interest rates and fees on credit cards and debit cards in March 2009, describing existing rates as "out of control" and a hindrance to consumers and businesses during an economic downturn.

On 18 June 2009, Glenn Thibeault introduced a private member's bill to cap annual interest rates on credit cards to no more than five per cent above the current Bank of Canada target for overnight rates.

Glenn Thibeault introduced a private member's bill in April 2009 to ensure the cost of Applied Behavioural Analysis and Intensive Behavioural Intervention for autistic persons is provided by health insurance programs in every province.

Glenn Thibeault stood with striking workers from Vale Inco in the summer of 2009, and criticized Industry Minister Tony Clement's announcement that the federal government would not intervene to stop job and production cuts in Sudbury.

Glenn Thibeault called for Clement's resignation after the minister stated that Vale had "saved Sudbury" from becoming a "Valley of Death" by purchasing Inco in 2006.

Glenn Thibeault protested cuts to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Northern Ontario radio services in this period.

Glenn Thibeault called for a Royal Commission to study violence in sports in February 2010; his call has been echoed by others, including Jaime Watt, a conservative strategist.

In February 2011, Glenn Thibeault introduced Bill C-616, calling for a national strategy to reduce the incidence of serious injury in amateur sport.

Glenn Thibeault served as caucus chairperson from April 2014 until resigning on 2 December 2014 citing family reasons.

Glenn Thibeault supported Gilles Bisson's bid to lead the Ontario New Democratic Party at its 2009 leadership convention.

Glenn Thibeault's appointment faced some controversy when Andrew Olivier, the party's candidate in the 2014 election, alleged that he had been offered a job or appointment by party strategists in exchange for withdrawing his candidacy from the nomination contest, although Thibeault himself was never personally implicated in the allegations.

Glenn Thibeault was a Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change from 2015 to 2016.

On 13 June 2016, Glenn Thibeault replaced Bob Chiarelli as Minister of Energy in a Liberal cabinet shuffle.