1. Jim Carr died days after his Private Members Bill, Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies, passed the House and went to the Senate.
45 Facts About Jim Carr
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Jim Carr last served as the Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, until his resignation on September 29,2022.
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Jim Carr previously served as the Minister of Natural Resources from 2015 to 2018 and Minister of International Trade Diversification from 2018 to 2019.
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Jim Carr left Cabinet in 2019 after being diagnosed with cancer, but soon after was named the Special Representative for the Prairies.
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Jim Carr previously was a member of the Manitoba Legislature from 1988 to 1992 for the Manitoba Liberal Party.
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Jim Carr was born on October 11,1951, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Esther and David Jim Carr.
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Jim Carr graduated from University of Winnipeg Collegiate, and played the oboe for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra from ages 16 to 21.
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Jim Carr was awarded a Canada Council arts grant to study for a year under Marc Lifschey, who was then the primary oboist for the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
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Jim Carr started his post-secondary education at the University of British Columbia, but transferred to McGill University because his interest in politics was piqued by the Parti Quebecois victory in the 1976 Quebec general election.
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Jim Carr graduated from McGill in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a joint honours in history and political science.
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Jim Carr first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1986, losing to Progressive Conservative leader Gary Filmon in the upscale west Winnipeg riding of Tuxedo.
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Jim Carr ran again in the provincial election of 1988 during a period of increased support for the provincial Liberals, and scored a surprisingly strong victory in the riding of Fort Rouge, defeating NDP cabinet minister Roland Penner by over 2,000 votes.
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The Progressive Conservatives formed a minority government after this election, and Jim Carr became Deputy Leader of the official opposition party.
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The Liberals fell from twenty seats to seven in this election; Jim Carr resigned his seat in February 1992.
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Jim Carr was a board member on the Canada West Foundation and the Winnipeg Airports Authority, as well as vice-president of the Performing Arts Consortium of Winnipeg, and a director of the Manitoba Arts Stabilization Fund.
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In July 2011, Jim Carr was awarded the Order of Manitoba.
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In January 2014, Jim Carr was announced as a candidate for the Liberal nomination in the federal riding of Winnipeg South Centre.
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Jim Carr went on to win the nomination meeting and was declared the Liberal candidate for the 2015 federal election.
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Jim Carr won the subsequent election on October 19,2015, with 59.7 per cent of the vote.
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Two weeks later on November 4,2015, Jim Carr was officially sworn into the cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources.
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Jim Carr worked closely with the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, to develop the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.
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Jim Carr oversaw the efforts of his department to implement 30 of the 50 identified actions under the PCF, including many of the aforementioned investments.
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On February 11,2016, as Natural Resources Minister, Jim Carr purchased seven tickets to an NHL game featuring the Winnipeg Jets versus the Boston Bruins.
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Jim Carr's guests included the energy ministers and ambassadors from the United States and Mexico.
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On July 18,2018, Jim Carr was shuffled from Minister of Natural Resources to the newly created position of Minister of International Trade Diversification.
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In Canada, Jim Carr announced the reopening of the TCS regional hub office in Winnipeg, which serves Canadian exporters in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Jim Carr oversaw initiatives to help close socio-economic gaps and create a trade environment where more Canadians can participate, including:.
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Under Jim Carr, negotiations continued with three other trading blocs: Mercosur, ASEAN and the Pacific Alliance.
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Jim Carr attended the inaugural meeting of the CPTPP commission on January 19,2019, in Tokyo, Japan.
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On February 4,2019, Jim Carr met with Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs Roberto Ampuero to mark the entry into force of the modernized Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement.
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Jim Carr unveiled Canada's new International Education Strategy on August 22,2019.
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Jim Carr's role focuses on the mining, garment, oil and gas sectors.
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The day after his election, Jim Carr was diagnosed with multiple myeloma.
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Jim Carr stepped down from Cabinet to fight it, but accepted a role as federal government's special representative to the Prairies.
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Jim Carr described the role as being "the prime minister's eyes and ears and voice in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta".
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On January 12,2021, Jim Carr returned to cabinet as minister without portfolio while keeping his special representative role.
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Jim Carr is the first Minister without Portfolio in the Canadian Cabinet since 1978, a position last appointed by Pierre Trudeau.
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Jim Carr was re-elected to a third term as Member for Winnipeg South Centre in the 2021 federal election.
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Jim Carr's Private Member's Bill, Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies, was a major focus of his third term.
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Jim Carr was a descendant of Jewish immigrants who arrived from Russia in 1906.
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Jim Carr had his bar mitzvah at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in 1964.
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On October 25,2019, Jim Carr issued a statement about having felt flu-like symptoms during the campaign.
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Jim Carr said that he would commence chemotherapy and dialysis treatment whilst remaining in the House of Commons.
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Jim Carr died of cancer at home in Winnipeg, on December 12,2022.
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Jim Carr's son Ben Carr is an educator, a former staffer to Melanie Joly, and succeeded him as the Member for Winnipeg South Centre in a by-election in 2023.