Joe Comuzzi was born in Fort William, Ontario, on April 5,1933.
12 Facts About Joe Comuzzi
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Joe Comuzzi studied at the University of Windsor, graduating in 1954 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Joe Comuzzi served as a school representative on the Lakehead Board of Education.
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Joe Comuzzi entered federal politics in 1988, running in the election that year for the Liberal Party of Canada.
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Joe Comuzzi served in various leadership capacities pertaining to transportation and industry.
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Joe Comuzzi's call to review the latter policy on its 25th anniversary in 1998 drew the ire of Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
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Joe Comuzzi was appointed Minister of State responsible for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario on December 12,2003.
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An opponent of same-sex marriage in Canada, Joe Comuzzi resigned from cabinet on June 28,2005, so that he could be free of a two-line party whip and oppose Bill C-38.
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Joe Comuzzi was eventually expelled from the Liberal caucus for pledging to support the Conservative budget on March 21,2007.
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Joe Comuzzi stated that his support for the budget was due to "a single issue that's of absolute critical importance to all the people in Thunder Bay and northwestern Ontario, and that's the cancer research centre".
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On September 5,2008, Joe Comuzzi announced that he would retire from politics and not seek another term in the following federal election.
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Joe Comuzzi died on December 31,2021, at the age of 88.