1. Megan Anissa Leslie was born on September 29,1973 and is a Canadian politician and environmental advocate.
32 Facts About Megan Leslie
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Megan Leslie is the president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund Canada and on the advisory board of the Leaders' Debates Commission.
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Megan Leslie is a member of the New Democratic Party and served as the party's critic for the environment.
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Megan Leslie is the daughter of Finnish immigrants and grew up in a Finnish community in Kirkland Lake.
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Megan Leslie has attended Finnish events such as the Annual Suurjuhlat.
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In 2010, Megan Leslie gave the first Varpu Lindstrom lecture, an annual event created in honour of Professor Varpu Lindstrom, a historian at York University.
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Megan Leslie spent a year studying at the University of Tampere in Finland.
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Megan Leslie has a background in social justice advocacy on poverty issues and is a founding member of the Affordable Energy Coalition.
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Megan Leslie was part of a successful settlement agreement with Nova Scotia Power Inc regarding energy efficiency programs.
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Megan Leslie has advocated at Residential Tenancies, Small Claims, Income Assistance Appeal Board, CPP Disability Tribunal, and Utility and Review Board hearings.
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Megan Leslie has coordinated mobile legal info clinics in the Halifax area.
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Megan Leslie developed the "Tenant Rights Project" that worked directly with low-income earners to reduce rates of homelessness.
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In 2005, Megan Leslie attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Montreal to present on the issue of energy poverty.
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Megan Leslie has made presentations to the Canadian Public Health Association national conference, the Atlantic Regional Association of Immigrant Settlement Associations and the national conference of the Public Legal Education Association of Canada.
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Megan Leslie has been with her partner Brendan Haley since at least 2007.
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Megan Leslie was nominated as the NDP's candidate in Halifax after former party leader Alexa McDonough announced her retirement from politics as of the 2008 election.
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Megan Leslie won with 6,800 more votes than her nearest opponent.
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Megan Leslie launched an initiative as the NDP's health critic to propose a national pharmacare plan to pay for expensive prescription drugs.
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Megan Leslie introduced a private member's bill to create a national strategy for suicide prevention, which has garnered the support of some municipal councils.
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Megan Leslie re-introduced the NDP's Climate Change Accountability Act in the House of Commons in June 2011 after it was defeated by the unelected and appointed Senate in 2010.
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In 2012, Megan Leslie was the target of hate mail after The Hill Times misattributed a quotation critical of ATV drivers from Green Party leader Elizabeth May to the NDP MP.
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In 2013, Megan Leslie criticized Conservative Cabinet Minister Keith Ashfield in the House of Commons for comments he had previously made.
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Megan Leslie worked collaboratively with other parties to create Sable Island National Park, has led the fight for federal monies owed to HRM for Citadel Hill in Halifax, and successfully passed Second Reading of her Private Members Bill to save Sambro Island Lighthouse.
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Megan Leslie lost her Halifax seat to Andy Fillmore in the October 2015 federal election as the Liberals swept all the Atlantic Canada seats.
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In December 2015, Megan Leslie was hired by World Wildlife Fund Canada as a senior consultant on ocean governance as part of a five-year plan to cooperate with the federal and provincial governments.
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Megan Leslie did an undergraduate thesis on Supreme Court of Canada case law relating to gay and lesbian issues.
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Megan Leslie was the main seconder of Bill C-389, An Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code, known as the trans rights bill.
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At third reading, noting the absence of any openly trans members of Parliament, Megan Leslie used her time to read letters from people who had contacted her office.
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In 2011, Megan Leslie was chosen as one of the "five best Canadian members of Parliament" by The Mark News.
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In May 2009, Megan Leslie was chosen as "Best Rookie" by Maclean's in their third annual Parliamentarians of the Year awards.
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In February 2010, an essay by Megan Leslie was featured in an Americas Quarterly issue titled "Voices from the New Generation", which featured 29 young business, political, and civic leaders from across the Americas.
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In 2013, Megan Leslie received the Paul Harris Fellow recognition by the Rotary Club of Halifax Northwest.