13 Facts About Monte Solberg

Monte Solberg was the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and later served as the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development.

Monte Solberg has served as Critic for Foreign Affairs, National Revenue, and Human Resources Development.

Monte Solberg is a Principal at New West Public Affairs, a Canadian national public affairs firm based in western Canada, and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.

Monte Solberg was the owner of the right-wing news aggregate website, News Hub Nation, from which he frequently blogged about current events and features exclusive content from conservative personalities.

Monte Solberg was elected as a Reform Party Member of Parliament in 1993 and 1997, and as a Canadian Alliance MP in 2000.

In 2001, Monte Solberg was one of 13 MPs who were suspended from the Canadian Alliance caucus for criticizing the leadership of Stockwell Day.

Monte Solberg sat as an Independent Alliance MP for the summer, joining the Democratic Representative Caucus in September before returning to the Alliance in April 2002.

Monte Solberg was one of four Alliance MPs who agreed to sit with the Progressive Conservative caucus after the December 9,2003, creation of the merged Conservative Party, as the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parliamentary caucuses were not officially merged until a few weeks later.

Monte Solberg was re-elected as a Conservative MP in the 2004 election.

Monte Solberg kept a high-profile blog, and in 2005, is thought to have made history when, using his BlackBerry, he blogged from the floor of the House of Commons immediately upon the passage of Bill C-38, which provided legal recognition of same-sex marriage.

Monte Solberg suspended updating his blog after being appointed Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.

Monte Solberg is a columnist with the Calgary Sun, a contributor to Sun News Network, formerly a full-time consultant for Fleishman-Hillard Canada, and now Principal at New West Public Affairs, a public affairs firm based in Calgary.

Monte Solberg serves as a Governor with the International Development Research Centre, a crown corporation dedicated to generating and applying new knowledge to meet the challenges facing the world's poorest countries.