1. Ronalee Ambrose Veitch is a former Canadian politician who served as leader of the Official Opposition and interim leader of the Conservative Party from 2015 to 2017.
29 Facts About Rona Ambrose
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Rona Ambrose worked as a communication and public policy consultant for the Alberta government before entering federal politics.
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Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Rona Ambrose held multiple cabinet positions between 2006 and 2015, including minister of the environment, minister of intergovernmental affairs, minister of western economic diversification, minister of labour, minister of public works and government services, minister of status of women, and minister of health.
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Rona Ambrose served as vice-chair of the Treasury Board and president of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
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Rona Ambrose served in the role until 2017, when she announced her retirement from federal politics.
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Rona Ambrose spent parts of her childhood in Brazil and Parkland County, Alberta.
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Rona Ambrose earned a bachelor of arts in women's and gender studies from the University of Victoria and a master of arts in political science from the University of Alberta.
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Rona Ambrose calls herself a libertarian and enjoys Ayn Rand's novels, such as Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead.
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Rona Ambrose was a member of the Trilateral Commission, an organization dedicated to closer cooperation between Europe, North America, and Japan.
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Rona Ambrose was first elected to Parliament in the 2004 federal election for the newly created riding of Edmonton-Spruce Grove in west Edmonton.
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Rona Ambrose was then appointed Environment Minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority government.
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Still, Rona Ambrose's spokesperson said the speech was billed as coming from an Environment Canada scientist speaking in an official capacity and thus out of the process.
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On October 19,2006, Rona Ambrose introduced a Clean Air Act that aimed to reduce greenhouse emissions starting in 2020, cutting them to about half of the 2003 levels by 2050.
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Rona Ambrose introduced other regulations to industries and vehicles and possible cooperation between the federal government and the provinces to create a system that would report air emissions.
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Rona Ambrose attended the November 2006 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
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On September 26,2012, Rona Ambrose voted in favour of Motion 312, a motion by Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth that would have directed a Commons committee to revisit the section of the Criminal Code defining at what point human life begins.
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Rona Ambrose was the third female leader of Canada's major centre-right party.
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Rona Ambrose is the third woman to be Opposition Leader, after Grey and the NDP's Nycole Turmel.
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On November 13,2015, Rona Ambrose responded to the terrorist attacks in Paris committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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In February 2017, while still a sitting MP, Rona Ambrose introduced Private Member's Bill C-337, An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code, known as the JUST Act.
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In May 2017, Rona Ambrose announced to her caucus that she would leave federal politics at the end of the spring session of Parliament, in June 2017, several weeks after her successor as Conservative leader was chosen.
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Rona Ambrose's seat was held for the Conservatives by Dane Lloyd, who won the by-election.
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Rona Ambrose has stated that though she supports the merger of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and the Wildrose Party, she will not be a candidate for the leadership of the proposed new United Conservative Party of Alberta.
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Rona Ambrose was appointed a member of the NAFTA advisory council set up by the Trudeau Liberal government in August 2017.
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Rona Ambrose Leads is a non-profit organization based in Alberta that encourages women to run for office and participate in public life.
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Alongside UN Women, Rona Ambrose assisted in the launch of SHEInnovates Alberta, a campaign providing tools necessary to encourage women to seek leadership positions and innovation.
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In May 2020, it was announced that Rona Ambrose had joined the board of directors of the e-cigarette company Juul.
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Rona Ambrose announced she would not run for party leader in January 2020, during a Facebook livestream in the Alberta mountains.
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Rona Ambrose was previously married to Bruce Ambrose from 1994 to 2011.