12 Facts About Sarmite Bulte

Sarmite Bulte was considered as one of the more left-wing members of the Liberal Party of Canada on social issues.

Sarmite Bulte was known in Parliament for her special report of women's entrepreneurship.

Sarmite Bulte was a member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on Youth Entrepreneurs as well as the member of the Liberal Caucus Task Force on Financial Institutions and the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

Sarmite Bulte served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for the Status of Women and the Minister of Industry with special emphasis on Women Entrepreneurs.

Sarmite Bulte chaired the Ontario caucus, travelled extensively to advocate for Canada's seat on the UN Security Council and was frequently called upon to deal directly with foreign parliaments in her capacity as Canadian head of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

Sarmite Bulte took the position that downloading music, films, novels and other works of art without permission robbed the creators of their right to profit from their creativity.

Sarmite Bulte's critics argued that protecting those rights should not result in individuals being prosecuted.

Since leaving politics Sarmite Bulte worked as a consultant to the Ontario government on women entrepreneurship issues, and has worked in Kosovo for the National Democratic Institute as Senior Legislative Consultant to the Assembly of Kosovo.

Sarmite Bulte helped Kosavar parliamentarians understand how their party caucuses could fulfil their roles as forums for debate and coordination of party strategies, advised the all-party women's caucus on how they could become a more active, better organized body within the assembly, and to assist in standardizing legislative oversight and expand oversight of new committees.

Sarmite Bulte sits on the Board of the Actors' Fund of Canada, Runnymede Healthcare Centre, the St Joseph's Hospital Foundation Board, the Artscape Foundation Board, and the Toronto Museum Project.

In December 2007, Sarmite Bulte announced her intention to seek the federal Liberal nomination for the riding of Don Valley West to replace John Godfrey who had earlier announced that he would be resigning his seat in the House of Commons in July in order to accept a position as headmaster of Toronto French School.

Sarmite Bulte is married with three children, David, Lara and Boris.