Wladyslaw Lizon is a Polish Canadian former politician.
10 Facts About Wladyslaw Lizon
Wladyslaw Lizon was the second Polish-born Member of Parliament, after Alexandre-Edouard Kierzkowski.
Wladyslaw Lizon was an engineer in Poland's Silesia coal mines until 1983.
Wladyslaw Lizon was the president of the Canadian Polish Congress from 2005 to 2010.
Wladyslaw Lizon assisted in the removal of visa requirements for visitors from Poland.
Wladyslaw Lizon is a founding member of Tribute to Liberty, an organization dedicated to building a national monument in Ottawa to honour the victims of communism in the world.
Wladyslaw Lizon defeated Liberal candidate Peter Fonseca by 676 votes.
In September 2011, Wladyslaw Lizon introduced Bill C-266, An Act to establish Pope John Paul II Day, called by its short title: Pope John Paul II Day Act.
In 2012, Wladyslaw Lizon was criticized by the South Asian community and his colleagues in Parliament when he sent out a survey to his constituents asking what languages they spoke, with one of the languages listed as "Indian".
In 2013, Wladyslaw Lizon joined two other Conservative MPs in writing a letter to the RCMP requesting a homicide investigation into some late term abortions that may have resulted in live births.