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Sheila
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Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Sheila
Copps entered politics in 1981 by becoming the first Liberal, in
over 50 years, to represent the provincial riding of Hamilton Centre.
She was first elected to the House of Commons in 1984 and re-elected
in 1988, 1993, 1997 and 2000. In
November 1993, she was named Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Environment. In 1996, she was re-appointed Deputy Prime Minister and
named Minister of Canadian Heritage. Shortly after her re-election
in 1997, she was re-appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage. As
Minister of the Environment, she brought forward the strongest
federal environmental assessment legislation in the world and
instituted Canada's first framework for "greening" federal
government operations. As
Minister of Canadian Heritage, she has added some 60,000 square
kilometres of wilderness to Canada's National Parks System,
introduced copyright protection for Canada's recording artists and
producers and launched the Canada Cable Television Production Fund
for independent film and television production. Before
entering politics, she worked as a newspaper joumalist, both with
the Hamilton Spectator and the Ottawa Citizen. Ms.
Copps earned a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Degree in French and English
from the University of Western Ontario and pursued further studies
at McMaster University and the University of Rouen in France. She is married to Austin Thorne and has a daughter. |
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