The Hon. Ted Menzies, Minister of State for Finance
Friday January 27, 2012 Toronto Roundtable Event - Pooled Retirement Pension Plans: Next Steps
Ted Menzies was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004 and was re-elected in 2006. Mr. Menzies was first appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Cooperation in February 2006 and re-appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and to the Minister of International Cooperation in January 2007. He was appointed Minister of State (Finance) in January, 2011.
He has also served on a number of House of Commons standing committees, including the Standing Committee on International Trade. In Opposition, Mr. Menzies was the Critic for Inter-Provincial Trade, International Trade and the Canadian International Development Agency. He was also president of the Canadian Agri-Food and Trade Alliance and vice-president of the Grain Growers of Canada. Mr. Menzies was born in Claresholm, Alberta, where he has owned and operated a farm for over 30 years. He and his wife, Sandy, have two children, and five grandchildren.
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