他是 Ottawa West Nepean 区的国会议员，也不会寻求连任。
我就记得几年前一条新闻，他的名叫撒切尔的猫死了，ya给同事群发讣告“撒切尔死了”，外交部信以为真，还给英国拟好了唁电，幸好最后确认了一下，否则笑话大了
John Baird will not seek re-election: source
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Published on: February 2, 2015Last Updated: February 2, 2015 10:15 PM EST
2014: Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. Baird raised concerns with a Saudi prince about the flogging sentence handed down to a blogger with family in Quebec.
Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press
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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will not seek re-election and will resign his position in the Harper cabinet this week, a source has toldPostmedia News.
Baird, 45, was first elected to Parliament in 2006, representing Ottawa West-Nepean, and re-elected in 2008 and 2011. He is expected to resign as soon as Tuesday.
Baird is not leaving for any particular job, but has decided the time is right for him to move to the private sector, a friend said Monday.
“He’s at the perfect age and in the perfect place to make a move,” said his friend, speaking on condition that he not be named.
“He took a look at the calendar and … if he left now, I think people just do their walk in the snow. I think what’s precipitated it is he’s been doing it for 20 years.”
This is a personal decision and has nothing to do with Baird’s assessment of the electoral prospects of Harper’s government, his friend said.
He doesn’t have a particular job lined up, but it is likely to look at private sector opportunities, perhaps in Toronto.
“He has spent his entire life as an elected official or a political staffer and at this point in his life, in his mid- to late-40s, now is the time for him to build another career,” his friend said. “He’s had 10 portfolios, which is a lot by Canadian standards, so I think he just felt like personally for him it was time to go.”
Before being appointed foreign affairs minister in May 2011, Baird held a variety of high-profile roles in Stephen Harper’s Conservative government.
His first cabinet role was as President of the Treasury Board from February 2006 until January 2007, when he became environment minister. In October 2008, he became minister of transport, a role he had until August 2010 when he became Government House Leader.
Baird has also served as the member of Parliament responsible for the national capital region, including the National Capital Commission.
He entered federal office after more than a decade as the Ontario member of provincial parliament for Nepean-Carleton, serving in former premier Mike Harris’s cabinet.
Baird was first elected to Queen’s Park in 1995 at age 26.
Baird’s departure from cabinet, along with the resignation of Jim Flaherty a month before his death last year, means two of Harper’s most powerful ministers will have left the prime minister’s inner circle in less than a year.
Baird represents the riding of Ottawa West-Nepean and was nominated last March as the Conservative candidate in the newly created riding of Nepean for the next federal election, which must be held by Oct. 19 at the latest.
News of the resignation spread quickly.
Ontario MPP Lisa MacLeod tweeted: “John Baird has been a strong MPP and MP for our community. Appreciate all the has done for Ontario and Canada.”
Baird’s departure will leave Harper with the politically tricky task of shuffling his cabinet at a critical time in his mandate.
The Tories are just months away from seeking re-election in a fall campaign in which voters are expected to cast their ballots on Oct. 19.
In the meantime, the government must deal with the economic uncertainty of plummeting oil prices and a declining dollar.
Finance Minister Joe Oliver has delayed has budget until at least April because of the uncertainty.
On the international front, Canada is part of a military coalition fighting ISIL in Iraq and the government recently tabled anti-terrorism legislation aimed at giving police and CSIS more powers.
As foreign affairs minister, Baird had been a key spokesman for the government on its Iraq policy.
A shuffle to replace Baird likely won’t be a small one. His replacement will likely be another senior minister already in cabinet.
And once that person moves, the ripple effects could spread out, creating a significant change in the face of the cabinet.
Locally, Baird’s departure from cabinet creates the question of who will replace him as minister responsible for the National Capital Commission.
The likeliest option would seem to be Pierre Poilievre, the MP for Nepean-Carleton MP and minister of state (democratic reform). The other Ottawa-area member of Parliament, Royal Galipeau, is not in cabinet.
That appointment comes at a critical juncture, with the NCC and the city in a disagreement about the route of the city’s western light rail track.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/john-baird-will-not-seek-re-election-source
我就记得几年前一条新闻，他的名叫撒切尔的猫死了，ya给同事群发讣告“撒切尔死了”，外交部信以为真，还给英国拟好了唁电，幸好最后确认了一下，否则笑话大了
John Baird will not seek re-election: source
STEPHEN MAHERMore from Stephen MaherPublished on: February 2, 2015Last Updated: February 2, 2015 10:15 PM EST
2014: Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. Baird raised concerns with a Saudi prince about the flogging sentence handed down to a blogger with family in Quebec.
Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press
SHAREADJUSTCOMMENTPRINT
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will not seek re-election and will resign his position in the Harper cabinet this week, a source has toldPostmedia News.
Baird, 45, was first elected to Parliament in 2006, representing Ottawa West-Nepean, and re-elected in 2008 and 2011. He is expected to resign as soon as Tuesday.
Baird is not leaving for any particular job, but has decided the time is right for him to move to the private sector, a friend said Monday.
“He’s at the perfect age and in the perfect place to make a move,” said his friend, speaking on condition that he not be named.
“He took a look at the calendar and … if he left now, I think people just do their walk in the snow. I think what’s precipitated it is he’s been doing it for 20 years.”
This is a personal decision and has nothing to do with Baird’s assessment of the electoral prospects of Harper’s government, his friend said.
He doesn’t have a particular job lined up, but it is likely to look at private sector opportunities, perhaps in Toronto.
“He has spent his entire life as an elected official or a political staffer and at this point in his life, in his mid- to late-40s, now is the time for him to build another career,” his friend said. “He’s had 10 portfolios, which is a lot by Canadian standards, so I think he just felt like personally for him it was time to go.”
Before being appointed foreign affairs minister in May 2011, Baird held a variety of high-profile roles in Stephen Harper’s Conservative government.
His first cabinet role was as President of the Treasury Board from February 2006 until January 2007, when he became environment minister. In October 2008, he became minister of transport, a role he had until August 2010 when he became Government House Leader.
Baird has also served as the member of Parliament responsible for the national capital region, including the National Capital Commission.
He entered federal office after more than a decade as the Ontario member of provincial parliament for Nepean-Carleton, serving in former premier Mike Harris’s cabinet.
Baird was first elected to Queen’s Park in 1995 at age 26.
Baird’s departure from cabinet, along with the resignation of Jim Flaherty a month before his death last year, means two of Harper’s most powerful ministers will have left the prime minister’s inner circle in less than a year.
Baird represents the riding of Ottawa West-Nepean and was nominated last March as the Conservative candidate in the newly created riding of Nepean for the next federal election, which must be held by Oct. 19 at the latest.
News of the resignation spread quickly.
Ontario MPP Lisa MacLeod tweeted: “John Baird has been a strong MPP and MP for our community. Appreciate all the has done for Ontario and Canada.”
Baird’s departure will leave Harper with the politically tricky task of shuffling his cabinet at a critical time in his mandate.
The Tories are just months away from seeking re-election in a fall campaign in which voters are expected to cast their ballots on Oct. 19.
In the meantime, the government must deal with the economic uncertainty of plummeting oil prices and a declining dollar.
Finance Minister Joe Oliver has delayed has budget until at least April because of the uncertainty.
On the international front, Canada is part of a military coalition fighting ISIL in Iraq and the government recently tabled anti-terrorism legislation aimed at giving police and CSIS more powers.
As foreign affairs minister, Baird had been a key spokesman for the government on its Iraq policy.
A shuffle to replace Baird likely won’t be a small one. His replacement will likely be another senior minister already in cabinet.
And once that person moves, the ripple effects could spread out, creating a significant change in the face of the cabinet.
Locally, Baird’s departure from cabinet creates the question of who will replace him as minister responsible for the National Capital Commission.
The likeliest option would seem to be Pierre Poilievre, the MP for Nepean-Carleton MP and minister of state (democratic reform). The other Ottawa-area member of Parliament, Royal Galipeau, is not in cabinet.
That appointment comes at a critical juncture, with the NCC and the city in a disagreement about the route of the city’s western light rail track.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/john-baird-will-not-seek-re-election-source
