Finance, Financial Donnelly

March 27, 1966

New Westminster, Metro Vancouver, Canada

Prior to his election as a federal Member of Parliament, he served two terms on city council in his hometown of Coquitlam and was an environmental activist. He currently represents the riding of Portuguese Moody—Coquitlam after winning his new seat in the 2015 federal election and serves as the NDP critic for Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard. An environmental activist, Donnelly has been active in raising public awareness of the rivers and watersheds of his home province of British Columbia. He has made fourteen marathon swims covering 3,200 km of British Columbia"s rivers, lakes and the ocean, including twice swimming the 1,400 km length of the Fraser River, saying Donnelly, after he swam the length of the Fraser River for the second time, to a man who accompanied him in a kayak, “wouldn’t it be amazing to get a program to have an experience that I just had.” The purpose of these swims has been to draw attention to the environmental impacts on rivers, stimulate critical thought and promote community stewardship. Donnelly founded the Rivershed Society of British Columbia in 1996. The society"s vision is one of people making sustainable lifestyle choices in the Fraser River Basin. Since founding the society, he has made over 500 presentations to more than 40,000 people, and has visited 150 schools in 50 British Columbia communities. He was elected to Coquitlam City Council as a councillor in 2002. Since being elected in 2009, Donnelly has been active on a number of different issues of concern to British Columbians, particularly those focused on society, the environment, and the economy. Alan Kurdi On September 3, 2015, after the death of Alan Kurdi, Donnelly stated that he had handed a letter from Alan Kurdi"s aunt, one of his constituents, to Immigration Minister Chris Alexander requesting that he look into the case of the Alan Kurdi"s refugee application, which, according to Donnelly, was later rejected. On the same day, it was reported that the Alan Kurdi"s family had not in fact applied for refugee status in Canada, and that the letter primarily concerned the family of Alan Kurdi"s uncle, for whom an application had been submitted but been rejected for being incomplete. Donnelly subsequently faced criticism for his role in the spread of the false information regarding Alan Kurdi"s family"s nonexistent refugee application. 42nd Parliament After the 2015 election, Donnelly was appointed the NDP critic for Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.

Finance, Financial Donnelly

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University of Victoria.

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Prior to his election as a federal Member of Parliament, he served two terms on city council in his hometown of Coquitlam and was an environmental activist. He currently represents the riding of Portuguese Moody—Coquitlam after winning his new seat in the 2015 federal election and serves as the NDP critic for Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard. An environmental activist, Donnelly has been active in raising public awareness of the rivers and watersheds of his home province of British Columbia.

He has made fourteen marathon swims covering 3,200 km of British Columbia"s rivers, lakes and the ocean, including twice swimming the 1,400 km length of the Fraser River, saying Donnelly, after he swam the length of the Fraser River for the second time, to a man who accompanied him in a kayak, “wouldn’t it be amazing to get a program to have an experience that I just had.” The purpose of these swims has been to draw attention to the environmental impacts on rivers, stimulate critical thought and promote community stewardship.

Donnelly founded the Rivershed Society of British Columbia in 1996. The society"s vision is one of people making sustainable lifestyle choices in the Fraser River Basin.

Since founding the society, he has made over 500 presentations to more than 40,000 people, and has visited 150 schools in 50 British Columbia communities. He was elected to Coquitlam City Council as a councillor in 2002.

Since being elected in 2009, Donnelly has been active on a number of different issues of concern to British Columbians, particularly those focused on society, the environment, and the economy.

Alan Kurdi

On September 3, 2015, after the death of Alan Kurdi, Donnelly stated that he had handed a letter from Alan Kurdi"s aunt, one of his constituents, to Immigration Minister Chris Alexander requesting that he look into the case of the Alan Kurdi"s refugee application, which, according to Donnelly, was later rejected. On the same day, it was reported that the Alan Kurdi"s family had not in fact applied for refugee status in Canada, and that the letter primarily concerned the family of Alan Kurdi"s uncle, for whom an application had been submitted but been rejected for being incomplete. Donnelly subsequently faced criticism for his role in the spread of the false information regarding Alan Kurdi"s family"s nonexistent refugee application.

42nd Parliament

After the 2015 election, Donnelly was appointed the NDP critic for Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.

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Mulcair later defended Donnelly, saying that no apology was warranted because the letter had mentioned both families, and stated that he "couldn’t be prouder to have someone of the strength, integrity and hard work as Finance, Financial Donnelly" in caucus.

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