Education
University of Toronto. Trinity College; Osgoode Hall Law School.
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Joe Peschisolido
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He has a Bachelor of Arts (honours) degree in Political Science from Trinity College at the University of Toronto and a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. In his free time, Peschisolido is a philanthropist and legal volunteer for the Richmond and Steveston, British Columbia communities, assisting several environmental, animal and civil rights causes. He was a candidate in Etobicoke North for two elections, placing second in both turnouts.
In 2002, Peschisolido left the Canadian Alliance and crossed the floor to the Liberal Party without consulting with his constituents.
This was due to the “process of political realignment” which eliminated both the Canadian Alliance Party and the Progressive Conservative Party, and instead creating the Conservative Party of Canada. While serving in office, Peschisolido fought to protect the rights of taxpayers by introducing the “Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights” in the 37th Parliament’s first, second, and third sessions.
In 2002, Peschisolido helped broker the original Garden City land deal, which saw the transfer of said lands from the Canadian federal government to the City of Richmond. This deal would have seen the City of Richmond receive 75 to 80 percent of the land, with the rest of the property set aside for a trade and exhibition center, as well as commercial development.
In 2003 he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Queen"s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.
He was also Vice-Chair for the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. On October 19, 2015, as a Liberal Party majority government was formed, Peschisolido was returned to Parliament.
Achievements
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In 2011, Peschisolido won the Liberal Party nomination for Member of Parliament for Richmond at the 2011 Canadian federal election. On August 11, 2015, Peschisolido again won the Liberal Party nomination for Member of Parliament in the new riding of Steveston—Richmond East for the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Membership
Peschisolido is a practising lawyer with the law firm of Ryan, Peschisolido & Company in the areas of Corporate, Commercial, Wills and Estates, Real Estate and Immigration Law, and is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia, as well as a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Foreign decades, Peschisolido was a member of the Liberal Party, where he had worked as a youth co-ordinator for Jean Chrétien’s 1990 leadership campaign. In 1993, he joined the Reform Party of Canada (later the Canadian Alliance), where he was elected as Member of Parliament for Richmond in the 2000 general election, defeating Liberal incumbent, Raymond Chan.
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Liberal Party of Canada