Stephen Owen

honourable the Stephen Owen , C.P., C.R., LL.B, LL.M., cash flow (born the September 8th 1948) is a Canadian politician ; he is currently Député with the House of Commons of Canada, representing the district britanno-Colombian of Vancouver Quadra since the election of 2000 under the banner of the Liberal party of Canada. He was minister within the government of Paul Martin and is currently spokesperson of the Liberal party as regards democratic Reform.

Initially elected with the House of Commons in 2000, it is named at the Council of Ministers of the Prime Minister Jean Chrétien the January 15th 2002 as Secretary of State at the same time for the Diversification of the economy of the Canadian West and for the Indian Businesses and of Canadian North. The December 12th 2003, it is promoted by Paul Martin at the post of minister of Public works and the Governmental services. In this role, it must frequently face the questions of the opposition concerning the scandal of the mixed liability companies. During its mandate, Owen succeeds in concluding the greatest recovery of public funds wasted in the Canadian history when Hewlett Packard refunds 146 million $ with the Canadian government.

Owen gains the victory over its rival Stephen Rogers (a former minister for the government of Colombia-British) at the time of the federal election of 2004, and this by a margin much larger than it what expected the majority of the observers. It is named Minister for the Diversification of the economy of the Canadian West and minister of state with the Sport the July 20th 2004. In normal weather, this would have been seen like a retrogradation; however, the cabinet reshuffle places Owen in an influential administrative position for the preparation of the future Olympic Games as a Colombia-British.

In the election of 2006, Owen again manages to beat Rogers and preserve its seat in Vancouver Quadra.

According to the election, Owen is one of the first to support the candidature of Michael Ignatieff for the nomination of the Liberal party, and played a big role by obtaining the support of other influential Britanno-Colombians, such as his cousin Philip Owen, former mayor of Vancouver.

External bonds

Official site
Biographical note on the site of the Liberal party
federal political Experiment — Library of the Parliament

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