Jake Epp

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Arthur Jacob "Jake" Epp PC OC (born September 1, 1939 in Saint-Boniface , Manitoba ) is a former Canadian economic manager and politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC), who was a member of the House of Commons for almost 21 years . Between 1979 and 1980 he was Minister for Indian Affairs and Northern Development in the 21st Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark , making him the first Mennonite to be appointed Federal Minister. He later served as Minister for National Health and Welfare from 1984 to 1989 and Minister for Energy, Mines and Natural Resources in the 24th Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney from 1989 to 1993 .

Life

Studies, Member of the House of Commons and Federal Minister in the Clark Cabinet

Epp first completed an undergraduate degree , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). A postgraduate studies of pedagogy , he graduated with a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.). He also obtained a doctorate in law (LL.D.) and worked as a teacher and business manager.

His political career began in local politics when he in 1970 a member of the city council (councilor) of Steinbach was and this belonged to the 1971st In the election of October 30, 1972 , Epp was elected as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and represented the Provencher constituency for almost 21 years until he voluntarily waived his mandate on October 24, 1993 . At the beginning of his membership in the House of Commons, he was spokesman for the PC group on immigration from October 24, 1973 to 1979 and at the same time from September 10 to December 1974 also initially spokesman for employment and between December 20, 1974 and 1976 also spokesman for the opposition for multiculturalism .

On June 4, 1979, Prime Minister Joe Clark appointed him to the 21st Cabinet of Canada as Secretary of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and served until Clark's term ended on March 2, 1980. He was the first member of the Mennonites to be appointed Federal Minister. In his capacity as minister, he issued a letter in 1979 that the Yukon Territory Council would be entrusted with most government affairs and that the administration by a commissioner that had previously been carried out was largely canceled.

Opposition, federal minister in the Mulroney cabinet and switch to the private sector

After the general election of February 18, 1980 , he acted as spokesman for the PC parliamentary group for relations between the federal government and the provinces between April 1980 and 1983 and then as spokesman for the opposition for national health and welfare from 1983 to April 1984.

Following the election of the Progressive Conservative Party in the general election on September 4, 1984 , Epp was appointed Minister of National Health and Welfare to the 24th Canadian Cabinet by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on September 17, 1984 and held this ministerial office until January 29 1989 from. During this time he promoted numerous areas of public health, in particular through the introduction of the first regulations for the protection of non-smokers and the introduction of a national AIDS strategy. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he took over the office of Minister for Energy, Mining and Natural Resources on January 30, 1989 and held this position until he resigned on January 3, 1993, as he was no longer running for the next general election and before a new cabinet reshuffle wanted to leave the government. He also served as Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Social Development from September 17, 1984 to January 29, 1989, and as Regional Secretary for Manitoba from July 1986 to 1993.

After becoming Senior Vice President for International Economics of the oil company TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. on September 1, 1993 . was appointed, he resigned his House of Commons mandate on October 24, 1993 and retired from political life. He later became CEO of the listed energy company Ontario Power Generation , which was founded in 1999 and subsequently promoted "green energy sources" such as hydropower , solar energy and wind energy .

For his services in politics and business, he was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada on May 6, 2011 .

Publications

  • National strategies for health promotion , in: Canadian Journal of Public Health , July / August 1986
  • Achieving health for all: a framework for health promotion , in: Canadian Journal of Public Health , November / December 1986
  • Achieving health for all: a framework for health promotion , in: Canada's Mental Health , December 1986
  • Achieving health for all: a framework for health promotion , in: The Canadian Nurse , December 1987
  • Substance Abuse And The Workplace: A Federal Perspective , in: The Worklife Report , 1988
  • Consensus still cornerstone of federal policy , in: Oilweek , January 1991

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
  2. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
personal data
SURNAME Epp, Jake
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Epp, Arthur Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician and business manager
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Boniface , Manitoba