Daniel P. "Dan" McTeague, PC, MP , BA (Hons.) (born October 16, 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is the Canadian Member of Parliament for the Ontario riding of Pickering—Scarborough East. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs tasked with protecting Canadians Abroad, until the Liberals lost the 2006 election. The Privy Council Office as it appeared in the 1880s The Queens Privy Council for Canada (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) is the council of advisers to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by the Governor General of Canada for life on the... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Nickname: Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Manitoba Region Winnipeg Capital Region Established, 1738 (Fort Rouge) Renamed 1822 (Fort Garry) Incorporated 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Government  - City Mayor Sam Katz  - Governing Body Winnipeg City Council  - MPs List of MPs  - MLAs List... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 15, 1870 (5th... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area Ranked 4th... In the British Isles since Anglo-Saxon times, a riding is traditionally a sub-division (especially in three) of a county, in Australia analogous. ... Pickering—Scarborough East in relation to the other Toronto area ridings Pickering—Scarborough East is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ... In the parliamentary systems of several Commonwealth countries, such as Canada and Australia, it is customary for the prime minister to appoint parliamentary secretaries (in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, parliamentary assistants) from their caucus to assist cabinet ministers with their work. ... In the Cabinet of Canada, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is responsible for overseeing the federal governments international relations department, Foreign Affairs Canada. ...

Fluently bilingual, he studied at the University of Toronto and worked as an intern in Ottawa to Paul Cosgrove, (1982) then Minister of Public Works and Canada Mortgage and Housing. After graduation he worked as an assistant to Alvin Curling, Ontario Minister of Housing. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 federal election and was re-elected in 1997, 2004, and 2006. He served as the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Industry and the Chair of the Liberal Committee on Gasoline Pricing. His private members bills making it an indictable offence to evade the police by motor vehicle, changing the Competition Act, and recognizing Organ Donor Week have all been passed by the House of Commons, making him the only MP to have passed so many Bills. The University of Toronto (U of T) is a coeducational public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Paul James Cosgrove, PC (born December 30, 1934) is a Canadian jurist and former politician. ... Ambassador Alvin Curling (born November 15, 1939 in Kingston, Jamaica) is Canadas envoy to the Dominican Republic. ... Popular vote map with bar graphs showing seat totals in the provinces and territories. ... 36th Parliament The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... The Canadian federal election, 2004 (more formally, the 38th general election), was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... Rendition of party representation in the 39th Canadian parliament decided by this election. ... Gasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting mostly of hydrocarbons and enhanced with benzene or iso-octane to increase octane ratings, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ...

McTeague's recognized accomplishments have earned him the reputation of being one of Parliament's hardest working MP's. An early advocate for proper compensation of Hep-C victims and an effective critic of Canada's restrictive Drug patent laws, he was also instrumental in pushing his own Government to do more to address the African Aids pandemic by relaxing those very laws. Hard to miss too, was the work McTeague undertook to help Canadians in distress abroad. Beginning with an initiative to help free a condemned William Sampson from Saudi execution, his work as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for Canadians Abroad (2003 -2006) earned him deserved praise for his accomplishments (Toronto Star Nov 2005)

Having chaired the Liberal Government Task Force on gasoline pricing in 1998, McTeague challenged the premium prices Canadians were forced to pay for gasoline in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (Aug 2005) For 10 weeks Canadian refiners added several cents a litre to the price of gasoline even over prices in the most affected markets in the US.

On November 22, 2005, McTeague asked Immigration Minister Joe Volpe to restrict rapper 50 Cent from entering Canada, citing the death of a constituent at the performers previous concert in Toronto in 2004. 50 Cent's tour went on as scheduled but McTeague's intervention succeeded in seeing at least half of the accompanying members of the rapper's troupe, the G-Unit, banned in Canada as a result of the objections[1]. November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Canadian politician. ... For the currency amount, see 50 cents. ...

In July 2006 he condemned Prime Minister Harper's initial failure to address the plight of Canadians in Lebanon trapped by Israeli air strikes and challenged the PM's characterization of the attack as being "a measured response".

With Canadian troops facing more casualties in Afghanistan, McTeague led the charge to force the Harper Government to abandon the practice of docking injured soldier's "operational pay" once out of theatre. Oct 6, 2006

McTeague's interventions in Question period also resulted in goading the Conservative government to back away from its plan to eliminate the Liberal energuide program for seniors and low income Canadians.

McTeague and his wife Dr. Daniela Rossi have five children.

External links

• Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament