Biography

• Elected the Member of Parliament for Timmins—James Bay in 2004, re-elected in 2006
• Writer, broadcaster and musician; was a member of the Juno-nominated band Grievous Angels
• Honoured for “Outstanding Contribution to Northern Culture” at the 1999 Festival Boreal in Sudbury
• Has been a regular contributor to CBC, TVO and national newspapers
• Has published three books on the mining culture of the North and has completed his fourth work, The Flying Father: The life and times of Father Les Costello
• During the 1980s, with his wife, ran a house for the homeless in downtown Toronto
• Worked for three years with northern First Nations in neighbouring Quebec on issues of community development and economic opportunities
• Married for 18 years to Brit Griffin; they have three daughters

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