• Elected the Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre in 2006
• As a former teacher, he is an advocate for teachers’ working conditions and issues affecting public education
• Paul organized the Community Forum on Public Education and was involved in establishing the Ottawa Elementary Teachers’ Humanity Fund, providing donations to projects in developing countries
• Winner of the A. Lorne Cassidy Award for work with children with special needs
• Member of the board of the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization and a member of Fair Vote Canada
• Actively involved with the Coalition for a Healthy Ottawa and the Partnership for a Pesticide Bylaw
• Lives in the Rideau Gardens neighbourhood of Ottawa Centre with his wife Julia Sneyd and their two children

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