• Elected the Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie in 2004, re-elected in 2006
• Launched the NDP’s “End Poverty in Canada” campaign in 2006
• Member of the all-party Border Caucus, Steel Caucus, Outdoors Caucus and the NDP’s social policy, aboriginal and agriculture committees
• Was a major player in the successful restructuring of ASI and St. Mary’s Paper
• Community involvement has included youth work with the Catholic Church and as Coordinator of the Soup Kitchen Community Centre and General Manager of a co-op housing construction company
• Born in Ireland; has been a resident of Northern Ontario since 1960
• Married to Anna Celetti; they have four children

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