Biography
Garry Breitkreuz was born
October 21, 1945, and was raised on a farm near Springside,
Saskatchewan. He attended a
one-room country school near the farm where he grew up.
His high school education was completed in Yorkton.
He has six years post-secondary education, including a Bachelor
of Education degree from the University of Saskatchewan.
Garry taught for twenty-four
years, including three years teaching math and chemistry at a college in
Cameroon, West Africa; two years as principal on an Indian Reserve in
northern Saskatchewan; and eighteen months teaching math and sciences in the
Solomon Islands. The
remainder of his teaching experience was spent teaching various subjects
and grades in and around Yorkton. Seven
of those years, Garry also spent farming.
Garry has formerly served as Official Opposition Deputy
House Leader and Deputy Whip. He
has been an active member on the Standing Committees of the House in the
following areas: Agriculture, Justice, Procedure and House Affairs and
Human Resources Development. He currently is the Associate Justice
Critic (Firearms) and has been elected as Vice-Chair of
the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public
Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
The following are some of
the issues Garry has worked on:
·
Agriculture and Grain
Transportation
·
Property rights
·
Justice and prison reform
·
Equality of all Canadians
·
Unemployment Insurance
·
Young Offenders
·
Democratic and Senate
Reforms
·
Gun control
·
Pension reform
·
Native self-government and
land claims
·
Charter of Duties and
Responsibilities
·
Parental Rights and
Responsibilities
·
A Woman's Right to Know
Act (Medical Effects of Pregnancy Terminating)
·
Victims rights in the
justice system
·
Sexual orientation and
same-sex marriages
·
Government
Budgets--People’s Tax Form to direct funding to their priorities
Garry was elected to the
House of Commons in October 1993, for the riding of Yorkton-Melville in
eastern Saskatchewan, and was re-elected in the 1997, 2000 and 2004
general elections.
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