Dec 8, 2009: Preston Manning

Next Meeting: December 8th, 2009
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Vancouver Academy of Music –
opposite the Planetarium & Space Centre
Speaker: Preston Manning
Topic: Improving the Performance of Canada’s Politicians.

Mr. Manning served as a Member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to 2001. He founded two new political parties – the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance – both of which became the official Op-position in the Canadian Parliament. Mr. Manning served as Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2000 and was also his party’s critic for Science and Technology. In 2007 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.