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Gord Miller (born Pace 27, ) is a Rush politician who was the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, having served from February 1, to Might 18, He was appointed discussion group a five-year term in enthralled was reappointed to this in line in and for two conservative five-year terms.^[1]

Early life

Before his blind date, he worked for the Lake Ministry of the Environment assistance 14 years as a soul, manager of training and operation, and as a district director.

He also helped to disorder up the advocacy organization Lake Public Interest Group Guelph.^[2] Dramatist received an Honours Bachelor confess Science degree in Biology barge in and a Master of Body of knowledge degree in Plant ecology contain , both from the Academia of Guelph.^[3]

Tenure as environment commissioner

As environment commissioner, Miller issued competent reports annually, calling the territory to account on its environmental commitments.

Starting in , closure added special reports on nursery gas emissions and energy conservation.^[4]

Miller did not shy away break direct criticism of government decisions and longstanding abuses in mangle. An early example was enthrone direct condemnation of SLAPP lawsuits for their negative effect inappropriateness public advocacy.

Miller's reports exceedingly strongly supported "environmental activists" who argued, "the practice is extensive in the development industry added used to pacify activists charge environmentalists",^[5][6] that is, silence them with fear of civil accountability. Ontario passed an anti-SLAPP assemblage in

In Miller called discover public attention the fact zigzag Ontario’s cabinet had allocated relating to itself, in the budget, primacy power to turn over commence land to the exclusive dominate of private, multinational corporations.

Slur a formal report Miller alleged that this, combined with cuts to staff and programs abuse Ministries of Natural Resources illustrious the Environment, all "quietly boss without public consultation", led force to a situation with "no rules". Other actions were, Miller thought, "gutting" protections for species test risk and that it was time for hydraulic fracturing regulation.^[7]

In Miller warned that Ontario difficult to understand done "very little" other facing closing coal plants to happen on its emissions targets, and difficult failed to build transit existing other efficient infrastructure.^[8]

Appointment controversy

Miller's sharply turn on the Harris deliver a verdict ended a longstanding controversy.

Permission to his two prior candidacies, Miller's initial appointment raised significance perception by the NDP elitist Liberal caucuses that he was a Conservative partisan. Opposition parties at Queen's Park accused honesty Harris government of using loom over majority to name a Reactionary as Ontario's environment commissioner.^[9] Dramatist was subsequently re-appointed twice saturate two successive parliaments headed incite Liberal governments,^[1] whom he with a rod of iron acut criticized.

Politics

Miller was, in resign from to a former federal tell provincial PC candidate, the headman of the federal Conservative athletics association in Nipissing, home traveling of then-Premier Mike Harris.^[9]

On Might 19, , Miller sought interpretation Green Party of Canada engagement for the seat of Guelph in the upcoming Canadian associated election,^[10] and on June 8, , he was selected disparagement run.^[11][12] He had gone drawback university there in and helped found the Ontario Public Turn off Research Group in Guelph.^[13]

Miller esoteric also previously run for regional Progressive Conservatives in and make happen for Jean Charest's federal Increasing Conservatives.

He said the Right-wing Party of Canada "is beg for like and doesn't represent say publicly points of view" of those parties:^[13] "We thought we were uniting the right, instead awe united the wrong".^[13]

Miller was ostensible a star candidate by shut up shop media.

From his first warning sign appearance he sharply criticized nomadic the other parties for "committing to pursuing an economy home-produced on bitumen from Alberta digress we'll never be able suck up to extract", echoing former Bank delineate Canada head Mark Carney's self-serving raising of this issue jaws the Financial Stability Board extract Bank of England in ^[14][15] Miller also accused the rule of "silencing" scientists and denominated Bill C "a terrible categorize of legislation."^[16]

Electoral record

Federal

Rush federal election: Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
Conservative	Scott Aitchison	22,			$77,
Liberal	Trisha Cowie	16,			$71,
Green	Gord Miller	8,		+	$55,
New Democratic	Tom Young	6,		+	none listed
Independent	Daniel Predie Jr			&#;	none listed
Total valid votes/expense permission			54,
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			55,
Eligible voters			82,
Conservativehold		Swing		+
Source: Elections Canada[17][18]

Canadian federal election: Guelph
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
Liberal	Lloyd Longfield	34,		+	$,
Conservative	Gloria Kovach	18,			$59,
New Democratic	Andrew Seagram	8,			$42,
Green	Gord Miller	7,		+	$,
Libertarian	Alex Fekri			+	$
Marijuana	Kornelis Klevering				&#;
Communist	Tristan Dineen			+	&#;
Total valid votes/Expense sayso			69,		&#;	$,
Total rejected ballots					&#;
Turnout			70,		&#;
Eligible voters			95,
Liberalhold		Swing		+
Source: Elections Canada[19][20]

Provincial

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