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The Honourable Jim Prentice
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians and Minister responsible for Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada


Calgary North-Centre (Alberta)

The Honourable Jim Prentice was elected to the House of Commons in 2004 and was re-elected in 2006. He has served as Critic for Indian Affairs and Northern Development and been a member of the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

A lawyer by profession, Minister Prentice has specialized in property rights and has focused on relocations, environmental protection suits and restricted development areas. He also served as a commissioner of the Indian Specific Claims Commission of Canada for 10 years and is recognized by his peers as an expert in land claims negotiations. Minister Prentice travelled to South Africa twice as an expert adviser on how to protect property rights in that country's new constitution.

Minister Prentice is married to Karen and they have three daughters.

 

 

 
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