Joe Volpe Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 2006

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joe volpe, 59, minister of human resources , skills development (2003–2005) , minister of citizenship , immigration (2005–2006) under martin. announced candidacy on april 21, 2006. former schoolteacher, elected house of commons in 1988 toronto riding of eglinton—lawrence. top priorities reinvigorating party on professional keel. promised make corporate institution s been , nation-building institution has proved be.


volpe ran trouble on june 2 when revealed campaign had received $5,400 in donations each of 3 children under age of 15 (all children of executives of pharmaceutical company apotex). donations later returned situation spoofed satirical web site youth volpe. sukh dhaliwal , yasmin ratansi subsequently left volpe campaign support michael ignatieff.


the liberal party of canada announced $20,000 fine against mr. volpe because campaign allowed membership forms distributed cultural associations in quebec without ensuring new members pay own membership fee. volpe subsequently exonerated, , fine withdrawn.



supporters in caucus: 5
mps: 5 joe comuzzi, wajid khan, massimo pacetti, lui temelkovski, joe volpe
senators: 0


date campaign launched: april 21, 2006
date officially registered: may 12, 2006
number of ballots: 1
result: following candidate speeches announced withdraw after first ballot support rae. supported dion on final ballot.




^ ctv news | volpe returns controversial campaign donations . ctv.ca. 2006-06-02. retrieved 2010-04-16. 
^ http://www.youthforvolpe.ca archived 2006-08-13 @ wayback machine.
^ liberal party of canada » media releases . liberal.ca. 2010-04-12. archived original on july 3, 2007. retrieved 2010-04-16. 






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