Tory MP Colin Carrie Won’t Run in Next Election

Conservative Member of Parliament Colin Carrie Announces He Will Not Seek Re-election

April 25, 2024 TruthUSA

Conservative MP Colin Carrie has announced he will not be running in the next election, ending two decades representing Oshawa in Parliament.

“Now is the right time to clear a path for another Conservative voice to represent our community – an individual who’ll commit to making life more affordable for Oshawa families by fixing the budget, scrapping the carbon tax, upholding our freedoms, rebuilding our Armed Forces, and ensuring that Oshawa receives its fair share of federal investment,” Mr. Carrie announced at the Oshawa Conservative Association’s Annual General Meeting on April 25.

Mr. Carrie was first elected as an MP in 2004 and has since been re-elected six times. He said he would continue to serve until the next general election in 2025.

“I’m eternally grateful to Oshawa’s constituents for the trust and support you’ve placed in me over the two decades that I’ve served our community in Parliament,” he said.

The Hamilton native, who worked as a chiropractor before entering politics, won seven consecutive elections in the riding of Oshawa. Under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, he served in roles as parliamentary secretary to the minister of industry, minister of health, and minister of the environment. Has has also served as his party’s shadow minister for Canada-U.S. Relations.

Mr. Carrie presented two private member’s bills in Parliament which were not adopted: Bill C-420 in 2004, which would have ended the listing of vitamins and minerals as drugs under the Canadian Food and Drugs Act, and Bill C-461 in 2019, which would introduce new measures to combat human trafficking.

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Mr. Carrie is currently working to pass Private Member’s Bill C-320. The legislation seeks to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to share information with crime victims regarding their offenders’ eligibility and review dates for release and parole, and to include a clarification on the process used to establish these dates. The bill recently received unanimous support in the House of Commons and will soon move to a Second Reading in the Senate.

“This very simple bill has the potential to bring much-needed comfort and transparency to countless victims of crime, survivors and their families across our country,” Mr. Carrie said.

During the pandemic, Mr. Carrie was one of few MPs who worked to obtain more transparency around government measures. He submitted numerous Inquiries of Ministry on the federal government’s response to COVID-19, such as its Emergency Economic Measures Order, purchases of COVID-19 vaccines, and procurement of COVID-19 rapid test kits.

Mr. Carrie also submitted several order papers to the government on the safety profile of COVID-19 vaccines, including on the presence of a Simian Virus 40 DNA sequence in the Pfizer vaccine.

In a March 2024 interview with The Epoch Times, Mr. Carrie said he submitted the order papers after having conversations with constituents that gave him the impression that Canadians were starting to lose faith in the nation’s institutions.

In an email to The Epoch Times following the announcement that he would not run in the next election, Mr. Carrie said he would continue working to make the federal government more “transparent” with Canadians.

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