Hon. Judy
Sgro, P.C., M.P., York West
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
The Honourable Judy Sgro is Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
and Member of Parliament for York West.
She was elected to the House of Commons for the riding of
York West in a by-election on November 15, 1999, and re-elected
in November 2000.
She has a long record of public service.
In January 2003, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary
to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services. She
was also Chair of the Prime Minister's Caucus Task Force on
Urban Issues and a member of the Standing Committee on Health.
She has served as a member on the standing committees on
Justice and Human Rights, Human Resources Development, Public
Accounts and the Sub-committee on the Status of Persons with
Disabilities. She chaired the GTA Sub-committee of the Toronto
Waterfront Revitalization project and was a member of the
2008 Federal Olympic Bid.
In 1994, Ms. Sgro was elected to Metropolitan Toronto Council
as a Regional Councillor. She initiated Canada's first "John
school" to combat street prostitution, a model across
Canada and the United States. She served on the North York
City Council from 1987 to 1994 where she chaired the Mayor's
Task Force on Drugs as well as the Intergovernmental Affairs
Committee.
In 1998, she served as Vice-Chair of the Toronto Police Services
Board, working to preserve the integrity of the Toronto Police
Service.
Involved in many community affairs, she was President of
the Cancer Society. She also sits on the Board of Governors
for Villa Colombo.
Ms. Sgro was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. She is married
and the mother of three children.
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