Preceded by Marc Lemay Party New Democratic Party Name Christine Moore | Profession Nurse | |
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Born October 21, 1983 (age 40)
La Reine, Quebec ( 1983-10-21 ) Role Member of the Canadian House of Commons Education Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue (2010) Office Member of the Canadian House of Commons since 2011 Similar People Romeo Saganash, Alexandrine Latendresse, Christina Moore Profiles | ||
Political party New Democratic Party | ||
Christine moore asking minister bains about internet access and cellular coverage in rural region
Christine Moore (born October 21, 1983) is a Canadian politician and nurse. On May 2, 2011, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Abitibi—Témiscamingue, Quebec for the New Democratic Party (NDP) during the 2011 Canadian federal election. She defeated Bloc Québécois MP Marc Lemay, who held the riding since 2004. On October 19, 2015, Moore was re-elected as the Member of the Parliament for Abitibi—Témiscamingue, Quebec for the NDP during the 2015 Canadian federal election.
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- Christine moore asking minister bains about internet access and cellular coverage in rural region
- Education and experience
- Federal politics
- References
Education and experience
Moore was trained as a medical technician; she was educated at 52e Medical coy (Army Force) Sherbrooke and graduated in 2005. She earned a diploma of college studies in nursing from the Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue in 2008 and a B.Sc. in nursing from the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) in 2010. She completed a one-month humanitarian internship in Senegal as part of her nursing degree at UQAT in 2009, and she served with the Canadian Forces for over three years. She is also a member of Nurses Without Borders.
Federal politics
Moore finished a distant fourth as the NDP candidate in Abitibi—Témiscamingue in 2006 and 2008; both times, she came up well short of the 10-percent threshold to have her campaign expenses refunded. However, on her third try in 2011, she overwhelmed Lemay by 9,500 votes as part of the NDP wave that swept through Quebec.
On May 26, 2011, she was appointed the federal Official Opposition critic for military procurement. The key files Moore was responsible for included the purchase of F 35s, the modernization of various navy ships, and the replacement of search and rescue aircraft. Consequently, she worked mostly on the Standing Committee on National Defence, the main forum for addressing these issues. She also assisted Jack Harris with his duties as federal Official Opposition critic for National Defence.
In November 2013, she was appointed deputy critic for energy and natural resources for the NDP. The key files covered by this responsibility: forestry, mines, nuclear & pipelines. In 2014, Moore brought forward a motion to promote a national strategy on forestry in Canada. This motion asked that the government should work in consultation with provinces and territories, First Nations, stakeholders, and the public to put forward, a national strategy to advance Canada’s forestry sector, with the objectives of creating value-added jobs, developing our forests in a sustainable way, diversifying and promoting wood-based products and developing building systems, and by expanding international markets for Canadian wood products.
During the 2011–2012 New Democratic Party leadership race, she threw her support behind Romeo Saganash.
In January 2015, she was appointed deputy critic for health for the NDP.
On February 2, 2016, Moore was elected to the executive committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association as a vice-chair.
Since April 18, 2016 Moore is a vice-chair of the Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development.
Moore gave birth during the election campaign in 2015. She has been pushing for more resources for MPs with newborns since she came back to Parliament in fall in 2015: high chairs were put in parliamentary cafeteria, the Commons Board of Internal Economy also changed the name of the “spouses lounge” near the Commons Chamber to “family room” to better accommodate the changing demographics of the House.
On March 24, 2016 Moore introduced the bill that would eliminate the federal tax on certain baby products.