Our Minister

The Honourable Peter Van Loan

Minister of Public Safety, Representative of York-Simcoe (Ontario)

Peter Van Loan was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004 and re elected in 2006 and 2008. Mr. Van Loan was appointed President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister for Sport in November 2006, and was named Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform in January 2007.

Prior to entering public life, Mr. Van Loan worked as partner and chair of the Planning and Development Law Group with the national law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. He has also been an adjunct professor of planning at the University of Toronto.

Mr. Van Loan has also been active in the community, serving as a member of the Georgina Economic Development Committee, a former executive member of the Canadian Bar Association - Ontario, Municipal Section, and a member of the Ontario Brownfields Advisory Panel.

Mr. Van Loan obtained a Master of Science in planning and a Master of Arts in international relations from the University of Toronto and a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. He is married to Cheryl.