Costas Menegakis
- Family
- Married, two children, two grandchildren
- Education
- Degree in Business from Concordia University’s Faculty of Commerce
- Career
- Worked in senior corporate management, founded a marketing company providing logistics services
- Political Experience
- MP for Richmond Hill 2011-2015, MP for Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill 2025-, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2013)
- Notable
- Lives in the Oak Ridges area of Richmond Hill, Ontario
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering federal politics, Costas Menegakis had a career in the private sector. He was reportedly a senior executive at the food service company Pizza Pizza Ltd. for many years. He also served as president of Tilwood Inc., a national distribution company. Additionally, he is reported to have founded his own business management consulting firm.
Key Relationships & Connections
During the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Menegakis was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. In this role, he worked closely with the minister at the time, Chris Alexander. He has also been associated with the Hellenic community in Canada, serving as chair of the National Council of the Hellenic Canadian Congress.
Public Controversies
In 2012, it was reported that Elections Canada was reviewing Costas Menegakis's 2011 election campaign expenses. The review focused on whether his campaign had exceeded the legal spending limit, with questions raised about the costs associated with automated phone calls, or "robo-calls". In 2015, Menegakis faced criticism for sending partisan mailings to constituents that were designed to look like official government notices regarding the Universal Child Care Benefit. Opposition parties and critics argued that the mailings improperly used parliamentary resources for partisan advertising.
Where Costas falls on key policy spectrums
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Leah Taylor Roy won with 26,590 votes (42.8%)
Total votes cast: 62,169
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Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, the Liberal asylum system is a dumpster fire. The minister told Canadians the government stopped paying for asylum seekers' accommodations, but it is now simply bankrolling municipalities to do that for it. The Parliamentary Budget Officer has found that nearly 74,000 failed asylum claimants are also still receiving luxury health benefits. After a year, the's
Mr. Speaker, it is a little rich for the Liberal government to be talking down a very important motion like the one we are putting through today, which would, of course, eliminate all taxes on fuel and all taxes on gas for the entire year, especially given the fact that the government has created the highest housing costs in the history of the country. The government has the highest fuel and gas
minister Mr. Speaker, thehighlighted three areas that are very important to Canadian families, which are housing costs, food prices and gas prices. He has been sitting around the cabinet table since 2017. This is his ninth year. Here is where we are nine years later. Nine years later, we have the highest cost of housing in the country. We have high food prices. In all of the G7 countries, Canada
Mr. Speaker, we just came back from two weeks in our constituencies, where we had the opportunity to meet with the people we represent. In my riding of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, I heard story after story of families and small businesses that are struggling. I wonder if the member could share with us what she heard in her riding at the other end of the country. I represent a riding in
Mr. Speaker, the member has been sitting here since 2015. He stands up in his speech touting the Right Hon. Justin Trudeau's record as if it were an accomplishment. Here is where we are today. We have the highest housing prices in the history of our country, Canada is the worst country in the G7 for food affordability and gas prices are astronomically high, but he has the audacity to stand there
Mr. Speaker, any time we make a very thorough and good explanation and ask questions of the government, we hear the Liberals get up and go back to 15 years ago, 10 years ago, and refer to other places, other governments and other prime ministers. Does the member think that is an effective or responsible way for our government to respond to members of the opposition, when we have a right in the