Evan Solomon
- Born
- April 20, 1968 — Toronto, Ontario
- Family
- Married to Tammy Quinn, two children
- Education
- Graduated from high school at Crescent School in Toronto, Ontario. Graduated from McGill University in English literature and religious studies.
- Career
- Host of The Evan Solomon Show on CFRB, writer for Maclean's magazine, host of CTV's Power Play and Question Period, publisher of GZERO Media, host for CBC News shows.
- Political Experience
- Elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto Centre in the April 2025 election, minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation since May 2025.
- Notable
- Fired from CBC in 2015 for allegedly taking secret commissions for brokering art sales.
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Madam Speaker, we all know that we are in a very challenging trade war. That is why the thing to do is build major projects and create jobs. That is exactly what we are doing. At Darlington, we are building North America's first grid-scale small modular reactors, with 18,000 construction jobs and 3,700 energy jobs. In Pickering, we are rebuilding the nuclear plant, with 30,000-plus jobs. East of
Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his remarkable advocacy for young people. In our new AI national strategy, which is based on trust, opportunity and sovereign control, we are investing in jobs and opportunities for young people. That is why we just launched our new free bilingual AI national literacy course for a million students and 50,000 teachers. I would encourage
Madam Speaker, if the Conservatives really cared about affordability, they would actually vote for affordability measures. We just took the excise tax off gas. The PBO says that is going to save the average family $276 a year. We just launched a heat pump program that will save an average family $1,400 a year. Will the Conservatives support that? No. Do they support child care? No. Do they
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. First of all, I want to point out that the projects of this government have supported Quebec, as we saw with Churchill, the largest clean-energy infrastructure project in North America, which benefited Quebec. This is absolutely critical. To the member's question, and it is a good question, as the member knows, we sell oil now to the United
building Canada strong act Madam Speaker, it is a great honour to stand here today with my hon. colleagues in the House as we turn our attention to the proposed, a bill, as we know, that would modernize regulatory reviews of major projects in this country and eliminate costly delays and uncertainty for proponents while ensuring that the rights and interests of indigenous peoples are upheld and
Mr. Speaker, instead of talking down the country and instead of talking down projects, they have to build it up. This pipeline is going to provide tens of thousands of jobs and Canadian steel. We are talking about supporting jobs in Hamilton in steel. Why do the hon. members not support Hooper Welding in Hamilton, which employs 100 people? They are making steel. In Peterborough, Kawartha Metals
Madam Speaker, we know that delays have made Canada in some ways less competitive. The purpose of this bill is to have one project, one review, one year. This would give certainty to investors, get projects built and make Canada more competitive.
Madam Speaker, that was a great question, and I would welcome the hon. member's support as we build great transportation projects like high-speed rail. If he wants to help expedite those kinds of things, I would be more than delighted to welcome him and his support to move some of the major projects in transportation forward. We will count on his support. I look forward to the foreshadowing of
Mr. Speaker, we are defending Canada's steel industry. We are defending the auto industry. We are investing in businesses, including in the member's riding. We have delivered $7.5 billion in support to businesses and workers across the country, including steel companies. I was at Daybar, which uses Hamilton steel for doors and frames that it can export, and there are many other companies. The
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his advocacy and his great work. Our AI for all strategy is based on three pillars: trust, opportunity and sovereign control. To trust, young Canadians need to know how to use AI, and they need to create the opportunities to use it safely. That is why I am so happy to announce that we have launched Canada's AI essentials national literacy program for
Mr. Speaker, in the middle of this very difficult trade war, we are supporting Canadians and we are fighting for affordability. That is why we cut taxes for 22 million Canadians. That is why we have the groceries and essentials benefit: to make sure that families in my riding and in the member's riding have an affordable way to feed their families. That is why we are building affordable homes.