Provencher: Public Safety Minister Toews

Public Safety Minister Toews: Provencher MP Vic Toews will resign effective Tuesday, according to a statement released by Toews today. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "It takes a great deal of deliberation on the part of those who decide to enter politics," Toews said in the statement. "It takes an even greater amount of consideration and effort to step out of office when one still enjoys the support of those who elected them. Vic Toews has been the MP for Provencher since 2000. The statement says Public Safety Minister Toews is to pursue interests in the private sector. Toews timeline Sept. 10, 1952 born in Paraguay 1976 Receives law degree from University of Manitoba and following year becomes a Manitoba Crown attorney. 1995 Wins a seat in the Manitoba legislature as a Progressive Conservative in the constituency of Rossmere. Serves in the Filmon cabinet first as minister of labour and later as attorney general and minister responsible for constitutional affairs. 1999 Defeated in Rossmere in the September election as the NDP comes to power. 2000 Elected as a member of the Canadian Alliance to represent the riding of Provencher in the House of Commons. Becomes justice critic. 2005 Toews is charged with violating Manitobas Election Finances Act in the 1999 provincial election. He pleaded guilty to spending more than the allowable limit and was fined $500. 2006 Conservatives under Stephen Harper form minority government. Toews is named minister of justice and attorney general as well as regional minister for Manitoba. 2007 Toews is appointed as treasury board minister, after just 11 months in the justice portfolio, where he earned a reputation as a hardliner on law-and-order issues. 2010 Toews becomes Public Safety Minister in January of that year, a position he now holds. 2012 Introduces Bill C-30, which would have allowed police expanded powers and mandate that Internet service providers provide subscriber information and reveal information transmitted over their networks without a warrant. In response to criticisms to the bill, Toews says people can either stand with us or with the child pornographers. After howls of protest from the public, the government scraps the bill, but not before Toews is targeted by an anonymous Twitter account that posts information about Toews divorce proceedings. July 8, 2013 Announces his retirement from politics. Related Items Articles Retirement of Toews unlikely to herald law-and-order policy shift: analysts Columns Who will replace Vic Toews as Manitoba's regional minister? Reports of Toews' exit premature? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.