Brian Tobin
Brian Vincent Tobin ( born October 21, 1954 in Stephenville, Newfoundland ) is a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party and was, among others, between 1996 and 2000 Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Life
Tobin began his political career in federal politics in 1980 with the first elected as a member of the Canadian House of Commons. There he took after re- election in 1984, 1988 and 1993 to 1996 the constituency of St. Barbe- Baie Verte in Newfoundland.
In the liberal governments of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and John Turner, he was between 1981 and 1984 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
After the Liberal Party 1984 election defeat suffered, he took over duties in opposition and was initially 1984-1987 Opposition spokesman for forestry and Vice Speaker for transport. He then spent a year as Opposition spokesman for regional industrial expansion and privatization before it was 1988-1990 Chairman of the Liberal Party Committee and at the same time 1989-1990 opposition spokesman on transport. After that, he was between 1990 and 1992 opposition spokesman on employment and also in 1992 Chairman of the Communications Committee of the Liberal Party Committee. As a member of the " Rat Pack ", a group within the Liberal Party to Don Boudria, John Nunziata and Sheila Copps, he was among the leading arms of the party.
After the electoral victory of the Liberals, he was appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed Minister of Fisheries and Oceans in November 1993 and held that office until January 1996. As a minister, he prevented a bill imposing a user fee system in the Canadian Atlantic Ocean, which would have made the coastal fishermen. In 1987 he forced the debate on this legislative initiative Reset and wore now help to completely abandon this idea. At the time he issued some moratoria on fishing in the Atlantic Ocean: In addition to the prevention of two U.S. trawlers off the east coast of Canada, he also introduced a licensing fee for U.S. vessels in Canadian waters. In 1994, he announced to the United Nations that Canada foreign fishing vessels would also confiscate outside the Exclusive Economic Zone (200 nautical miles ). During the subsequent Butt -called war confrontation a Spanish trawler was fixed. Tobin's threat to expand this campaign, when ships from the European Union would not stop fishing for turbot, led to an agreement with the EU.
On 26 January 1996 he was appointed as successor to Clyde Wells Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and has held this function more than four years until his resignation on 16 October 2000.
Then he returned to the federal government and was until 2002 Industry Minister in the government of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.