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'''John Baird''' is a [[Canadian]] politician, and is the Foreign Affairs Minister for Canada. He has served as a Member of the Ontario House of Assembly and is now currently a federal Member of Parliament.

'''John Baird''' is a former [[Canadian]] politician. He was the Foreign Affairs Minister for Canada in the Harper government. He served as a Member of the Ontario House of Assembly and subsequently as a federal Member of Parliament.

==Political experience==

==Political experience==

Baird is a [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] Member of Parliament for the riding of [[Ottawa]] West-Nepean in 2006 and appointed to the Privy Council as President of the Treasury Board in Canadian [[Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]]'s first cabinet.  

Baird is a [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] Member of Parliament for the riding of [[Ottawa]] West-Nepean in 2006 and appointed to the Privy Council as President of the Treasury Board in Canadian [[Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]]'s first cabinet.  

As President of the Treasury Board, he steered and created the Canadian Federal Accountability Act (anti-corruption legislation). On January 4, 2007, he became Minister of the [[Environment]] and was later succeeded in that role by Jim Prentice. He currently serves as Minister of Transport in the Canadian government.

As President of the Treasury Board, he steered and created the Canadian Federal Accountability Act (anti-corruption legislation). On January 4, 2007, he became Minister of the [[Environment]] and was later succeeded in that role by Jim Prentice. He also served as Minister of Transport and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Canadian government.

 

He retired from politics in 2015.

==Personal==

==Personal==