Rob Fleming

Rob Fleming (born November 11, 1971) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2005 provincial election, defeating the one-term Liberal Party incumbent, Sheila Orr. Initially representing Victoria-Hillside, he was re-elected in subsequent elections in the renamed constituency of Victoria-Swan Lake. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), he was named to the cabinet of British Columbia in July 2017 as Minister of Education, before assuming his current post as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure in November 2020. Prior to entering provincial politics, he was a city councillor in Victoria, British Columbia from 1999 to 2005.

In the 38th Parliament Fleming was the New Democrat critic for Advanced Education, sat on the Select Standing Committee on Education, and introduced two education-related private member bills: the ''Private Post-Secondary Accountability and Student Protection Act, 2007'' and the ''Restoring Credibility to Universities Act, 2008''. He was also assigned to the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts and introduced the ''Payday Lending Act, 2006'' which sought to regulate the conditions of payday loans and led to the government adopting the ''Business Practices and Consumer Protection (Payday Loans) Amendment Act'' a year later.

In the 39th Parliament Fleming became the NDP's environment critic. He introduced the ''Cosmetic Pesticide and Carcinogen Control Act'' and sat on the subsequent Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides which investigated potential bans or regulations on pesticides used for cosmetic purposes. Fleming also introduced the ''Species at Risk Protection Act'', after the government delayed a promise to review its species-at-risk legislation, and the ''Sustainable Development Indicators and Reporting Act, 2011'' which sought to create a Sustainable Development Board to report on provincial sustainability-related indicators. Fleming sat on the Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives which considered the petition seeking the repeal of the Harmonized Sales Tax.

In the 40th Parliament Fleming was appointed to be the NDP's education critic. He introduced the private member bill ''Youth Voter Registration Act'' that would have allowed provisional voter registration of people between the ages of 16 and 18, a measure that was later adopted in 2019. Provided by Wikipedia