Mr. Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre)
Biography
Borys Wrzesnewskyj was first elected in June 2004 and was re-elected in January 2006 and in October 2008.
During the last session of Parliament, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj was Vice-Chair of the Caucus Committee on Justice. He has previously served as a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Standing Committees on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the Special Liberal Caucus Committees on Immigration and Global Affairs. He has also served on the Standing Committee on Transport.
A native of Etobicoke, the son and grandson of Ukrainian and Polish immigrants, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj is the current president and owner of both the Future Bakery and M-C Dairy, which are well-established, innovative businesses headquartered in Etobicoke. The Future Bakery, founded by his grandparents, employs more than 80 people today.
Through Future Bakery, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj was one of the original sponsors of the Out of the Cold program to aid the homeless.
Throughout the recent crisis in Ukraine, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj worked tirelessly to reach all-party consensus in Canada’s Parliament to support the struggle for democracy in Ukraine. Mr. Wrzesnewskyj spearheaded a unanimously accepted House of Commons motion on October 26, an emergency debate on November 24, and another unanimously accepted motion on November 25. He was instrumental in securing the Government of Canada’s commitment to send 500 election observers to Ukraine for the December 2004 Presidential election.
Mr. Wrzesnewskyj has a bachelor of commerce from Trinity College and the University of Toronto. He is conversant in French, Polish, Spanish and Ukrainian.
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