Good for Gary Goodyear, my local MP, who was appointed Minister of State for Science and Technology. I was hoping he would get into cabinet as he deserved it. Goodyear was the first Conservative to win in the tri-city area (Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge) in 2004. By being a strong representative for the area (I am thinking about his regular appearances on AM 570) he helped win the Kitchener-Constego for Harold Albrecht in 2006 and then in 2008 it became a clean sweep as the Conservatives won Kitchener Centre and Kitchener-Waterloo as well. All this while winning 48.66% of the vote in Cambridge. Congratulations!
It makes sense for a Minister of State for Science and Technology to come from this area as well. Waterloo is a science and technology centre with may innovative companies as well as the research being conducted at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University (it just so happens that I went to both of those schools) as well as at the University of Guelph and the Unversity of Western Ontario, just 30 minutes and 60 minutes down the road, respectively.
It gets me to wondering how good Mr Goodyears french is.
