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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
|name             = Steven Blaney
|honorific-suffix = [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]
|image            = Steven Blaney 2014-11-11.jpg
|office1          = [[Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness]]
|primeminister1 = [[Stephen Harper]]
|term_start1      = July 15, 2013
|term_end1        = November 4, 2015
|predecessor1     = [[Vic Toews]]
|successor1       = [[Ralph Goodale]]
|office2 = [[Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Veterans Affairs]]
|primeminister2 = Stephen Harper
|term_start2 = May 18, 2011
|term_end2 = July 15, 2013
|predecessor2 = [[Jean-Pierre Blackburn]]
|successor2 = [[Julian Fantino]]
|office3          = [[Minister responsible for Official Languages (Canada)|Chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages]]
|primeminister3   = Stephen Harper
|term_start3      = May 31, 2007
|term_end3        = June 20, 2011
|predecessor3     = [[Guy Lauzon]]
|successor3       = [[Michael Chong]]
|constituency_MP4 = [[Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis]]<br />{{small|([[Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis|Lévis—Bellechasse]]; 2006–2015)}}
|parliament4      = Canadian
|term_start4      = January 23, 2006
|term_end4        = September 20, 2021
|predecessor4     = [[Réal Lapierre]]
|successor4       = [[Dominique Vien]]
|birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1965|4|8}}
|birth_place      = [[Sherbrooke, Quebec]], Canada
|death_date       =
|death_place      =
|party            = [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] {{small|(Federal)}} <br /> [[Coalition Avenir Quebec|CAQ]] {{small|(Provincial)}}
|residence        = [[Saint-Rédempteur, Quebec|Saint-Rédempteur]] ([[Lévis, Quebec]])
|spouse           = Marie Bouchard
|alma_mater       = [[Université du Québec à Montréal|University of Quebec, Montreal]]<br />[[Université de Sherbrooke|University of Sherbrooke]]
|signature        = Steven Blaney Signature.jpg
}}
'''Steven Blaney''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born April 8, 1965) is a Canadian businessman and [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] politician. He served as the [[Public Safety Canada|Minister of Public Safety Canada]] (July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015) and previously as the [[Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Veterans Affairs]] and Minister of State for La Francophonie in the cabinet of Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] (May 18, 2011 – July 14, 2013). He has represented the Québec riding of [[Lévis—Bellechasse]] in the Canadian House of Commons since the 2006 federal election. Despite his anglophone-sounding name, Blaney is a [[Francophone]]. He was reelected in the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 election]]. In 2017, he unsuccessfully ran for Conservative party leader.

==Early life==
Blaney was born in [[Sherbrooke, Quebec]], and was raised in [[Sainte-Marie, Quebec|Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce]]. Today, he lives in [[Lévis, Quebec|Lévis]] along with his wife, Marie Bouchard, and his two children, William-Antoine and Alexandra.<ref name="officialwebsite">[http://www.stevenblaney.ca/?page_id=2&lang=en "Biography"], Steven Blaney – Official Website</ref>
For 15 years, he worked in Quebec's engineering sector, in water purification and energy efficiency. Blaney started up two companies specializing in environmental technology and carried out many environmental projects.<ref>http://www.engineerscanada.ca/e/files/engineeringonthehill_issue_09.pdf{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>
Blaney was an active member of ''Réseau Environnement'',{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} Canada's largest group of environmental professionals; he presided over the organization's Québec-Chaudière-Appalaches chapter between 2003 and 2006.<ref name="officialwebsite" />

==Political career==

===Provincial politics===
Blaney entered politics during the [[1998 Quebec general election|Quebec general elections of 1998]]; he was a candidate of the [[Action démocratique du Québec]] in the provincial electoral district of [[Beauce-Nord]]. Blaney arrived in third place, behind Normand Poulin (PLQ) and Gaston Gourde (PQ), collecting 14.42% of the votes.<ref>[http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=308&a=a 1998 Québec General Elections- Results: District Beauce-Nord]</ref>

===Federal politics===
Following many years of activity with the Conservative Party in Quebec, Blaney decided to run for the first time for a seat at the House of Commons during the 2006 federal elections in the riding of Lévis-Bellechasse. He successfully defeated Bloc Québécois incumbent [[Réal Lapierre]] with 46.40% of the votes.<ref name="federalridinghistory">[http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=1390&Search=Det History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Lévis-Bellechasse]</ref> Blaney joined nine other Quebec MPs in Ottawa, following the Conservative Party breakthrough in Quebec that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/conservatives-make-breakthrough-in-quebec-bloc-wins-51-seats-1.586146|title=Conservatives make breakthrough in Quebec; Bloc wins 51 seats|publisher=CBC News|date=January 24, 2006|access-date=May 11, 2018}}</ref>

After his victory in 2006, Blaney was appointed vice-president of the Quebec Conservative caucus. On May 31, 2007, he was selected as Chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages; a position that he held till September 2010.<ref>[http://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/ProfileMP.aspx?Key=78459&SubSubject=1003&Language=F Member of Parliament Profile- Steven Blaney]</ref>

Moreover, he joined various other committees, ranging from Indian Affairs to Industry, Science and Technology, including the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee.<ref>''Idem.''</ref> In January 2006, Blaney visited Canadian soldiers in Kandahar as part of a trip organized by the Standing Committee on National Defence for its members. He is also vice-chair of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association.

After his reelection in 2008, Blaney became the new President of the Quebec Conservative caucus.<ref name="officialwebsite"/> Furthermore, he promised to offset the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from his activities through tree planting, in cooperation with Tree Canada and the ''Comité de restauration de la rivière Etchemin'', thus becoming the first [[carbon neutrality|carbon neutral]] MP.<ref>''Idem''.</ref>

On May 2, 2011, Blaney was re-elected for a third mandate as representative of Lévis-Bellechasse at the House of Commons earning 43.95% of the votes, beating the NDP candidate with more than 10% of the votes, receiving 1065 more votes than during the 2008 election.<ref name="federalridinghistory"/>

====Minister of Veterans Affairs ====
[[File:Steven Blaney at Halifax International Security Forum.jpg|thumb|Steven Blaney at [[Halifax International Security Forum]] 2014]]
On May 18, 2011, Blaney was appointed to the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He assumed the position of Minister of Veterans Affairs taking over this role from [[Jean-Pierre Blackburn]], who was defeated in the May 2 election. Blaney also sits as a member of the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and the Cabinet Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence.
Blaney carried on the policies launched by his two conservative predecessors. During the summer following the elections, Blaney announced regulatory changes to the Enhanced Veterans Charter Act to revamp the pension system that was set up following World War I and World War II.<ref>[http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/department/press/back_ground/enhanced-nvc-background Backgrounder NVC]</ref> The New Veterans Charter (NVC) was designed to provide Veterans with the support they required to successfully transition from military to civilian life.

As Minister of Veterans Affairs, Blaney can be credited for improving the benefits and services for Veterans suffering from severe diagnosed medical conditions or/and disabilities. He also launched the Helmet to Hardhats Program which assists many former Canadian Forces members to find well-paid jobs in the construction sector.<ref>[http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=4561 Helmets to Hardhats announcement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808101404/http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=4561 |date=2012-08-08 }}</ref>
Preoccupied by the modernization of Veterans Affairs Canada, Blaney initiated the Cutting Red Tape for Veterans initiative<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/department/press/viewrelease/1346 |title=Cutting Red Tape for Veterans – news release |access-date=2012-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408072519/http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/department/press/viewrelease/1346 |archive-date=2012-04-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> aimed at simplifying administrative processes for Veterans and at making all of Veterans Affairs Canada's forms and decisions comprehensible for all.

In March 2011, Blaney told a meeting of seniors, "Et rappelez-vous, le ciel est bleu, l'enfer est rouge!" (And remember—Heaven is blue, Hell is red!), referring to the colours of the Conservative and [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] parties. The slogan was used by the government of [[Maurice Duplessis]] in the mid-20th century during the period of church-state collaboration in Quebec known as the [[Grande Noirceur]]<ref>Martin, Stéphanie. [https://www.lesoleil.com/2011/03/24/le-ciel-est-bleu-lenfer-est-rouge-lance-blaney-aux-aines-a98d90a5d4ac0c0317549a8b8edb15b7 "«Le ciel est bleu, l'enfer est rouge!» lance Blaney aux aînés."] ''[[Le Soleil (Quebec)|Le Soleil]]'' (Quebec City), 24 March 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2023.</ref> and even before in the 1850s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bernier Arcand |first=Philippe |date=2018 |title=Bleu, histoire d'une couleur politique |url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/hq/2018-v23-n4-hq03653/88141ac/ |journal=Histoire Québec |language=fr |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=15–17 |issn=1201-4710}}</ref>

====Minister of Public Safety ====
[[File:Canadian Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Steven Blaney meets with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.jpg|thumb|Canadian Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Steven Blaney meets with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security [[Jeh Johnson]]]]
[[File:Canadian Minister of National Defence & MP for Niagara Falls Nicholson (R), Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Blaney (C) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas on the Ontario side of Peace Bridge.jpg|thumb|Canadian Minister of National Defence & MP for Niagara Falls [[Rob Nicholson]] (R), Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Steven Blaney (C) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security [[Alejandro Mayorkas]] on the [[Ontario]] side of [[Peace Bridge]]]]
On July 15, 2013, Blaney assumed the position of Minister of Public Safety, taking over this role from [[Vic Toews]] who announced his retirement on July 9, 2013. The announcement of the appointment was made during Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2013 Cabinet shuffle.

On August 13, 2013, in response to a brief from [[Dennis Edney]] arguing that [[Omar Khadr]] should be held in a youth facility not an adult prison, because he was a minor when the crimes he was convicted of occurred, Blaney asserted that the  Harper government would fight to keep Khadr in adult prisoner for the full term of his sentence.<ref name=Cbc2013-08-13>
{{cite news
| url         = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/omar-khadr-held-illegally-in-federal-prison-lawyer-argues-1.1347510
| title       = Omar Khadr held illegally in federal prison, lawyer argues: 8-year sentence called unlawful
| publisher   = [[CBC News]]
| date        = 2013-08-13
| archive-date = 2013-08-14
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130814083015/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/13/edmonton-omar-khadr-detention-illegal.html
| url-status     = live
| quote       = “Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to very serious crimes, including the murder of American army medic Sgt. Christopher Speer," he said. "The government of Canada will vigorously defend against any attempted court action to lessen his punishment for these crimes."
}}
</ref>

On January 30, 2015, Steven Blaney introduced Bill C-51, the [[Anti-terrorism Act, 2015]].  This bill was tabled in response to jihadist terrorist attacks on Canada, namely the [[2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack]] and the [[2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa]].

The Bill has 6 key elements, namely:

* Creating a criminal offence for the advocacy or promotion of terrorism,
* Allow judges to issue seizure orders for terrorist propaganda,
* Allow CSIS to engage in threat disruption,
* Enhance the [[Passenger Protect]] Program to stop known terrorists from boarding planes,
* Lower the threshold for obtaining terrorism-related [[peace bond]], and
* Enable the sharing of national security information across relevant agencies

Notably, during the debate on this legislation, Blaney said “the important point that often seems to be forgotten around this place, that it is the jihadis who represent a threat, not our police officers and those protecting us”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Pub=Hansard&Doc=174&Parl=41&Ses=2&Language=E&Mode=1#8583180|title = Debates (Hansard) No. 174 - February 18, 2015 (41-2) - House of Commons of Canada}}</ref>

The legislation received [[Royal Assent]] on June 18, 2015.

On October 7, 2014, Steven Blaney introduced Bill C-42, the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act.  There were eight measures designed to make Canada's [[firearms]] laws more safe and sensible.  These measures included:

* A six-month grace period at the end of the five-year licence period to stop people from immediately becoming criminalized for paperwork delays around license renewals;
* Streamline the licensing system by eliminating the Possession Only Licence (POL) and converting all existing POLs to [[Possession and Acquisition Licence]]s (PALs);
* Make classroom participation in firearms safety training mandatory for first-time licence applicants;
* Amend the Criminal Code to strengthen the provisions relating to orders prohibiting the possession of firearms where a person is convicted of an offence involving domestic violence;
* End needless paperwork around Authorizations to Transport by making them a condition of a licence for certain routine and lawful activities;
* Provide for the discretionary authority of [[Chief Firearms Officers]] to be subject to limit by regulation;
* Authorize firearms import information sharing when restricted and prohibited firearms are imported into Canada by businesses; and,
* Allow the Government to have the final say on classification decisions, following the receipt of independent expert advice.

These measures were supported by hunting and outdoors groups from across the country, such as the [[Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters]].  They were also supported by many frontline law enforcement officers.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

====Opposition====
He was re-elected in the 2015 election. On October 14, 2016, Blaney announced that he was running for the [[2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election|leadership]] of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Steven Blaney kicks off Conservative leadership campaign with proposed niqab ban|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/steven-blaney-conservative-leadership-niqab-ban-1.3818673|author=John Paul Tasker|publisher=CBC News|date=Oct 24, 2016|access-date=Oct 24, 2016}}</ref> though he eventually lost to [[Andrew Scheer]]. Blaney came 9th out of 14 candidates. During his leadership campaign, he ran on supporting the ban on wearing the [[niqab]] while voting, taking the citizenship oath, or by federal public servants,<ref name="Who's running for the Conservative leadership? Read the list of candidates">{{cite news|author1=Annett, Evan|author2=Alam, Mayaz|title=Who's running for the Conservative leadership? Read the list of candidates|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/conservative-leadership-candidates-list/article33632355/?reqid=382d783f-73ce-47f8-a265-7f9bfde64a87|publisher=The Globe and Mail|date=January 17, 2017|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref> even if such a ban would require invoking the [[Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|notwithstanding clause of the Constitution]] in order to override the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|Charter of Rights and Freedoms]].<ref name=blan>{{cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3021779/conservative-stephen-blaney-niqab-ban/|title=Conservative leadership contender Steven Blaney reignites niqab ban debate|first=Amy|last=Minsky|work=globalnews.ca|access-date=October 25, 2016}}</ref> He also advocates testing of would-be citizens on "their understanding and appreciation of Canada's core principles."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/we-have-a-canadian-way-of-living-tory-leadership-candidate-steven-blaney-resurrects-niqab-debate|title='We have a Canadian way of living': Tory leadership candidate Steven Blaney resurrects niqab debate|work=nationalpost.com|access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

==Electoral record==

===Federal===
{{2019 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Steven Blaney|31,872|50.92|+7.17|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jacques Turgeon|12,961|20.71|+14.89|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jean-Luc Daigle|8,516|13.6|-20.21|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|[[Antoine Dubé]]|7,217|11.53|-3.36|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|André Bélisle|2,032|3.25|+1.71|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|62,598|100.0|&nbsp;|$234,497.01}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|824|0.89|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|63,422|68.62|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|92,420}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative|+13.7}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=24010&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=QC&PROVID=24&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, 30 September 2015]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |title=Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates |access-date=2018-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045200/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|2011|Lévis—Bellechasse|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Steven Blaney|25,850 |43.95|-1.95 |$85,522.71}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Nicole Laliberté |19,890  |33.81|+22.97|$336.36}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Danielle-Maude Gosselin |8,757 |14.89|-10.57 |$44,495.06}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Francis Laforesterie |3,421 |5.82|-9.24|$16,904.21}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Sacha Dougé |903|1.54|-1.00 |<small>''none listed''</small>}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|58,821|100.0 &nbsp;|&nbsp;|$94.740.90}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|808 | 1.36|-0.19}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout| 59,629|65.88|+3.43}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|90,515}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative|-12.46}}
{{CANelec/source|source=Sources:<ref>[http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ovr2011/default.html Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011]</ref><ref>[http://www.elections.ca/WPAPPS/WPF/EN/CC/SelectSearchOptions?act=C2&eventid=34&returntype=1 Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election]</ref>}}
{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|2008|Lévis—Bellechasse|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Steven Blaney|24,785|45.90|-0.50  | $66,280.10}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Guy Bergeron|13,747|25.46|-3.56 | $18,536.02}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Pauline Côté  |8,130|15.06|+6.87 | $14,138.27}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Gabriel Biron |5,856|10.84|+6.21|<small>''none listed''</small>}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Lynne Champoux-Williams |1,370|2.54|-1.56|<small>''none listed''</small>}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Normand Fournier |113|0.21|&ndash;|<small>''none listed''</small>}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|54,001|100.0 &nbsp;|&nbsp;| $90,335}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|848|1.55|+0.57}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|54,849|62.45|-3.47}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|87,830}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative|+1.53}}
{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|2006|Lévis—Bellechasse|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Steven Blaney|25,940|46.40|+27.35| $59,351.14}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Réal Lapierre|16,223|29.02|-15.31 | $61,706.32}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Shirley Baril|4,581|8.19|-19.43| $9,831.42}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Normand Cadrin|4,275|7.65|&ndash;| $15,519.63}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Éric Boucher|2,590|4.63|+0.77 | $868.27}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Mathieu Castonguay|2,293|4.10|-0.69| $3,066.75}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|55,902| 100.0 &nbsp;|&nbsp;| $83,486}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|551|0.98|-1.24}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|56,453|65.92| }}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|85,635}}
{{CANelec/gain|CA|Conservative|BQ|+21.33}}
{{end}}

===Provincial===
{{Canadian election result/top|QC|1998|Beauce-Nord|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|QC|Liberal|[[Normand Poulin]]|12,137 |46.39|+0.58}}
{{CANelec|QC|PQ|[[Gaston Gourde]]|10,126 |38.70|-6.85}}
{{CANelec|QC|ADQ|Steven Blaney|3,772 |14.42|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|QC|PDS|Serge Foisy|127 |0.49|-5.62}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 26,162 | 100.00 |&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/hold|QC|Liberal|+3.72}}
{{end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.stevenblaney.ca/ Steven Blaney MP] official site
*{{Canadian Parliament links| parliament = 170274 | parlinfo = 7046 | openparl = steven-blaney}}

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