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{{Infobox CanadianMP
| honorific-prefix = <small>The Honourable</small><br>
| name             = Gary Goodyear
| honorific-suffix = <br><small>Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Member of Parliament</small>
| image            = Gary_GoodyearMP.jpg
| imagesize        = 145px
| riding           = Cambridge (electoral district)
| parliament       = Canadian
| term_start       = Canadian federal election, 2004
| term_end         =
| predecessor      = Janko Peric
| successor        = 
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1958|03|10}}
| birth_place      = Cambridge, Ontario, Ontario
| death_date       =
| death_place      =
| party            = Conservative Party of Canada
| spouse           = Valerie Goodyear
| residence        = Cambridge, Ontario
| profession       = [[Chiropractor]]
| footnotes        =
}}

'''Dr. Gary T. Goodyear''', Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Member of the Canadian House of Commons (born March 10, 1958 in Cambridge, Ontario, Ontario) is a Canadian politician.  He is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, having been elected to represent the electoral district (Canada) of Cambridge (electoral district) as a Conservative Party of Canada in 2004. On October 30, 2008 he was named Minister of State (Canada) for Science and Technology within Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper's Cabinet of Canada.<ref>http://www.pm.gc.ca/grfx/docs/cabinet.pdf</ref>

== Education and chiropractic career ==
Goodyear was raised and educated in Cambridge.  After high school he attended the University of Waterloo, studying in [[Biomechanics]] and [[Psychology]], but left without completing a degree.  

He afterwards attended the [[Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College]], where he graduated cum laude, was class president, and valedictorian.  Goodyear then received a [[fellow]]ship in [[sports injuries|sports injury]]<ref>[http://www.ccachiro.org/client/cca/cca.nsf/web/8F61DEB136CC814B85256FDD004DFCFD?OpenDocument#College%20of%20Chiropractic%20Sports%20Sc Specialty Colleges<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. He started his full-time practice in Cambridge, Ontario in 1984 where he was Clinic Director, Director of Patient Services and Past President of Future Recovery Canada. He was a co-designer of the three year Postgraduate education Sports Fellowship Program. He also co-authored “Practice Guidelines” and was Public Relations Director and Past President for the [[College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences]] in Toronto <ref>[http://www.ccachiro.org/client/cca/cca.nsf/web/Review+Group!OpenDocument Review Group<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. He was also the health columnist for the ''Cambridge Times'' newspaper from 1986 to 1996, and has taught at the [[Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College]] and the University of Waterloo.

==Political career==
In the Canadian federal election, 2004, Goodyear defeated incumbent Liberal Party of Canada Janko Peric by 224 votes (as confirmed on recount) to win the Cambridge (electoral district) riding.  After the election, Goodyear was named Ontario Chair of the Conservative Party caucus.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.therecord.com/fed_election2006/fed_election2006_06011882944.html
|title=Battle for Cambridge's votes
|publisher=The Record
|accessdate=2008-05-30
|last=Pink
|first=Dave
}}
</ref> He was re-elected in 2006 with the endorsement of Vote Marriage Canada, and was also endorsed by the Canadian Islamic Congress receiving a grade of A <ref>[http://www.canadianislamiccongress.com/election2006/search.php Canadian Islamic Congress | 2006 Canadian Federal Elections<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  In 2006, he won the riding of Cambridge by almost 6,000 votes. 

After the Canadian federal election, 2006 Goodyear was elected Standing committee chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs(of which he chairs the Subcommittee on Parliament Hill Security.) In March 2008 the Procedure and House Affairs Committee ousted Goodyear by moving a motion of non-confidence in him. The committee then elected Conservative MP Joe Preston (politician) as the chair against his will, and he called no meetings before resigning from his position.  The committee currently has no chair and has not met since March 6. Jay Hill, Chief Government Whip (Canada), said he is adamant that unless the opposition is willing to meet to re-elect Mr. Goodyear as the chair and to withdraw the motion to study the In and Out scandal, there will be no Procedure and House Affairs committee meetings.<ref> 
{{cite web
|url=http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2008/may/12/legislation/&c=2
|title=Senator urges Prime Minister Harper to fill increasing Senate vacancies
|publisher=The Hill Times
|accessdate=2008-05-29
|last=Vongdouangchanh
|first=Bev
}}
</ref>
The Speaker of the House made a ruling on the events in this committee and others which stated rulings by committee chairs are being routinely overturned by majority votes, even when the rulings are procedurally sound. Such a state of affairs has led to "general lawlessness" at committees.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/346245
|title=Commons speaker decries 'anarchy' in committees
|publisher=Toronto Star
|accessdate=2008-06-06
|last=Bryden
|first=Joan
}}
</ref>
Goodyear also chairs Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure He was also named Chairman of the all-party Canada-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group.

A former campaign manager for Conservative MP Gary Goodyear admits he negotiated a lease for a campaign headquarters in 2004 that said the landlord would make a political donation to Mr. Goodyear's election bid. In a compliance agreement with the Commissioner of Canada Elections, Reg Petersen "acknowledged an act that constitutes an offence" under the Elections Act.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=18434aaa-1686-4d7b-9a2f-622a9a0ff160
|title=Tory MP's former campaign boss agrees he violated Elections Act
|publisher=The Ottawa Citizen
|accessdate=2008-05-29
|last=McGregor
|first=Glen
}}
</ref>

=== Role in Cabinet ===
Following the Conservative victory in the Canadian federal election, 2008, Goodyear was appointed to the cabinet portfolio of Minister of State for Science and Technology.

== Political Controversies ==
=== Evolution Controversy ===
In a March 2009 interview, ''The Globe and Mail'' asked Goodyear if he believed in evolution.  He responded, "I am a Christian, and I don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate."  While many scientists and educators expressed shock at this,<ref> "Science minister's coyness on evolution worries researchers", CBCnews.ca, 17 March 2009, [http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/17/tech-090317-gary-goodyear-evolution.html], {{cite news
|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090317.wgoodyear16/BNStory/National/home
|title=Science minister won't confirm belief in evolution
|date=March 17, 2009
|publisher=The Globe and Mail
|first=Anne|last=McIlroy}}</ref> others defended the minister, citing statistics that show a majority of Canadians believe God played a role in creation.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/03/17/jonathan-kay-on-the-globe-amp-mail-s-appalling-front-page-smear-on-religious-christians.aspx
|title=Jonathan Kay on The Globe & Mail's appalling front-page smear on religion
|date=March 17, 2009
|publisher=The National Post
|first=Jonathan|last=Kay}}</ref>  Later that day, however, Goodyear said that he believed in evolution during an interview with CTV News.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090317.wevol0317PTR/BNStory/Front/home
|title=Science minister ends evolution brouhaha
|date=March 17, 2009
|publisher=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> However, when asked to clarify this belief, he did not say that he believed that evolution is the process that created the diversity of life on Earth or that we share a common ancestor with other species. This is important since many of the labs that are funded through Goodyear's department use these model organisms on the basis that they share a common ancestor with humans.<ref>http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:dKTCK_CK3_oJ:www.iscb.org/cms_addon/conferences/ismb2008/downloads/ISMB_2008%2520presentation-CIHR.pdf+model+organism+cihr&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca</ref> Furthermore, some scientists questioned the examples of evolution he gave in the interview, suggesting they represent lifestyle adaptations rather than evolution.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090318.wgoodyear0318/BNStory/politics/home
|title=Goodyear continues to deflect questions on evolution beliefs
|date=March 18, 2009
|publisher=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>

=== Funding Cuts ===
In early 2009, Goodyear oversaw $147.9 million in funding cuts <ref>http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/science_funding</ref> for science programs, the most prominent being the lack of any funding for new projects for Genome Canada.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/Canada+puts+squeeze+science/1364117/story.html
|title=Canada puts the squeeze on science
|date=March 7, 2009
|publisher=Ottawa Citizen
|accessdate=2009-03-17
}}</ref>  Critics of the cuts, including a team of neuroscientists who lost funding, argued that when coupled with the Obama administration's increased funding for science, the cuts could produce a [[brain drain]] as researchers move to the United States and secure funding.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090311.wresearch11/BNStory/National/home
|title=Neuroscientists fear brain drain as crucial funding disappears
|date=March 11, 2009
|publisher=The Globe and Mail
|first=Anne|last=McIlroy}}</ref>

June 2009 saw Minister Goodyear recommending the SSHRC withdraw a $19,750 funding grant for a future of Israel and Palestine conference<ref>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/goodyear-questions-mideast-forum-funds/article1175909/</ref> because it was deemed by the Minister to be too anti-Israel.<ref>http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/10/01/269649.html</ref>

===Imagine Adoption Bankruptcy===
Gary Goodyear and his wife Valerie are co-owners of Constant Energy Inc. Constant Energy is a creditor in the bankruptcy of  [http://www.bdo.ca/extranets/imagineadoption/index.cfm Imagine Adoption]. [http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/16/imagine-adoption-gary-goodyears-wife-on-the-payroll-and-the-company-they-co-own-is-on-the-creditor-list/ Macleans.ca] reported Kitchener-Waterloo Record allegations that only one of the three locations rented to Imagine Adoption was used by the agency, 780 King Street East. Constant Energy Inc rented 382 Queen Street West in Cambridge to the agency. Constant Energy’s total outstanding claim at $96,000 is the first entry on the list of preferred creditors for wages/rent/etc. [http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/668297 TheStar] also reported on the issue. "He declined through his spokesperson yesterday to be interviewed or answer written questions about the company's business dealings with the agency".

==Electoral Record==
{{CanElec4|2008}}
{{CanElec4Row|Conservative|(x)Gary Goodyear|24,895|48.6%|+4.8}}
{{CanElec4Row|Liberal|Gord Zeilstra|11,977|23.4%|-10.2}}
{{CanElec4Row|NDP|Max Lombardi|10,044|19.6%|+2.7}}
{{CanElec4Row|Green|Scott Cosman|4,279|8.4%|+3.2}}
{{CanElec4Tot|Total valid votes|51,195| }}
{{CanElec4Tot|Total rejected ballots|217| }}
{{CanElec4Tot|Turnout|51,412| %}}
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{{Canadian federal election, 2006/Electoral District/Cambridge}}

{{Canadian federal election, 2004/Electoral District/Cambridge}}

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.garygoodyear.com/ Gary Goodyear]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=18543&s=M Federal Political Experience]

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