Nathan Cullen

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The Honourable
Nathan Cullen
MLA
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Minister of State for Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Assumed office
November 26, 2020
PremierJohn Horgan
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Stikine
Assumed office
October 24, 2020
Preceded byDoug Donaldson
Shadow Minister of Finance
In office
March 20, 2014 – November 19, 2015
LeaderThomas Mulcair
Preceded byPeggy Nash
Succeeded byLisa Raitt
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons
In office
April 20, 2012 – March 20, 2014
LeaderThomas Mulcair
Preceded byJoe Comartin
Succeeded byPeter Julian
Member of Parliament
for Skeena—Bulkley Valley
In office
June 28, 2004 – September 11, 2019
Preceded byAndy Burton
Succeeded byTaylor Bachrach
Personal details
Born (1972-07-13) July 13, 1972 (age 49)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political partyNew Democratic Party
Residence(s)Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
Alma materTrent University (BA)
OccupationPrivate consultant

Nathan Cullen (born July 13, 1972) is a Canadian politician. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), he is the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Stikine in British Columbia. Since 2020, he has served as the Minister of State for Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Prior to entering provincial politics, Cullen was the federal Member of Parliament for the riding of Skeena—Bulkley Valley from 2004 until 2019. He stood in the 2012 New Democratic Party leadership election, where he came in third. During the 41st Parliament, Cullen was the House Leader for the Official Opposition and then Finance critic in Thomas Mulcair's Shadow Cabinet.

Early life[]

Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Cullen worked in several countries in Central and South America, during the 1990s, on community economic development projects.[1] Cullen has described himself as a descendant of Jewish people.[2] He moved to Smithers, British Columbia in 1998 and started a private consulting business focussed on strategic planning and conflict resolution.[3] While working in Latin America, Cullen learned Spanish and named his company Maravilla Consultants after the town (the Spanish word for wonder) in Costa Rica in which he worked.[4] He has lived in Smithers since 1998.[4]

Cullen completed high school at Martingrove Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario, and graduated from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, with a BA honours in international development studies and environmental studies.[5]

Federal politics[]

38th Parliament[]

At the age of 31, in the June 2004 federal election, Cullen was elected to his first term as a Member of Parliament. He had won the NDP nomination in the Skeena—Bulkley Valley riding three months earlier against a Prince Rupert social worker.[6] In the general election, he challenged the Conservative incumbent Andy Burton, Liberal Miles Richardson who was chair of the BC Treaty Commission, Rod Taylor of the Christian Heritage Party, engineer and photographer Roger Benham of the Green Party and Marxist-Leninist Frank Martin. The election was seen as a tight three-way race between Burton, Richardson, and Cullen.[7] Cullen made support of the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling part of his campaign and a magnitude 6.7 earthquake off the Queen Charlotte Islands during the campaign helped highlight Cullen's arguments.[8] Cullen went on to defeat the Conservative incumbent Burton by a margin of 1,272 votes. Cullen was the youngest of 19 New Democratic Party candidates elected to the 38th Parliament.[9]

He became the party's national critic for youth issues, the environment and national parks. He continued to support the moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling despite Prime-Minister Paul Martin opening a cabinet level review of the moratorium; the review ended with the conclusion that lifting the moratorium was too politically divisive.[10][11]

By the end of 2004, he was voted "Favourite Up-and-Comer Rookie Politician" by fellow Members of Parliament.[12][13] He was also awarded the US Ambassador's Award as one of only two Canadian recipients. In the first half of 2005, Cullen toured western provinces with other MPs to promote a private member's bill (Bill C-261) which would lower the voting age to 16.[14] In February he made a motion in the House of Commons to "recognize the public health impacts of smog" and require improved emission standards of light duty vehicles sold in Canada, though it was not supported by the Liberal Party or Conservative Party.[15] In the fall, Cullen challenged the Minister of the Environment Stéphane Dion to take a blood test to illustrate the level of toxins present in the environment.[16][17] He also spent time lobbying the Liberal government to publicly disclose the bids for Ridley Terminal; the proposed sale of the Prince Rupert Port Authority coal loading terminals by the federal government to a private firm was criticized by opposition parties as undervaluing the facility and likely to restrict fair access by competing coal companies.[18] The sale was ultimately blocked by the Conservative Party after they won the subsequent election.[19]

39th Parliament[]

In the 2006 election, Cullen faced a strong challenge from the Conservative Party candidate and former MP Mike Scott (who had represented Skeena from 1993 to 2000).[20] Scott ran an aggressive campaign attacking the Liberal candidate,[21] filing a request with Elections Canada for an investigation into Cullen's campaign finances,[22] and using signage saying "Re-elect Scott", despite the fact that Cullen was the incumbent.[23] Cullen was effective at forcing Scott to defend issues from his time in office during the 1990s[24] while Scott made Cullen defend his vote to support the Canadian Firearms Registry despite promising to vote against it.[25] Cullen went on to win by an unexpectedly large margin, 15%, over Scott.[26]

In April 2006, Cullen introduced a Private Member's Bill (Phthalate Control Act Bill C-307) to ban phthalates, a chemical in many plastics, from products intended for infants and toddlers.[27] The bill passed through all stages in the House of Commons but died on the order paper in the Senate when the 39th Parliament was dissolved. The proposal was subsequently adopted by Government and in June 2009 new regulations were introduced to place restrictions on six phthalates.[28]

As Environment Critic for the NDP, Cullen sat on the committee that largely re-wrote the Government's Clean Air Act (C-30). The new act was called the Clean Air and Climate Change Act (Bill C-468).[29] The Government refused to reintroduce the bill after Cullen's revisions and the act died on the order paper in the House.

40th Parliament[]

Following the 2008 election, Cullen was named the New Democrat Critic for Natural Resources and Energy. In this role he chaired the NDP's Green Economy Taskforce, working on ways to help create employment while meeting our responsibilities to the planet's future generations and promoted sustainable energy development through a study of Canada's Energy Security at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources.[30] Cullen also led an NDP effort to secure a bulk oil tanker ban on the north coast of British Columbia which led to the passage in the House of Commons of a motion calling for such a ban by a close vote of 143–138.[31]

In 2009 Cullen created a contest in his constituency called Create Your Canada which challenges students between grades 5 and 12 to submit proposals for federal legislation. Two winners are picked each year and are flown to Ottawa to watch their submissions introduced in the House of Commons as private member's bills. In 2009, two bills were introduced: Bill C-399, which proposed a ban on the mining and export of asbestos; and Bill C-400, which encouraged the Government of Canada to support the development of cycling friendly infrastructure.[32]

41st Parliament[]

In 2011, Cullen was elected for a fourth term with 55% of all votes cast— the highest plurality in the riding since 1962.[33] In the 41st Parliament, Cullen served as Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Privacy, Access to Information and Ethics.[34] He was also the Associate Critic for Natural Resources, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, and Environment and Sustainable Development before resigning from his roles to participate in the NDP leadership race.[35] The 2013 Hill Times Annual Most Valuable Politician & All Politics Poll awarded Cullen 3rd place in the "Best Up-and-comer MP" category, tied with Elizabeth May.[36]

NDP leadership race[]

Main article: 2012 New Democratic Party leadership election
Nathan Cullen during a candidates debate on February 12, 2012 in Québec

Following the death of party leader Jack Layton, the NDP began a leadership race. Cullen announced his official candidacy on September 30, 2011.[37] In his opening speech, Cullen stated his vision for a new and progressive kind of politics, saying "now's the time for an honest discussion about the direction our politics is going in...and how we must change it for the better."[38] Cullen also argued the choice between the economy and the environment is unnecessary, but that a green economy is a balance between creating jobs and protecting the environment.[39] He cast himself as a pro-business candidate.[40][41]

Cullen proposed that joint primary nominations should take place in Conservative-held ridings to determine the best possible local candidate to avoid vote splitting among 'progressives'. Cullen is suggesting that each constituency association would have the choice of whether or not to run their respective campaign in this way, and that there would be no "top-down" directive to do so. In his policy papers thus far, Cullen has also advanced a number of other ideas such as: creating a national public transit strategy, instituting carbon cap-and-trade pricing, putting a moratorium on new genetically modified organisms, redefining the Canadian Wheat Board, and holding a referendum on voting reform (Cullen supports mixed-member proportional representation as currently used in New Zealand and Germany).[42][43]

Observers and commentators noted that Cullen's performances in the debates increased his profile. Whereas at the beginning of the race Cullen was considered one of the "also-rans", he eventually was given considerably more attention, with the CBC, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and National Post all running articles on his candidacy.[44][45][46]

On the day of the convention, Cullen surprised many by placing third in the first round of voting with 16% of the vote, behind with Thomas Mulcair and Brian Topp in first and second respectively (30% for Mulcair, 21% for Topp). He continued to hold third place after the second and third counts, eventually being eliminated at the third count with 24.6% of the votes (Mulcair had 43% of the vote, Topp had 31%).[47] He declined to endorse another candidate.[48]

House Leader for the Official Opposition[]

On April 20, 2012 Cullen was named House Leader for the Official Opposition in Thomas Mulcair's first Shadow Cabinet Shuffle. Cullen replaced long time Ontario MP Joe Comartin as House Leader, with Comartin being named Critic for Democratic Reform.[49][50]

Finance Critic for the Official Opposition[]

On March 20, 2014, Cullen replaced Peggy Nash as Finance Critic for the Official Opposition just days after former Natural Resources minister Joe Oliver was named Minister of Finance.[51][52] Upon taking up the post, Cullen emphasized his previous occupation as a small business owner in northern British Columbia against Oliver's previous career as a Merrill Lynch executive and promised to bring a "Main Street" perspective to challenge Oliver's "Bay Street" background.[53] In March 2015, Cullen attacked Joe Oliver over his avoidance of Question Period after repeated delays in introducing the budget after the drop in oil prices.[54]

On September 23, 2014, Cullen tabled Bill C-628 (short-titled An Act to Defend the Pacific Northwest) in the House of Commons, which would ban supertankers from the Queen Charlotte Sound, the Hecate Strait and the Dixon Entrance, as well as modify the National Energy Board Act to require any pipeline review to take into account the impact of any proposal on employment in the refining and upgrading sectors, and require the National Energy Board to deepen its consultations with communities and First Nations. The bill was a response to the National Energy Board's approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.[55]

As part of the Take Back Our Coast campaign, Cullen toured dozens of communities around British Columbia's north, interior, lower mainland and across Vancouver Island promoting Bill C-628 and raising awareness about the potential impacts of a pipeline or supertanker spill from Northern Gateway on fisheries, tourism and communities.[56] On April 1, 2015, the bill came to a vote at second reading in the House of Commons, and was defeated by a count of 141–120, with all government MPs voting against.[57]

On November 22, 2014, Cullen was named Most Knowledgeable Parliamentarian at the Maclean's Magazine Parliamentarian of the Year Awards in Ottawa, edging out Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who placed second in votes.[58]

42nd Parliament[]

After the 2015 election, Cullen was appointed the NDP critic for Environment and Climate Change and Democratic Reform in the 42nd Parliament.[59]

As critic for Democratic Institutions, Cullen took the lead in criticizing the government's plans for electoral reform, and in particular for the Special Committee on Electoral Reform. The government ultimately reversed course, and instead backed Cullen's motion for the composition of the committee.[60] Cullen was subsequently named to the committee, and serves as vice-chair.

Cullen announced on March 1, 2019, that he would not run for re-election in the 2019 election.[61][62]

Provincial politics[]

On January 27, 2020, Cullen was appointed by the Government of British Columbia as the liaison between the province and the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. Cullen's appointment came in the midst of the 2020 Canadian pipeline and railway protests, after the hereditary chiefs refused to meet with BC Minister of Indigenous Relations Scott Fraser.[63]

In the lead up to the 2020 British Columbia general election, Cullen announced his intention to seek the nomination for the BC NDP in the riding of Stikine, essentially the northern portion of his federal riding.[64] His candidacy became the subject of controversy when he was acclaimed by the party one week after Annita McPhee, a former elected president of the Tahltan Nation, announced she was seeking the nomination for the riding.[65] The BC NDP has an equity policy whereby a male MLA has to be replaced by a member of an equity-seeking group, such as a woman or a First Nations person, when he retires. The party claimed that McPhee's application contained invalid signatures, and that the local riding association conducted a search for candidates to meet its equity policy but none were willing to stand.[66] McPhee asked Nathan Cullen to step down to from seeking the nomination for that riding because of the party's equity policy but Cullen refused.[67] Despite the controversy, Cullen was elected with 51.7% of the vote.[68]

On November 26, 2020, Cullen was sworn in to the Executive Council of British Columbia as Minister of State for Lands and Resource Operations.[69]

Personal life[]

Nathan Cullen and Diana Dahr met in Smithers through their work with Katimavik and by the end of 2004, they were engaged.[70]

On August 6, 2010, he and his wife became parents of twin boys at Mills Memorial Hospital.[71]

Election results[]

Provincial elections[]

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2020 British Columbia general election: Stikine
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Nathan Cullen 3,745 51.77 −0.33 $32,249.48
Liberal Gordon Sebastian 1,904 26.32 -12.43 $25,199.00
Christian Heritage Rod Taylor 831 11.49 +2.34 $11,622.14
Rural Darcy Repen 754 10.42 – $1,115.05
Total valid votes 7,234 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 54 0.74 +0.06
Turnout 7,288 50.13 −15.48
Registered voters 14,537
Source: Elections BC[72][73]

Federal elections[]

2004 Canadian federal election: Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Nathan Cullen 13,706 37.14
Conservative Andy Burton 12,434 33.70
Liberal Miles Richardson 7,965 21.59
Christian Heritage Rod Taylor 1,408 3.82
Green Roger Colin Benham 1,225 3.32
Marxist–Leninist Frank Martin 161 0.44
Total valid votes 36,899 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 140 0.38
Turnout 37,039
This riding was created from Skeena, Prince George—Bulkley Valley and Cariboo—Chilcotin, which each elected a Canadian Alliance candidate in the last election. Andy Burton was the incumbent from Skeena.
2006 Canadian federal election: Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Nathan Cullen 18,496 48.33 +11.19 $90,144
Conservative Michael Scott 12,630 33.00 -0.70 $71,817
Liberal Gordon Stamp-Vincent 4,845 12.66 -8.93 $19,599
Christian Heritage Rod Taylor 1,235 3.22 -0.60 $23,835
Green Phil Brienesse 1,064 2.78 -0.54 $7,533
Total valid votes 38,270 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 122 0.32 -0.06
Turnout 38,392 63.13
New Democratic hold Swing +5.25
2008 Canadian federal election: Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Nathan Cullen 17,219 49.84 +1.51 $68,962
Conservative Sharon Smith 12,561 36.36 +3.36 $78,636
Liberal Corinna Morhart 1,916 5.54 -7.12 $11,687
Green Hondo Arendt 1,613 4.66 +1.88 $511
Christian Heritage Rod Taylor 1,125 3.25 +0.03 $28,231
Canadian Action Mary-Etta Goodacre 112 0.32 – $120
Total valid votes/expense limit 34,546 100.0     $97,941
Total rejected ballots 106 0.31 -0.01
Turnout 34,652 56.51 -6.62
New Democratic hold Swing -0.92
2011 Canadian federal election: Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Nathan Cullen 19,431 55.33 +5.49
Conservative Clay Harmon 12,117 34.50 -1.86
Liberal Kyle Warwick 1,268 3.61 -1.93
Green Roger Benham 1,102 3.14 -1.52
Christian Heritage Rod Taylor 1,038 2.96 -0.29
Canadian Action Maggie Braun 165 0.47 +0.15
Total valid votes/expense limit 35,121 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 116 0.33 +0.02
Turnout 35,237 58.86 +2.35
New Democratic hold Swing +3.68
2015 Canadian federal election: Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Nathan Cullen 22,531 51.08 -4.14 $64,149.53
Conservative Tyler Nesbitt 10,936 24.79 -9.77 $57,890.26
Liberal Brad Layton 8,257 18.72 +15.11 $8,887.53
Green Jeannie Parnell 1,605 3.64 +0.44 –
Christian Heritage Don Spratt 780 1.77 -1.19 $20,710.97
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,109 100.00   $247,884.67
Total rejected ballots 157 0.35 –
Turnout 44,266 69.76 –
Eligible voters 63,459
New Democratic hold Swing +2.81
Source: Elections Canada[74][75]

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