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Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born February 23, 1949) is a retired Canadian Armed Forces officer, astronaut and politician. Garneau served as a naval officer before being selected as an astronaut as part of the 1983 NRC Group. He became the first Canadian in space on October 5, 1984, and flew on three Space Shuttle missions. From 2001 to 2005, Garneau was president of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Garneau entered politics and was elected to the House of Commons in 2008, serving as a Montreal-area member of Parliament (MP) until 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, Garneau served as minister of foreign affairs from January to October in 2021 and as minister of transport from 2015 to 2021.

Born in Quebec City, Garneau joined the Canadian Armed Forces, graduating a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1970, and serving with Maritime Command (now known as the Royal Canadian Navy) as a combat systems engineer. He earned a PhD in electrical engineering from Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1973. In 1983, Garneau was selected to be an astronaut. In 1984, he became the first Canadian in space as part of STS-41-G and served on two subsequent missions: STS-77 and STS-97. He was appointed executive vice president of the CSA in February 2001, before becoming the agency's president in November. Garneau resigned from the CSA in 2005, and was elected to Parliament in 2008. The Liberal Party formed government following the 2015 election and Garneau was appointed to Cabinet. After serving as transport minister and foreign affairs minister, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not appoint Garneau to another portfolio after a Cabinet shuffle following the 2021 election. In 2023, Garneau retired from politics.

Early lifeEdit

Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau was born on February 23, 1949, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He attended primary and secondary schools in Quebec City and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. He also has a brother, Philippe Garneau.<ref name =”Encyclopedia Canada”> Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

Education and military careerEdit

Garneau graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1970 with a bachelor of science in engineering physics and began his career in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command.<ref name="bio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1973 he received a PhD in electrical engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, England. His thesis was entitled "The Perception of Facial Images". The Photofit analogue computer was used by him to discriminate facial features.<ref name="garneau73">Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1974, Garneau served as a naval combat systems engineer aboard Template:HMCS.

From 1982 to 1983, he attended the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in Toronto. While there, he was promoted to the rank of commander and was transferred to Ottawa in 1983. In January 1986, he was promoted to captain(N). Garneau retired from the Canadian Forces in 1989.<ref name="bio" />

Space careerEdit

Garneau was one of six first Canadian Astronauts and he became the first Canadian in outer space on October 5, 1984.<ref name="NASA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1984, he was seconded to the new Canadian Astronaut Program (CAP), one of six chosen from over 4,000 applicants; of these six he was the only military officer.

Garneau flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-41-G from October 5 to 13, 1984, as payload specialist. He was promoted to captain(N) in 1986, and left the Canadian Forces in 1989, to become deputy director of the CAP. In 1992–93, he underwent further training to become a mission specialist. He worked as CAPCOM for a number of shuttle flights and was on two further flights himself: STS-77 (May 19 to 29, 1996) and STS-97 (to the ISS, November 30 to December 11, 2000).<ref name="Garneau’s Second Trip to Space">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Garneau on STS-97">Template:Cite news</ref> He has logged over 677 hours in space.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On February 1, 2001, Garneau was appointed executive vice-president of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).<ref name="VP-CSA">Template:Cite news</ref> On September 28, 2001, the government announced his appointment as president of the CSA, replacing Mac Evans in that position on November 22, 2001.<ref name="New Head of CSA">Template:Cite news</ref> Garneau resigned from the Canadian Space Agency on November 28, 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Political careerEdit

Garneau served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the Montreal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount, and its predecessor Westmount—Ville-Marie since the 2008 federal election, winning by over 9,000 votes.<ref name="spaceman wins seat">Template:Cite news</ref> He was re-elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election by 642 votes,<ref name="wins">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and in the 2015 federal election with a majority of over 18,000. Previously, he unsuccessfully stood in the riding of Vaudreuil—Soulanges at the 2006 federal election.

On November 28, 2012, Garneau announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Liberal Party to be decided in April 2013. On March 13, 2013, Garneau formally withdrew his bid for the party leadership.<ref name="Garneau">Template:Cite news</ref> On November 4, 2015, Garneau was appointed as Minister of Transport in the 29th Canadian Ministry. He became Minister of Foreign Affairs on January 12, 2021 after a cabinet reshuffle.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Initial steps (2006–2008)Edit

Garneau resigned as the president of the Canadian Space Agency to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2006 federal election in the riding of Vaudreuil—Soulanges, which was then held by Meili Faille of the Bloc Québécois.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Liberal Party's support dropped off considerably in Quebec after the Sponsorship scandal and though considered a star candidate, Garneau lost to Faille by over nine thousand votes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the 2006 Liberal Party leadership election Garneau announced his support for perceived front-runner Michael Ignatieff, who lost to Stéphane Dion on the final ballot.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> With the resignation of Liberal MP Jean Lapierre in 2007, Garneau expressed interest in being the party's candidate in Lapierre's former riding of Outremont.<ref name="confirmed">Template:Cite news</ref> Dion instead appointed Jocelyn Coulon as the party's candidate, who went on to be defeated by the New Democratic Party's Thomas Mulcair in the by-election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In May 2007, Garneau filed nomination papers to be the party's candidate in Westmount—Ville-Marie, after former Liberal Party deputy leader Lucienne Robillard announced she would not be seeking re-election. However, a week after filing his nomination papers Dion announced that he had hand-picked a candidate for the riding. Garneau later withdrew his nomination papers and announced he no longer had an interest in politics. In October 2007, Garneau and Dion held a joint news conference where they announced that Garneau would be the Liberal Party candidate in Westmount—Ville-Marie.<ref name="confirmed"/> Robillard announced her resignation as Member of Parliament in January and a by-election was later scheduled for September 8, 2008.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, the by-election was cancelled during the campaign when Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a general election for October 14, 2008. Though some pundits predicted a close race between Garneau and NDP candidate Anne Lagacé-Dowson, Garneau went on to win the riding by over 9,000 votes.<ref name="spaceman wins seat"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Member of 40th ParliamentEdit

Garneau was a member of the Industry, Science and Technology committee of the 40th Parliament. He also served on the Canada-Japan interparliamentary group.<ref name=oc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

41st Parliament and leadership campaignEdit

Template:See also Garneau was narrowly re-elected in the 2011 election where he beat New Democratic Party candidate Joanne Corbeil. He was Liberal House leader and served from 2013 as Liberal foreign affairs critic. He was a candidate for interim leadership of the Liberal Party, but was ultimately defeated by Bob Rae.<ref name="rae">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Garneau announced later that year that he was considering a bid for the permanent leadership of the party.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the summer of 2012, he announced that he was looking for a "dream team" to run his leadership bid and that he would only run if he could find the right people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On November 21, 2012, Garneau was named his party's natural resources critic after David McGuinty resigned the post.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On November 28, 2012, Garneau announced his bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party, placing a heavy focus on the economy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> While fellow leadership candidate Justin Trudeau was widely seen as the front-runner in the race, Garneau was thought to be his main challenger among the candidates.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> With his entrance into the leadership race he resigned his post as Liberal House leader, while remaining the party's critic for natural resources.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

At the press conference announcing his candidacy Garneau ruled out any form of co-operation with the Green Party or New Democratic Party to help defeat the Conservative Party in the next election, which was proposed by leadership candidate Joyce Murray.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Garneau and other members of Trudeau's cabinet welcoming U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly in March 2017

On January 30, 2013, Garneau was replaced as natural resources critic by Ted Hsu. Garneau had been serving in the position on an interim basis.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On March 13, 2013 Garneau announced his withdrawal from the race, and threw his support to front-runner Justin Trudeau. On September 18, 2013, Garneau was named co-chair of the Liberal International Affairs Council of Advisors, providing advice on foreign and defence issues to Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Minister of Transport in the 42nd ParliamentEdit

In the 2015 elections held on October 19, 2015, Garneau was re-elected as MP in the newly created riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount. Two weeks later, on November 4, 2015, Garneau was appointed the minister of transport by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

In May 2017, Garneau introduced an airline passenger bill of rights to standardize how passengers can be treated by airlines which operate any flights in and out of Canada. The legislation would create minimum compensation rates for overbooking, lost or damaged luggage, and bumping passengers off flights. It would also prohibit airlines from removing people from the flight if they have purchased a ticket and set the standard for tarmac delays and airline treatment of passengers when flights are delayed or cancelled over events in the airline's control, or because of weather conditions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In March 2019, after days of initial refusal to take actions following the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, Garneau who had even gone so far as to say on 11 March that he would board 737 MAX 8 "without hesitation" as an apparent show of support for the Boeing Company,<ref name=hupo>Template:Cite news</ref> finally agreed on 13 March to ground and prohibit all Boeing 737 Max aircraft from flying in Canadian airspace.<ref name=grounds>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Trump administration followed suit later that day.<ref name="klcnn">Template:Cite news</ref> This stood in contrast to the ministry's previous stance, where Garneau insisted the plane was safe to fly, thus making Canada one of the only two nations still flying a substantial number of Boeing 737 Max planes at the time.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 43rd ParliamentEdit

Garneau continued to serve as Minister of Transport after the elections to the 43rd Parliament held in October 2019. He was at Transport for the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, and thus he was responsible to enforce the Quarantine Act as lieutenant to the Minister of Health Patty Hajdu; during this time he made many decisions that would affect the lives of travellers in co-ordination with Hadju.<ref name="pmcjtm20">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="ciscan">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="cbcjpt">Template:Cite news</ref>

Garneau then served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 12, 2021 until October 26, 2021.<ref name=oc/> On January 12, 2021, following the resignation of Navdeep Bains as minister of innovation, science and industry, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled the Cabinet, with Garneau becoming Minister of Foreign Affairs and Omar Alghabra taking his place at Transport.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Garneau was described as one of the most qualified and capable members of Cabinet.<ref name="nationalpost.com">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="montrealgazette.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="theglobeandmail.com">Template:Cite news</ref>

44th Parliament and retirementEdit

Following the cabinet shuffle stemming from the election in October 2021, Garneau was dropped from Cabinet on October 26, despite being re-elected to his seat in the House.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Some have speculated that Garneau did not remain in cabinet due to his age, being sacrificed in the name of gender parity, and that he reportedly refused to be subservient to the Prime Minister’s Office.<ref name="nationalpost.com"/><ref name="montrealgazette.com"/><ref name="theglobeandmail.com"/>

On March 8, 2023, Garneau announced that he would resign his seat and retire from politics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He gave his farewell speech in the House of Commons the same day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The by-election to replace him in parliament occurred June 19, 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Liberal Anna Gainey succeeded him, with almost as big a majority of votes as Garneau had won previously.

In retirement he continued to advocate for the advantages of human spaceflight in building space infrastructure for monitoring the planet and for communications.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Awards and honoursEdit

Ribbon Description Notes
File:CAN Order of Canada Companion ribbon.svg Companion of the Order of Canada (C.C.)
  • Awarded on: May 8, 2003
  • Invested on: December 12, 2003<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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File:CAN Order of Canada Officer ribbon.svg Officer of the Order of Canada (O.C.)
  • Awarded on: December 17, 1984
  • Invested on: April 10, 1985<ref name="auto"/>
File:Canada125 ribbon.png 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal
  • 1993
  • As an officer of the Order of Canada, he has also received the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal.<ref name="auto1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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File:QEII Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.png Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal for Canada
  • 2002
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  • Canadian version
File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for Canada
  • 2012
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  • Canadian version
File:CAN Canadian Forces Decoration ribbon.svg Canadian Forces' Decoration (C.D.)

Garneau was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984 in recognition of his role as the first Canadian astronaut. He was promoted the rank of Companion within the order in 2003 for his extensive work with Canada's space program.

He was awarded the Canadian Forces' Decoration for 12 years of honourable service with the Canadian Forces.

He is honoured with a high school named after him, Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute in Toronto<ref>Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario Template:Webarchive</ref> and É.S.P. Marc-Garneau<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in Trenton, Ontario.

Garneau is the Honorary Captain of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets. In addition, no 599 Royal Canadian Air Cadets squadron is named in his honour.

Garneau was awarded the Key to the City of Ottawa from Marion Dewar the Mayor of Ottawa on December 10, 1984.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1992.<ref name=ep5>Template:Cite news</ref>

Honorary degreesEdit

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Template:Flagu 1985 Technical University of Nova Scotia Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Flagu 1985 Laval University
Template:Flagu 1990 Royal Military College Saint-Jean
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See alsoEdit

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