Editing Rodger Cuzner (section)

==Political career==
Cuzner was a member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], representing the riding of [[Bras d'Or—Cape Breton]] and, later, [[Cape Breton—Canso]]. He was first elected in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000/11/28+232.raw+FE00Nov28+2|title=Liberals stage C.B. comeback|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=November 28, 2000|accessdate=2014-09-29|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124084348/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000%2F11%2F28+232.raw+FE00Nov28+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cuzner served as [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to former [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Jean Chrétien]] from January 13, 2003, to December 11, 2003, and held other key positions within the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] Caucus, including chair of [[Nova Scotia]] Caucus, chair of [[Atlantic Canada|Atlantic]] Caucus, and [[Chief Opposition Whip (Canada)|Chief Opposition Whip]]. He also served as the [[Parliamentary Secretary]] for [[Employment and Social Development Canada|Employment, Workforce Development and Labour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/news/local/cuzner-named-parliamentary-secretary-10700/|title=Cuzner named parliamentary secretary|work=Cape Breton Post|date=December 2, 2015|accessdate=2021-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-parliamentary-secretaries-named-1.3346942 | title=Bill Blair, Adam Vaughan among new parliamentary secretaries | publisher=[[CBC News]] | accessdate=2015-12-11 | author=Fitz-Morris, James | website=www.cbc.ca | date=2 December 2015}}</ref>

In his early years in parliament, Cuzner focused on matters surrounding both [[Veterans Affairs Canada|Veteran Affairs]] and [[Fisheries and Oceans Canada|Fisheries and Oceans]]. During the later part of his Parliamentary career, much of his attention was directed toward [[Employment and Social Development Canada|Workforce Development]] and National Labour issues.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Global Affairs |date=2019-03-28 |title=Rodger Cuzner, Consul General of Canada in Boston, United States |url=https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/us-eu/boston-rep.aspx?lang=eng |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=GAC}}</ref>

As an elected official representing [[Nova Scotia]] and [[Cape Breton Island]], he worked with community and industry to build and mature the tourism sector. Major investments in infrastructure contributed to this growth, notably two of the top-rated golf courses in the world, [[Cabot Links]] and Cabot Cliffs.<ref name=":0" />

Cuzner regularly represented the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] on the weekly MP panel on [[CTV News Channel (Canada)|CTV News Channel's]] ''[[Power Play (Canadian political affairs series)|Power Play]]'', and was regularly asked to appear on other national political affairs programs, on television, and radio.

Cuzner traditionally delivered a humorous, politically themed rewrite of "[[Twas the Night Before Christmas]]" on the last house sitting before the holiday break.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/10/rodger-cuzner-christmas-poem-kevin-vickers_n_6304402.html | title=Rodger Cuzner's Christmas Poem Mocks Tories, Salutes Kevin Vickers | publisher=[[Huffington Post Canada]] | date=11 December 2015 | accessdate=30 August 2015 | author=Maloney, Ryan}}</ref> After his retirement, [[Darren Fisher]] delivered it.<ref>https://globalnews.ca/video/10171775/liberals-recite-2023-christmas-poem-in-house-of-commons-tradition</ref>

He was twice voted as "Most Collegial" [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] by his Parliamentary colleagues, and was described by [[Maclean's]] in 2017 as "Parliament's Sense of Humour".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/presenting-the-2013-parliamentarians-of-the-year/|title=2013 Parliamentarians of the Year - Macleans.ca|date=2013-11-18|work=Macleans.ca|access-date=2018-11-24|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/rodger-cuzner-parliaments-sense-of-humour/|title=Rodger Cuzner: Parliament's sense of humour - Macleans.ca|date=2017-11-07|work=Macleans.ca|access-date=2018-11-24|language=en-US}}</ref>

Cuzner was re-elected to a sixth straight term with 74.4% of the vote in the [[2015 Canadian federal election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-federal-election-1.3278654|title=Here are Nova Scotia's final riding-by-riding results {{!}} CBC News|work=CBC|access-date=2018-11-24|language=en-US}}</ref>

On April 26, 2019, Cuzner announced he wouldn't run for re-election in the [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019 election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/cape-breton-canso-mp-rodger-cuzner-calls-it-a-career-305821/|title=Cape Breton-Canso MP Rodger Cuzner calls it a career|work=Cape Breton Post|date=April 26, 2019|accessdate=2019-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/longtime-cape-breton-mp-rodger-cuzner-will-not-re-offer-1.5112047|title=Longtime Cape Breton Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner will not re-offer|publisher=CBC News|date=April 26, 2019|accessdate=2019-04-27}}</ref>