First elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in May 2002 and
was re-elected in 2004. In 2003, she was named Minister of Social
Development and then Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister
Responsible for Status of Women on July 20, 2004. She has served as a
member of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
and on the Standing Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations.
