in 2008 to provide creditor protection for Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs). Two years later, he introduced a separate bill that would require companies with twenty or more employees to offer a savings or pension plan that all employees would automatically join (with the ability to opt out). The stated purpose of this bill, which was supported by the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, was to reduce the costs of such insurance plans compared with retail mutual funds. In June 2014, Leal was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture and Food and Rural Affairs. Cabinet positions Electoral record References External links 1954 births 21st-century Canadian politicians Living people Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Mayors of Peterborough, Ontario Trent University alumni University of Windsor alumni