early childhood in Australia and Egypt where his scientist father was posted. Moving back to Canada in time to start kindergarten, he spent the rest of his childhood at his family home on a farm in Quebec's Ottawa Valley, where he became fluently bilingual. To further his CEGEP college education, Reford attended the Colorado School of Mines, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science honours degree in geophysical engineering. A summer job with Exxon led to his first career, posting in frontier oil exploration in Perth, Western Australia, where he worked for close to two years. After that stint, he returned to the academic world to undertake post-graduate work in geology at the University of Cambridge in England. From Cambridge, Reford embarked on a new career path in global finance, first in London with Citicorp Investment Bank, and then in Paris with energy multinational Total S.A. He met his Canadian wife, Susan, in Paris and their eldest son was born there. While based in Europe, his work took him to Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. He returned to Canada and resided in Toronto Centre in 1993, where he worked in investment banking for Smith Barney and J.P. Morgan out of offices in Toronto and New York respectively. Sam Goldstein (Trinity-Spadina) Goldstein is a lawyer, a former playwright who was born in Ottawa and received his Bachelor of Arts from Carleton University before earning a Master of Arts in Political Theory from McMaster University. He then obtained his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Calgary and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1997. He is currently practicing as a defence attorney and was previously an Assistant Crown Attorney. Goldstein has been a resident of Trinity-Spadina since 1996. He is on the Board of Directors of the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre and the Downtown Jewish Community School. He was awarded the Canadian Jewish Playwrighting Award in 1991. He received 5,625 votes (9.00%), finishing third against New Democrat Olivia Chow. Richard Majkot (Vaughan) Richard Majkot ran against Liberal incumbent Maurizio Bevilacqua in the 2006 federal election and was defeated. Alphonso Teshuba (Windsor West) Teshuba (born March 23, 1968, in Windsor) holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Windsor. He is a Security Brokers Dealer, manages a communications and marketing business, and has been co-owner of the Nine Ball Heaven billiards and arcade club with