therapy a crime, including "causing a child to undergo conversion therapy." In opposition 42nd Canadian Parliament Following the Harper government's defeat in 2015, Fast served in the shadow cabinets of Rona Ambrose and Andrew Scheer as the critic to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. 43rd Canadian Parliament After being re-elected in 2019, Fast declined reappointment to Scheer's shadow cabinet. Scheer was later removed from leadership and replaced by Erin O'Toole, who on 11 February 2021 appointed Fast as his Finance critic. He replaced Pierre Poilievre who became critic for Jobs and Industry. 44th Canadian Parliament Fast was for a brief time a member of the Industry and Technology committee, before he was appointed on 28 February 2022 by new interim CPC leader Candice Bergen to the Finance committee. He resigned as Shadow Finance Minister after criticizing Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre's plan to fire Bank of Canada director Tiff Macklem, if elected. Personal life Ed and his wife Annette have lived in Abbotsford for over 40 years and have four adult daughters and twelve grandchildren. In December 2016, Fast suffered a stroke, but recovered. Electoral record References External links Ed Fast official site Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada official site |- 1955 births Canadian Mennonites Conservative Party of Canada MPs Living people Members of the 28th Canadian Ministry Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada People from Abbotsford, British Columbia Politicians from Winnipeg University of British Columbia alumni British Columbia municipal councillors British Columbia school board members Lawyers in British Columbia Peter A. Allard School of Law alumni