John Manley

Manley was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and attended Bell High School. He received a BA from Carleton University in 1971 and an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa in 1976. He also studied at the University of Lausanne. Manley was called to the Ontario bar in 1978.

After law school Manley clerked under Bora Laskin, the Chief Justice of Canada. He joined the Ottawa firm Perley, Robertson, Panet, Hill and McDougall, specializing in tax law.

John Manley was first elected as a Member of Parliament in the 1988 election. When the Liberals came to power under Jean Chrétien following the 1993 election he became Minister of Industry. During his time in Industry, Manley was a staunch supporter of Canada-based research and development, and also of increased technology use in public schools.

In particular, he felt that the so-called "wired classroom" would help to equalize the gap between urban and smaller, rural schools. These initiatives were partially aimed at combating the "brain drain", and Manley himself stated that "Canada needs to pursue policies that will make it a magnet for brains, attracting them from elsewhere and retaining the ones we have."{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120801132503/http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSNewsmakers/001124_manley-can.html Canoe.ca article]}}

As Industry Minister, in January 2000 Manley proposed a multimillion dollar rescue package for cash-strapped Canadian National Hockey League teams, but withdrew the proposal within 48 hours following criticism that there were better uses for public funds.[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012078 The Canadian Encyclopedia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930061517/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012078 |date=September 30, 2007 | | title=Ottawa Bails Out of NHL Deal }}{{cite news | title=Bright, bookish and, um, a geek | first=Jeff | last=Sallot | date=3 January 2001 | work=The Globe and Mail | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bright-bookish-and-um-a-geek/article4143280/ }}

Manley was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2000. He was responsible for the establishment of the Smart Border Declaration, a proactive strategy to address Canada-U.S. security issues following the September 11 attacks in 2001.{{rp|87}}

Manley's approach addressed American security concerns without severing economic ties, which not only averted economic disaster for Canada, but also helped the U.S. since closure of the border would have magnified the negative impact of the 9/11 attacks.{{cite web | first=Bernard James | last=Brister | title=The Same Yet Different: Continuity and Change in the Canada-United States Post-9/11 Security Relationship | date=2012 | publisher=Canadian Defence Academy Press | url= https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2023/mdn-dnd/D2-292-1-2012-eng.pdf}}{{rp|87-88}}

In October 2001, Manley was named chairman of a special cabinet committee on security that revamped immigration rules, antiterrorism laws, regulations on arrest and detention, and border procedures. Manley's assertive responses helped to keep the "hugely complex relationship with the U.S. on an even keel" as Washington dealt with terrorist threats.{{cite news | first=Stephen | last=Handelman | work=Time International (Canada Edition) | title=Border Guardian: Canada's Newsmaker | date=31 December 2001 | page=64 }}

Manley had good working relationships with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.S. Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge, and the director of Toronto's Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies said "Under Manley, the government of Canada talks to Washington, not at it."

For his work to swiftly and dramatically "orchestrate a transformative moment in Canada's history", Manley was named Canada's Newsmaker of the Year by Time magazine in 2001.

In January 2002 Manley was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and given special responsibility for security in response to 9/11.{{cite news | work=Los Angeles Times | first=William | last=Orme | date=16 January 2002 | title=Chretien Shuffles Canadian Cabinet | url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-16-mn-22979-story.html

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In May 2002, Chrétien appointed Manley as Minister of Finance, following the departure of Paul Martin. Manley's 2003 federal budget laid out billions of dollars in new spending, primarily for health-care, child-care, and First Nations. It also introduced new accountability features to help limit federal waste.[http://www.cbc.ca/budget2003/analysis.html CBC Budget analysis]

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When Jean Chrétien announced his decision to retire, Manley was seen by many as the prime minister's logical successor given his roles as deputy prime minister and as chair of the important economic and social policy cabinet committees.

However, Manley withdrew from the leadership race and endorsed Paul Martin in July 2003 when it became clear that Martin had an overwhelming lead.{{cite news | work=CBC News | title=Manley quits Liberal leadership rate | date=22 July 2003 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manley-quits-liberal-leadership-race-1.402158 }}

Martin offered Manley a role as Ambassador to the United States, which Manley declined for personal and family reasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1071528787654_66937987?s_name=&no_ads=|title=Manley declines Martin offer of Washington post|publisher=CTV News|date=December 16, 2003|access-date=17 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517052310/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1071528787654_66937987?s_name=&no_ads=|archive-date=May 17, 2008}}

Later in 2003, Manley announced his retirement from politics.

On January 25, 2006 Manley sent a letter to supporters indicating that he was not going to contest the Liberal leadership after the resignation of Paul Martin.

Martin had resigned after the January 23, 2006 election resulted in a Conservative Party minority in parliament.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060219172103/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060125/after_elxn_manley_0601225/20060125?hub=TopStories CTV- January 25, 2006]

Manley was mentioned again as a possible contender for the leadership of the Liberal Party after Stéphane Dion's resignation following the October 14, 2008 election that resulted in a larger minority Conservative government.

On November 4, 2008 Manley announced that he would not be a candidate.{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manley-won-t-run-in-liberal-leadership-race-1.773186 | publisher=CBC News | title=Manley won't run in Liberal leadership race | date=November 4, 2008}}

On 12 October 2007, Manley was appointed by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper to head an independent, non-partisan panel reviewing Canada's mission and future role in Afghanistan, a position he had discussed with Liberal leader Stéphane Dion beforehand. Both Dion and Liberal Foreign Affairs critic Bob Rae had encouraging words for the panel.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/manley-to-head-canada-s-afghan-mission-review-1.259917|title=Manley to head Afghanistan review|publisher=CTV News|date=October 12, 2007|access-date=17 May 2018}}

Manley's appointment was described as a "masterstroke" in a The Globe and Mail editorial, given Manley's evident qualifications as a former foreign minister and former chairman of a cabinet committee on public security and anti-terrorism established after 9/11.

Also, by appointing a prominent Liberal, bipartisan support could be built for what was originally a Liberal-mandated mission.{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/just-the-right-job-for-john-manley/article20402991/ | title=Just the right job for John Manley | date=12 October 2007 | work=The Globe and Mail }}

The Independent Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan reported on January 28, 2008, in what became known as the Manley report. It argued for an indefinite extension of the mission beyond February 2009, but also pointed to logistical and equipment shortfalls, communications challenges with telling the mission's story to Canadians, and a coming manpower strength shortage. The report's recommendations were accepted by the House when the Liberals backed them along with the Conservatives.{{cite news | work=The Globe and Mail | first=Jeffrey | last=Simpson | title=Between the lines of the Manley report | date=29 January 2008 | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/between-the-lines-of-the-manley-report/article18442909/ }}{{cite web | url= https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Manley

| title=John Manley, Biography & Facts | publisher=Britannica | first=David | last=Farr | date=1 January 2025}}

Manley served as Chair of Ontario's Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning in the wake of the eastern North American blackout of 2003.{{cite web | url= https://carleton.ca/cu75/profile/john-manley/

| title=John Manley: Leader Biography | publisher=Carleton University }}

Manley was co-chair of the Independent Task Force on the Future of North America, a project of the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations. In 2005, the Task Force released a report that advocated a North American "economic and security community" by 2010, the boundaries of which would be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter.

The three-country economic area would resemble the European Community, a predecessor of the European Union.{{cite web | url= https://cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/PDF%20posted%20on%20web--English.pdf?_gl=1*sqbi6a*_gcl_au*MTM5NTY0OTcwOC4xNzM4MzY5MTQ3*_ga*MTc4MDM2MDA5OS4xNzM4MzY5MTQ3*_ga_24W5E70YKH*MTczODM2OTE0Ny4xLjEuMTczODM2OTI3MS4yMC4wLjA. | title=Building a North American Community | publisher=Council on Foreign Relations | date=May 2005 }}{{cite web | title=Press Releases: Building a North American Community | author=Council on Foreign Relations | date= May 2005 | url= https://www.cfr.org/report/building-north-american-community }}[http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/article/article_complet.php?path=/actualites/article/24/1,63,0,012005,896165.php Cyberpresse article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323155121/http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/article/article_complet.php?path=%2Factualites%2Farticle%2F24%2F1%2C63%2C0%2C012005%2C896165.php |date=March 23, 2005 }}

Manley has served as Chair of the Advisory Council of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, a Fellow of the C.D. Howe Institute, and as Chair of the Canadian branch of the Trilateral Commission. He is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Brookings Institution and the Global Advisory Council of the Wilson Center.{{cite web | title=Hon. John P. Manley P.C., O.C.: Senior Business Advisor | url=http://www.bennettjones.com/ManleyJohn | publisher=Bennett Jones Ottawa }}

Manley is a member of the advisory board of the Leaders' Debates Commission.{{Cite news|url=https://debates-debats.ca/en|title =Leaders' Debates Commission|last=Government of Canada|author-link=Government of Canada|date= April 2019|access-date=July 9, 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://ipolitics.ca/2019/03/22/ex-politicians-leslie-manley-grey-to-sit-on-debates-commission-advisory-board |title=Ex-politicians Leslie, Manley, Grey to sit on debates' commission advisory board |last=Vigliotti |first=Marco |date=March 22, 2019|publisher =CBC News|access-date=July 9, 2019}}

He has served on the boards of the not-for-profits CARE Canada, MaRS, the National Arts Centre Foundation, the University of Waterloo, the Conference Board of Canada, and the Institute for Research on Public Policy.{{cite web | title=Hon. John Manley, P.C. "Afghanistan: Is there and Answer? | date=1 April 2008 | publisher=Centre for International Governance Innovation | url=https://www.cigionline.org/events/hon-john-manley-pc-afghanistan-there-answer/ }}

On May 18, 2004, Manley joined the law firm McCarthy Tétrault as counsel, working in their Toronto and Ottawa offices.[https://test.mccarthy.ca/news_release_detail.aspx?id=3160 McCarthy Tétrault – The Hon. John Manley Joins McCarthy Tétrault: Esteemed Lawmaker Returns to Private Practice – News Detail] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517152904/https://test.mccarthy.ca/news_release_detail.aspx?id=3160 |date=May 17, 2018 }}. Mccarthy.ca. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

In September 2019, he joined law firm Bennett Jones as a Senior Business Advisor as part of the Governmental Affairs & Public Policy group.{{cite web | title=The Honourable John Manley Joins Bennett Jones as Senior Business Advisor |url=https://www.bennettjones.com/Publications-Section/Announcements/The-Honourable-John-Manley-Joins-Bennett-Jones-as-Senior-Business-Advisor |website=bennettjones.com |access-date=October 15, 2019 }}

From 2010 to 2018, Manley was President and CEO of the not-for-profit Business Council of Canada.

John Manley has served as Chair of the Boards of Directors of Nortel, CIBC, CAE Inc. and Telus Communications, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Globe and Mail political columnist Lawrence Martin said Manley is "a broad-perspective pragmatist, who, while spending a lot of time with the Bay Street boys (you do that as an industry minister), has never been captive to them."{{cite news | title=A pawn of big business? Not John Manley | first=Lawrence | last=Martin | date=30 July 2009 | work=The Globe and Mail | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/a-pawn-of-big-business-not-john-manley/article788388/ }}

In an interview for the British think-tank The Bruges Group, Manley said of then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's economic spending priorities: "I see commitments on spending programmes that will not necessarily add to Canada's productivity or support economic growth – so I'm one that's a bit worried about the trajectory that we are on".{{Cite news|url=https://www.brugesgroup.com/blog/in-conversation-with-john-manley-oc-pc|title=In Conversation with John Manley OC PC - Former Deputy PM of Canada|last=Lim|first=Christopher|date=September 6, 2021|work=The Bruges Group|access-date=September 7, 2021}}

Manley is an advocate for the abolition of the Canadian monarchy. This point of view created quite a controversy when, in response to a reporter's question, he stated "I don't think it's necessary for Canada to continue with the monarchy" during a 2002 tour of Canada by the Queen.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/manley-dismisses-monarchy-as-queen-begins-12-day-trip/article1026940/|title=Manley dismisses monarchy as Queen begins 12-day trip|last=Anderssen|first=Erin|date=October 5, 2002|work=Globe and Mail|access-date=February 5, 2020}}

Manley served as the Queen's official government escort when her 12-day tour concluded in the national capital region.

John Manley is an Companion of the Order of Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/order-canada-appointees-june-30-2025|title=Order of Canada Appointees – June 30, 2025}}

Manley holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, the University of Toronto, Western University, the University of Windsor and York University.{{cite web | title=John Manley Re-appointed as C.D. Howe Institute Senior Fellow | url=https://cdhowe.org/publication/john-manley-re-appointed-cd-howe-institute-senior-fellow/ | date=19 August 2021 }}

John Manley is married to Judith Manley with whom he has three children.

Manley is an avid marathon runner. https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en-US/brad-rickerby/canadian-foreign-minister-manley-runs-in-new-york-city-race-2001-11-03-photo/photograph/asset/8042195%7D {{cite news | work=CBC.ca News | title=Political Bytes - Out of the running | first=Chris | last=Goldrick | date=4 November 2008 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news2/canada/politicalbytes/2008/11/out_of_the_running_1.html }}

He lives in Ottawa and Rideau Lakes.

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1988|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|John Manley|27,740|50.9|+14.2|$60,329}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Barry Turner|19,134|35.1|−10.0|$43,380}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|John Fryer|7,392|13.6|−3.2|$42,207}}

{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Marc A. Shindler|146|0.3|–| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Commonwealth of Canada|Jack C. Chambers|90|0.2|–| }}

{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Charles Boylan|54|0.1|–| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Difference|8,606|15.8}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Valid votes|54,502| }}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1993|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|John Manley|35,705|66.3|+15.4|$116,684}}

{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Doug Walkinshaw|7,749|14.4|n/a|$46,281}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Joe Anton|6,580|12.2|−22.9|$18,730}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Ursule Critoph|2,116|3.9|−9.7|$39,876}}

{{CANelec|CA|National|George Shirreff|1,024|1.9|n/a"| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Joe Palmer|391|0.7|n/a| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Ronald J. D. Parker|243|0.5|n/a| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist–Leninist|Louise Waldman|140|0.1|n/a| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Difference|27,956|51.9}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Valid votes|53,875| }}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1997|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|John Manley|31,725|59.0|−7.3|$50,315}}

{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Carla Marie Dancey|8,522|15.9|+1.5|$24,092}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Keith Beardsley|8,115|15.1|+2.9|$23,773}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Marcella Munro|4,374|8.2|+4.3|$23,462}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Maria Von Fickenstein|440|0.8|+0.1|$0}}

{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Action|Paula Williams|281|0.5|n/a|$1,364}}

{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Richard Michael Wolfson|167|0.3|−0.2|$0}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist–Leninist|Anna di Carlo|140|0.3|+0.2|$0}}

|- style="background:white;"

| style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Difference

|align="right"|23,203

|align="right"|43.2

|align="right"|−8.7

{{Canadian election result/total|Rejected Ballots|382|0.7}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|54,146|72.3}}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|John Manley|26,585|51.3|−7.7|$51,901}}

{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Brad Darbyson|12,677|24.5|+8.6|$40,183}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Kevin Lister|8,096|15.6|+0.4|$23,923}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jeannie Page|3,463|6.7|−1.5|$11,522}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Ron Whalen|679|1.3|n/a| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|James Hea|141|0.3|0.0| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist–Leninist|Marsha Fine|80|0.2|−0.1| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Mick Panesar|69|0.1|n/a|$246}}

|- style="background:white;"

| style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Difference

|align="right"|13,908

|align="right"|26.9

|align="right"|−16.3

|- style="background:white;"

| style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Rejected Ballots

|align="right"|231

|align="right"|0.4

|align="right"|−0.3

|- style="background:white;"

| style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout

|align="right"|52,021

|align="right"|62.0

|align="right"|−10.3

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