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Peter Kent, PC, MP (born July 27, 1943) is a Conservative member of parliament for the riding of Thornhill, and the former Minister of the Environment in the 28th Canadian Ministry. Before entering politics, he was Deputy Editor of the Global Television Network, a Canadian TV network. He has worked as a news editor, producer, foreign correspondent and news anchorman on Canadian and American television networks. ==Background== Kent was born in Sussex, England. The family moved to Canada and settled in Medicine Hat, Alberta. His parents were Aileen and Parker Kent (both now deceased). The elder Kent was a long-time employee of the Southam Newspaper Group who retired as associate editor of the ''Calgary Herald''. Peter Kent's younger brother, Arthur, is also a journalist, known in the first Gulf War as the "scud stud". There were three sisters, Adele and Norma and Susan. The latter, a book editor and writer, died in 2014. Peter Kent is married to Cilla, a former print journalist with South Africa's Argus newspaper group (a Cape Town paper now part of the Irish-based Independent News & Media) for over 26 years. They have a daughter, Trilby, who published her first novel, ''Medina Hill'', in October 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Author spotlight )〕 Kent was a member of the board of Canadian Coalition for Democracies〔Goodard, John, "PM's new recruit urged to clarify views", ''Toronto Star'', January 8, 2007.〕 and has represented them at public events such as a demonstration supporting publication of the controversial Muhammed cartoons. Kent is a member of the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame and a past member of the Board of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. He is also a Founding Supporter of Canadians for Defence and Security and a member of the board of the revitalized ParticipACTION. He is a board member of the controversial pro-Israel media advocacy group Honest Reporting Canada, and co-Chair of Ontario Cabinet for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Kent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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