EDUCATION 

BUSINESS 

Vice-President in the Noranda Forest Group (now Norbord Inc.), responsible for strategic planning and business development for Noranda Forest Sales/Norbord Industries Limited. Was a partner in the management consulting firm Lawrence & Milley Consultants Inc., which specialized in strategic planning, business development, market research and corporate policy. 

GOVERNMENT 

Initially elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1996, Mr. Cullen was re-elected in the 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2006 General Elections as the Member of Parliament for Etobicoke North.

In February of 2004 Mr. Cullen was elected Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. On July 20th, 2004, Mr. Cullen was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council of Canada (P.C.) and appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. From February 22 2006 until January 17, 2007, Mr. Cullen was the Natural Resources critic for the Official Opposition. On February 1, 2007 Mr. Cullen was elected Vice Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. Mr. Cullen is also currently the Vice-President of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association.

Since being elected Mr. Cullen has been very active with the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption in the international fight against corruption and money laundering. In June 2008 Mr. Cullen was elected Chair of Canadian Parliamentarians Against Corruption (CanPAC). Mr. Cullen has published a book - The Poverty of Corrupt Nations - which describes the nature and extent of global corruption and money laundering. In his book he offers some solutions to these vexing problems in a Twenty Point Plan.

In March of 2004 Mr. Cullen's Private Member's Bill, An Act Respecting User Fees, was given royal assent. This successfully concluded years of work to bring more accountability and transparency to the way government charges user fees.

Mr. Cullen was elected Chair of the Ontario Liberal Caucus from 1998 to 1999. Following this he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance in 1999 and re-appointed following the 2000 General Election.

In June 2002 Mr. Cullen was appointed to the Prime Minister's Task Force on Canada/U.S. Relations and also to the newly formed Standing Committee for Government Operations and Estimates. In December 2002 Mr. Cullen was appointed the chair of the Liberal Caucus Sub-Committee on Corporate Governance.

Mr. Cullen was appointed to the Standing Committee on Transportation in September 1996 and elected Vice-Chair in September 1997. He was appointed to the Natural Resources and Government Operations Committee in September 1997.

Mr. Cullen was formerly an Assistant Deputy Minister in the British Columbia Ministry of Forests.

PUBLIC SERVICE 

Mr. Cullen is very active in community affairs in particular with organizations such as Rotary International and the United Way. For three years he chaired the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal in Victoria, B.C.. Currently, he serves as a member of the Etobicoke Social Development Council, the George Hull Centre for Children and Families, Volunteers Etobicoke and the Rexdale Community Health Centre.  

PERSONAL 

Born in 1944 in Montreal, Mr. Cullen has also lived overseas and in British Columbia before settling in Toronto. Married to Ethne Cullen, has one son, Peter. Hobbies include skiing, fishing, tennis, golf, bridge and theatre.