Garnett Genuis

Garnett Genuis MP /dʒɛnɪs/ (born January 23, 1987) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament for the riding of Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan (in Alberta) since 2015.

[3] Genuis was born in 1987[4] and grew up in Strathcona County, before moving to attend Carleton University in Ottawa where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Public Affairs and Policy Management in February 2010.

[6] In March 2014, Genuis announced his intention to seek the Conservative nomination for the 2015 Canadian federal election in the newly formed riding of Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan.

[13] Genuis was appointed as the shadow minister for international development and human rights by the Conservative Party of Canada's new leader Erin O'Toole in September 2020.

[16] In September 2022, Genuis, House leader Andrew Scheer, and party leader Pierre Poilievre worked to remove freelance journalist Dale Smith from the Parliamentary Press Gallery after he mocked Genius's attempted to ask a question about inflation using the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody and made the following statement on X: " Genuis tries to includes lyrics from ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ in his question, and I cannot adequately tell you how lame it is.

[17] In September 2024, during question period, when Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau if he visited Consul General Tom Clark at the new residence when he was attending the United Nations General Assembly session, Genius replied to Trudeau's response by yelling ""Does he engage with them in the bathtub?".

[20] In June 2022, Genuis, along with Senator Leo Housakos, hosted a press conference with Enes Kanter Freedom calling on the Canadian government to stop the importation of products made with forced labour coming from the Xinjiang Region.

This called on the Canadian government to support bystander intervention training as a tool to combat sexual harassment and violence, hate crimes, and other forms of criminal activity.

[24] Genuis jointly seconded the private member's bill C-281, known as the International Human Rights Act, sponsored by Philip Lawrence.

[25][26] Genuis spoke about democratic decline in Canada in the House of Commons, citing the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Stockholm.

[29] Genuis has been an outspoken supporter of promoting energy security in the West using Canadian oil and gas, especially since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.

[31] Contributors to the Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan Conservative Riding Association sponsored anti-abortion ads that appeared on buses in Vancouver, BC.