He afterwards attended the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, where he graduated cum laude[citation needed], was class president, and valedictorian.

He also co-authored "Practice Guidelines" and was Public Relations Director and Past President for the College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences in Toronto.

[citation needed] He was also the health columnist for the Cambridge Times newspaper from 1986 to 1996, and has taught at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College and the University of Waterloo.

In the 2004 federal election, Goodyear defeated incumbent Liberal Janko Peric by 224 votes (as confirmed on recount) to win the Cambridge riding.

[6] Goodyear also chairs Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure He was also named Chairman of the all-party Canada-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group.

"[8] Following the Conservative victory in the 2008 federal election, Goodyear was appointed to the cabinet portfolio of Minister of State for Science and Technology.

[9] Among other things, FedDev helped small companies develop new products faster,[citation needed] similar to the role played by the Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP).

Under the federal Minister of State for Science and Technology, Gary Goodyear, the NRC became a "toolbox for industry" and dented basic-research infrastructure.

During his tenure, the government shuttered the office of the National Science Adviser, blocked asbestos from a UN hazardous chemicals list on which it clearly belongs, gutted the Fisheries Act, gutted the Navigable Waters Protection Act, set out to weaken the Species at Risk Act, killed the long-form census, eroded Environment Canada’s ability to monitor climate change, earned an international reputation for muzzling scientists and, at a great potential cost, defunded the world’s leading freshwater research centre... At the same time, changes to our science-funding regime and a makeover of the National Research Council, Canada’s science agency, into a tool box for industry have dented our basic-research infrastructure and damaged our prospects for innovation.In early 2009, Goodyear oversaw $147.9 million in funding cuts [11] for science programs, the most prominent being the lack of any funding for new projects for Genome Canada.

[13] June 2009 saw Goodyear recommending the SSHRC withdraw a $19,750 funding grant for a future of Israel and Palestine conference[14] because it was deemed by the Minister to be too anti-Israel.

The second major industry-led research in 2013 is the Algal Carbon Conversion Pilot Project, [21] development of an algae system to recycle carbon emissions from the oil sands, with plans for a $19 million facility to be constructed in Alberta, in partnership between the NRC and industry partners, Canadian Natural Resources Limited (Canadian Natural) and Pond Biofuels.

"The benefits of this Alliance will flow throughout the entire value chain, strengthening our producers’ bottom lines and our overall economy.In a March 2009 interview, The Globe and Mail asked Goodyear if he believed in evolution.

While many scientists and educators expressed shock at this,[23] others defended the minister, citing statistics that show a majority of Canadians believe God played a role in creation.

Does the minister believe that life was created on this planet through evolution three to four billion years ago or does he subscribe to a different theory?Goodyear and his wife Valerie are co-owners of Constant Energy Inc.