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Steven John Fletcher, P.C. MP (born June 17, 1972) is a Canadian politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004, representing the riding of Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia as a member of the Conservative Party. He is the first quadriplegic to serve in the House of Commons, as well as in Cabinet. Fletcher was appointed as Minister of State (Democratic Reform) on October 30, 2008. Read more about Stephen Fletcher HERE – where all information was taken from.

Until Minister Fletcher defines democratic reform further, this is the stated Conservative definition of it:

Canada’s New Government has an ambitious and extensive legislative plan to strengthen accountability in government through democratic reform.

* First, we are eliminating the influence of big money in the political process by regulating the financing of political parties.
* Second, we’ve introduced legislation to modernize the Senate to make it more democratic, more accountable, and more effective.
* Third, we are enhancing our electoral system to make it more responsive, fair and effective.

While we have accomplished a lot to date, we will continue to move forward with our plan to strengthen accountability through democratic reform.

So, Minister Fletcher will be hard at work looking at these legislative initiatives that have already been brought forward.  It is good to see that there are already plans afoot about voting.  You can go here to click into more of an explanation of these initiatives listed below.

There have been plenty of News Releases showing this blogger that Minister Fletcher will be very busy in the months to come.  I say that because I do not know the state of these announcements.  Whether they are complete.

I will watch Minister Fletcher with interest and wish him well. My impressions of him over the two or more years of observing him, would be that he is punctual, always in attendance, hardly ever seems to be absent. When called upon to speak in his previous role, he was concise and prepared. He has been voted into parliament since 2004 by his obviously satisfied constituents.

He has defined himself well and it shows.

Although Minister Fletcher does not want his disability defining him (and it does not ) I submit to you that his courage and dedication are to be admired.