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Joe Who? Age<\/strong>: 45<\/p>\n Background<\/strong>: Maurizio was born in Sulmona, Italy. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University. He’s pretty much been a career politician.<\/p>\n Political History<\/strong>: Maurizio is part of the Liberal class of 1988. Despite being the first MP to support Martin\u2019s 1990 leadership bid, he made it into Chretien\u2019s Cabinet as a Secretary of State, after a stint as a Parliamentary Secretary. Because of this unforgivable sin, and his unwillingness to take the knife to Chretien, Bevilacqua was snubbed from Martin\u2019s Cabinet. He has spent the past few years as a former future Cabinet star.<\/p>\n Rejected Campaign Slogan<\/strong>: \u201cMaurizio has single handedly eliminated Canada\u2019s deficit<\/em>\u201d (this one needs some background. Maurizio has been sending out flyers to Liberal Party members across Canada for some time now. In them, he pretty much single handedly takes credit for Canada\u2019s current economic situation)<\/p>\n Rejected Endorsement<\/strong>: Paul Martin<\/p>\n Pros<\/strong>: Young and bright, with a long history in the party. Hopefully he\u2019ll find his way into the winner\u2019s Cabinet.<\/p>\n Cons<\/strong>: Little name recognition.<\/p>\n In Person<\/strong>: I had the opportunity to chat with Bevilacqua on the phone a few weeks back and I was genuinely impressed with the guy. He’s got political experience and has a clear idea of where he wants to take the country. And it’s hard not to by sympathetic to the guy after the way he got absolutely screwed over by Team Martin. Everyone I know who has met the guy in person has always been impressed with him.<\/p>\n My Take<\/strong>: I like Maurizio and he certainly has a bright future in this party. Truth be told, he\u2019s running to raise his profile, secure a Cabinet spot, and make a leadership charge next time. Because of that, I wish him the best of luck in this race, and it wouldn’t at all surprise me to see him as Finance Minister should be Liberals return to the promised land anytime soon.<\/p>\n Chances<\/strong>: Hopefully we\u2019ll learn a lot about him during this race, but I just can\u2019t see him winning this thing, unless something really weird happens at the convention. Of note, Chretien’s former pollster, Michael Marzolini, is apparently on board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Joe Who?-Globe & Mail headline Age: 45 Background: Maurizio was born in Sulmona, Italy. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University. He’s pretty much been a career politician. Political History: Maurizio is part of the Liberal class of 1988. Despite being the first MP to support Martin\u2019s 1990 leadership bid, he made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/em>-Globe & Mail headline<\/p>\n