Adam van Koeverden
- Born
- January 29, 1982 — Toronto
- Education
- St. John Catholic Elementary School, Oakville, Ontario; St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School, Oakville; Bachelor of Science Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
- Career
- Sprint kayaker, Olympic gold medallist
- Political Experience
- Elected to the House of Commons for Milton in 2019; Elected to the House of Commons for Burlington North-Milton West in 2025; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and to the Minister of Sport and Physical Activity from 2023 to 2025; Secretary of State for Sport since 2025
- Notable
- Olympic gold medallist in the K-1 500m category (2004); two-time world champion in K-1 500 (2007) and K-1 1000 (2011); Canada's flag bearer at the closing ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics and opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics; Awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete of 2004; Inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2022; Banned from entering Russia in 2022
Where Adam falls on key policy spectrums
Your Money
People & Society
How We're Governed
Land & Community
Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives just learned a new word, “affordability”, and they use it often in the House of Commons, but every time they get the chance to vote in favour of an affordability measure backed by experts, they vote against. This feigned new interest in supporting lower-income Canadians is not fooling anybody. Besides, our policies are working, particularly on rents. I will read a [more]
Mr. Speaker, Canadians are sick and tired of the alternative Conservative facts from the opposition. We all know that food costs too much, but instead of exploiting the challenges that are facing Canadians right now, the Conservatives should do a little bit of reading and look into why food costs too much. All the research indicates that 85% of food inflation is due to imported factors like war, [more]