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'''Charles Richard "Chuck" Strahl'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chuckstrahl.com/|title=Chuck Strahl Consulting|website=www.chuckstrahl.com}}</ref> {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born February 25, 1957 – August 14, 2024) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was a [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] from 1993 to 2011. First elected for the Reform Party, he was the leader of the [[Democratic Representative Caucus]] that left the [[Canadian Alliance]] in opposition to [[Stockwell Day]]'s leadership. When the Conservatives won power in 2006, he became a prominent cabinet minister and served as Minister of Agriculture, [[Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations|Indian and Northern Affairs]], and Transportation.
 
On June 14, 2012, Strahl was appointed to serve a five-year term as chair of the [[Security Intelligence Review Committee]], but resigned in controversy over conflict of interest accusations resulting from his lobbying efforts for oil and pipeline companies.<ref name="CBC 2014">{{cite web | title=Chuck Strahl steps down as spy watchdog amid lobbying questions - CBC News | website=CBC | date=2014-01-24 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chuck-strahl-steps-down-as-spy-watchdog-amid-lobbying-questions-1.2510321 | access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref>