The Rotary Club of Calgary is comprised of professional and community leaders who come together through a shared commitment and fellowship to create a better future for the generations that are to follow.
Intro by Sid, Oh Canada and invocation by George Brookman – a minor political rant with a conclusion of we, in this room, are all lucky and blessed to be here.
Hon Kent Hehr, RCC club member, Liberal Member of Parliament, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Associate Minister of National Defense
Kent Hehr represented the residents of downtown Calgary in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for more than seven years.
Born and raised in Calgary, Kent’s life drastically changed when, just shy of his twenty-second birthday, while riding in a friend’s car, he was hit by a drive-by shooter leaving him paralyzed. The life-altering injury did not quash his ambitions—while still re-learning to use his fingers, Kent studied at the University of Calgary, earning his Bachelor of Canadian Studies, followed by his Bachelor of Law in 2001.
