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In addition to his public activism within the PC Party and as a Member of
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This act guarantees protects anyone who competently attempts to give first aid or render other medical assistance is protected from any legal liability. In
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Moraine Land Trust; director of the East Scarborough Boys & Girls Club and a member of a number of local ratepayers associations in Scarborough. For over twenty years, Gilchrist annually funded "Gilchrist Science Scholarships" at the
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Frankford by almost 12,000 votes, the highest plurality of any Toronto riding. He was immediately elected chair of the Standing Committee on Resources Development and he was named a
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franchise stores from 1971 to 1995, including one of the largest stores in the chain. Gilchrist was involved in several other business ventures, including the construction of a shopping centre (The Town & Country Centre) in
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companies. He also developed a company which has worked with governments in Africa, the
Caribbean, South America and Asia to raise awareness of biomass-to-energy power generation opportunities and clean water generation.
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for the next federal election. In March 2008, Gilchrist announced that he was stepping down as the candidate in order to return his full attention to his alternative energy business interests, including a proposed
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Ontario Association of Former Parliamentarians and, in August 2015, he was elected as the Chair of that organization. He has been active in a wide range of media, including serving as the alternate host for
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saving devices. In 2007, he was elected as a director of the
National Hydrogen Association, in Washington, D.C., and has served as a special advisor to the board of Skypower Ltd., one of Canada's largest
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