Paul Zed

On November 11, 2026, Canada lost one of her loyal sons. Glenn D. Bradbury was a righteous man and patriot who dedicated his life to serving Canada and advancing democracy both here at home and abroad. He served over 25 years on Parliament Hill with parliamentarians on both sides of the aisle and in the House and the Senate, including nearly 2 decades with the Hon. Dan McTeague and 4 years with me. During that time, Glenn helped to pass the most Private Member’s Bills in Canadian parliamentary history. He and Dan took on some of our nation’s largest industries in defence of Canadian consumers rights, and also passed legislation to amend the Criminal Code to add an offence for those who injured others evading police. With me, we held the government to account for a broken election promise and removed a barrier to education for Canadians with a successful campaign to permanently eliminate interest on federal apprenticeship and student loans. We also worked alongside the Iranian community to designate the IRGC as the terrorists that they are. Glenn’s career took him to some of the world’s worst prisons with the responsibility to rescue Canadians and bring them home. There are Canadians today who are free because of his efforts, but only they will know. Indeed, he was bound by secrecy, but more importantly Glenn believed in the noble work of serving Canadians and not about who got the credit. He was also a deeply spiritual man of the highest integrity who refused to be a bystander when he witnessed injustice, which is how I met him. In 2021, when my name was being dragged through the mud on a false allegation, Glenn reached out. When people were distancing themselves or, worse, using my perceived political carcass as a springboard to project their virtue, Glenn saw through it all and helped me to navigate that maelstrom to focus on what mattered most: service. Together, we not only punched above our weight and held the government to account, we advanced issues that everyone knew were important to Canadians but were afraid or unwilling to take on. We took on drug injection sites in 2022 before it was popular and laid the groundwork for the Ontario provincial government to intervene and protect local communities, while helping those living with addiction through actual treatment and care—rather than enabling their addiction and perpetuating their suffering. We were unwavering in fighting foreign interference, and we were stalwart allies of Canada’s Jewish community who were enduring—and unfortunately still are—unprecedented hate and violence. At our own expense, we travelled together to Poland where we met with refugees, the Polish Red Cross, and visited Auschwitz to remind ourselves of the deadly price of inaction. He helped me to arrange donations of needed supplies from one of my businesses to the Guyanese Red Cross for distribution to their indigenous communities. Guyana was a country near and dear to his heart as he spent time there leading democratic engagement programs that led to unprecedented youth and women voting in an election. He did the same for the people of Nepal. It is impossible to do justice to a noble man’s lifetime of service, and I am eternally grateful that I had the privilege of working 4 years alongside him in service to Canadians. Glenn was a man that remembered the humanity in everyone, including his political opponents. To every occasion, he brought his cutting sarcasm and dark humour. He was also a huge fan of the train, something that continues to mystify me, but I suspect it had to do with the bottomless rum and cokes. Rest In Peace, my friend. We have the watch.