 In 2000, the former mayor was appointed to Tourism BC's board of directors and to the Clayoquot Sound Central Region Board which considered pre-treaty land use-related decisions.He accepted job as an assistant manager of the Tofino Harbour Authority and served as the chairman of the Working Sound Shellfish Committee.As the 2004 federal election approached, Fraser expressed interest in becoming the New Democratic Party nominee for the Nanaimo—Alberni.