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  • His favourite word is privacy.

NDP MP for Hamilton Centre (Ontario)

Won his last election, in 2021, with 49% of the vote.

A week ago

Voted Yes on Vote #759 on Bill C-59 Implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 21, 2023 ...

Spoke in the House on National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Act Madam Speaker, there are few opportunities to rise in the House that give me the type of honour that has been bestowed upon me to speak ...

Spoke in the House on Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the hon. member raising the cost of housing as a prime issue. He called it a “black hole”. I would say that, ...

Voted Yes on Vote #754 Eighth report of the Standing Committee on National Defence

Voted Yes on Vote #755 18th report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Voted No on Vote #756 on Bill C-375 Amend the Impact Assessment Act (federal-provincial agreements)

Voted Yes on Vote #757 Private Members' Business M-112 (Political interference, violence, or intimidation on Canadian soil)

Spoke at the Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee on Georgia's Draft Law on Foreign Agents Thank you very much. I would like to begin with Ms. Chachava. I'm new to this committee, and I want to offer you the opportunity to ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Impact of Disinformation and of Misinformation on the Work of Parliamentarians Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. As I, with good intentions, mangled the analogy about not having a horse in the race, I think that as ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Impact of Disinformation and of Misinformation on the Work of Parliamentarians Thank you very much. I want to shift from digital disinformation to the traditional analog disinformation and the ways in which information is perpetrated that fuel ...

Spoke in the House on The Budget Mr. Speaker, if I heard correctly, I believe the hon. member for Davenport said that it was great news that the disability tax credit finally came ...

Spoke at the Declaration of Emergency committee on Committee Business Thank you. I appreciate the walking and chewing gum part; I think it is something we can do. I acknowledge, again, the importance that we duly ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Impact of Disinformation and of Misinformation on the Work of Parliamentarians I'll interject for a moment. While I appreciate the distinction between correlation and causation, I think it's safe to say that we wouldn't have ended up ...

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Corrections and Conditional Release Act Madam Speaker, certainly ending the week by debating the bill before us provides a certain level of weight for anybody who is recounting the atrocities and ...

Spoke in the House on The Economy Madam Speaker, the Liberals are so out of touch. Just as New Democrats have delivered social programs to help Canadians, the Conservatives are already campaigning to ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Main Estimates 2024-25: Vote 1 under Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, ... I put to you that, in my short time of four or five years here, one frustration I have—coming against the idea of open government, of ...

Spoke in the House on Oil and Gas Industry Mr. Speaker, Ontarians woke up this morning to find out that they got mugged by corporate oil and gas greed today. Gas prices are up 14¢ ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Main Estimates 2024-25: Vote 1 under Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, ... Minus the gapping that you had by not having a permanent person, would you have found upward pressures, given the cost of living, collective agreements and ...

Spoke in the House on Points of Order Mr. Speaker, I rise on the same point of order. It is important for us to reflect on what has transpired in the House. You will ...

Spoke in the House on Housing Mr. Speaker, this past weekend, I met with over 100 youth from Hamilton who told me they do not even know how they are going to ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Use of Social Media Platforms for Data Harvesting and Unethical or Illicit ... This is what I would say, just from a strategic point of view. I happen to think that allowing that study to happen would actually give ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-222 An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (travel expenses deduction for tradespersons)