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  • Her favourite word is crisis.

NDP MP for Victoria (B.C.)

Won her last election, in 2021, with 44% of the vote.

Yesterday

Voted Yes on Vote #741 on Bill C-29 Provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation

Voted No on Vote #742 Budgetary policy (subamendment)

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Oil and Gas Industry Madam Speaker, the Liberals should never have bought the Trans Mountain pipeline. It threatens our climate and our coasts. Canadian taxpayers are now on the hook ...

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, I also rise to present a paper petition that constituents have signed on the mistreatment and discrimination facing people who are experiencing homelessness and ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Freshwater Thank you so much. I feel like the lesson is that, for every dollar we spend up front on building climate resilience, the amount we save ...

Spoke in the House on Climate Change Madam Speaker, burning coal for electricity is the dirtiest source of power generation. It produces the most greenhouse gases globally. The IPCC states that the world ...

Voted Yes on Vote #740 on Bill S-209 Respecting Pandemic Observance Day

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Oil and Gas Industry Mr. Speaker, while Canadians are struggling and food bank use is at an all-time high, rich oil and gas CEOs are making record profits. Canadians are ...

Voted Yes on Vote #739 Motion to proceed to Orders of the Day

Didn't vote on Vote #737 on Bill C-50 Respecting accountability, transparency and engagement to support the creation of sustainable jobs for workers and ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Committee Business Thank you, Mr. Chair. Today, I'm moving a motion that would call on the CEOs of the biggest oil companies in Canada to come to committee ...

Spoke in the House on Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act Mr. Speaker, in response to my question to the member's colleague, the colleague really said that we need to let industry regulate itself. When it comes ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Environment committee on Bill C-317 I think it's important for us to have this discussion. When I received the documents, I was definitely wondering if the officials or the government had ...

Spoke in the House on Climate Change Mr. Speaker, Canadians are experiencing the brunt of the climate crisis, with damage caused by flooding and the fear of wildfire evacuations, all while the Liberals ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Madam Speaker, the leader of the Conservatives just said that Canada does not have an industrial carbon price. He is either ignorant about carbon tax policy ...

Spoke in the House on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the 2 Billion Trees Commitment, broken down by province or territory since its inception: (a) what is the total amount of funding allocated ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Environment committee on Freshwater Firefighters keep us safe. We should be doing everything we can to keep them and their children safe. One thing that a firefighter told me was ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Subject Matter of Supplementary Estimates (C), 2023-24: Votes 1c, 5c and 10c ... I would love to see the government's analysis. In 2023, 18.5 million hectares of forest burned in wildfires across Canada. That is astronomical and unprecedented, more ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Environment committee on Freshwater Honestly, what you shared about the disconnection from the land that happens when people can no longer use water in traditional ways and what that means ...

Three months ago

Spoke at the Justice committee on An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct) Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, colleagues, for inviting me to speak to my bill, Bill C-332. It would criminalize coercive and controlling behaviour. I want ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-383 An Act to prohibit the export of thermal coal from Canada

Spoke at the Environment committee on Freshwater Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank all the witnesses for being here today. My questions are for Dr. Brandes. You talked about the impacts ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-334 An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Judges Act and the Director of Public Prosecutions Act (orders prohibiting publication of identifying information)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-332 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct)