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  • His favourite word is children.

NDP MP for Vancouver Kingsway (B.C.)

Won his last election, in 2021, with 52% of the vote.

Yesterday

Spoke in the House on Main Estimates 2024-25 Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to split my time with the wonderful member for New Westminster—Burnaby. Tonight we debate a supply bill, and for those Canadians …

Voted Yes on Vote #814 on Bill C-70 Respecting countering foreign interference

Didn't vote on Vote #815 Opposition Motion (Government's economic analysis on the impact of the federal fuel charge and the output-based pricing system) …

Didn't vote on Vote #816 Opposition Motion (Government's economic analysis on the impact of the federal fuel charge and the output-based pricing system)

Didn't vote on Vote #817 Concurrence in estimates

Didn't vote on Vote #818 on Bill C-74 For granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for …

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today. The first follows the Gutsy Walk that just happened across this country to bring attention to irritable …

Spoke in the House on Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 moved for leave to introduce Bill C-393, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program). Mr. Speaker, I rise to …

Spoke in the House on Housing Mr. Speaker, people in Vancouver Kingsway are really struggling to find a home they can afford. A two-bedroom apartment costs over $3,600 a month, which is …

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-393 An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program)

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Madam Speaker, the hon. member said there are some issues at Sustainable Development Technology Canada. Let us go over the basics. Annette Verschuren, the former board …

Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-69 Thank you. I want to speak just briefly to it. This is one of the few parts of the entire bill that we have concerns about. …

Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-69 Mr. Arango, after the budget, Heart and Stroke published a statement in response, and it said: ...the federal government announced the first step toward national pharmacare. …

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-69 Thank you. At the outset, I would like to note that the witnesses are commenting on an important theme about the problems of omnibus bills and …

Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-69 In the absence of having Dr. Elliott confirm this, I just want to point out that the formulary negotiated for pharmacare includes pretty much every insulin …

Spoke in the House on Countering Foreign Interference Act Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, Canadian history is replete with examples where Canadians of different origin have had their loyalties questioned because of nothing more than their nationality. …

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, the second petition points out that remote work is a vital accommodation to help disabled individuals, especially those with mobility impairments, to stay in …

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Finance committee on Subject matter of Bill C-69, An Act to implement certain provisions of … I'm okay with that. I'm wondering if my colleagues might prefer hearing from the officials on part 4. We did hear from officials on the other …

Spoke in the House on Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I move that the 19th report of the Standing Committee on Finance, presented on Monday, May 6, 2024, be concurred in. I would like ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Finance committee on Subject matter of Bill C-69, An Act to implement certain provisions of … Thank you. I had intended to speak to the point of order, so I'll briefly do that. Then I'll go back to the subamendment, Mr. Chair, …

Spoke at the Finance committee on Report of the Bank of Canada on Monetary Policy You anticipated where I'm going next; I want to talk about productivity. Deputy Governor, you said, according to a CBC article, that if Canada's recent productivity ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-59 Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't intend to speak for long, but since I and my party were referenced in the Conservatives' comments, I want to ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-382 An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Income Tax Act (extra-energy-efficient products)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-340 An Act to enact the Canada Pharmacare Act

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-337 An Act to establish a national strategy on the reduction of textile waste

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-328 An Act respecting the development of a national strategy on student loan debt

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-312 An Act respecting the development of a national renewable energy strategy

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-307 An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (menstrual products)