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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.

Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Pharmacare Act Mr. Speaker, it is a historic day: We are going to be voting on the first steps toward universal pharmacare. The Liberals have been promising pharmacare …

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Madam Speaker, this is my first full speech since the IDF air strike on a camp for displaced persons. I want to take a moment to …

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition. The petitioners note that we are facing intersecting crises, the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis, as well …

Voted No on Vote #791 on Bill C-64 Respecting pharmacare

Voted Yes on Vote #792 on Bill C-64 Respecting pharmacare

Three days ago

Spoke in the House on Oil and Gas Industry Mr. Speaker, the Liberals keep bending over backwards for their friends in oil and gas. The Globe and Mail has multiple sources confirming that the Minister …

Voted No on Vote #787 on Bill C-49 Amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum …

Voted Yes on Vote #788 on Bill C-49 Amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum …

Voted Yes on Vote #789 on Bill C-368 Amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products)

This week

Spoke in the House on Disability Rights Champions Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize two disability rights champions in my community. Lembi Buchanan has worked for over 20 years to ensure that people living …

Spoke in the House on Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Mr. Speaker, the member mentioned orphaned wells. When a company goes under, I can understand potentially helping communities clean that up. However, I am curious why …

Spoke in the House on Climate Change Mr. Speaker, a recent report outlines the devastating impacts of the climate crisis over the next decade. We can expect ecosystems collapsing, our emergency responses overwhelmed …

A week ago

Spoke in the House on The Environment Mr. Speaker, people in Victoria want to know that our coast and our endangered southern resident killer whales are protected. New reports show that cruise ships ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Briefing Session with the Minister of Environment and Climate and Change Could you follow up with the committee and let us know about any modelling that specifically includes the Trans Mountain pipeline, as well as Bay du …

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Environment committee on Environment and Climate Impacts Related to the Canadian Financial System That's okay. I think I will pick up on exactly that point. You were talking about gas. I think many climate experts and folks from civil ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Environment committee on Freshwater and Briefing by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development ... One other really concerning thing—as I was reading the reports—is in the agriculture and climate change mediation report. The fact that the department has achieved less ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Bill C-317 I agree that the first two responses from ECCC were woefully inadequate, and sending a link to a website is unacceptable. The documents the department sent ...

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 ...

Two months ago

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 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 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 ...

More than three months ago

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

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)