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  • His favourite word is testimony.

NDP MP for Hamilton Centre (Ontario)

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

Two days ago

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

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 Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the Public Service Pension Plan, as of January 1, 2024: (a) what is the number of (i) public sector employees, (ii) retirees, (iii) …

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the member spoke at length about the Liberal government's expansive budget. Obviously, what is before us today is this idea of exclusive jurisdiction, yet ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Impact of Disinformation and of Misinformation on the Work of Parliamentarians That's fair. I appreciate that. We've spent a lot of time talking about the threat actors targeting Canadian parliamentarians. Can you speak about any work you …

Spoke in the House on Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, as the very proud spokesperson for employment and workplace development, I am baffled that the parliamentary secretary stands to deliver the comments he did ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Access to Documents from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg Thank you very much. Mr. Chair, I find your actions in unilaterally using what you have determined to be the chair's prerogative rather unusual when indeed …

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Main Estimates 2024-25: Vote 1 under Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, ... Those are some very important points that you've raised. Certainly, when you talk about the impact, the privacy impact assessments, we at this committee dealt with ...

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, ...

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 ...

A month 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 ...

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 ...

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)