Thank you for the question.
Through you, Madam Chair, it was not possible to travel, because every other day I would have to go to receive the dialysis treatment. However, because I was doing it overnight, I was able to fully commit myself to the work I needed to do. In addition to that, I was able to meet with stakeholders, identify priorities in my community, meet with the city. You see your local mayor and local councillors at events and things like that, but there are various departments within the city—the engineers, the city manager, the planners. I needed to talk to them about affordability and the housing initiatives we have, the various programs we can deliver. It was really interesting to hear them say that they had never even met their member of Parliament in previous years.
I think the member prior to us said this shouldn't be for us, that it should be for the residents and the citizens of Canada—this should benefit them. I believe my doing that work was actually benefiting them even more, because I was able to ensure that I could schedule things where I was meeting with stakeholders and committing to the parliamentary work, getting online, and really managing both aspects of it, and being able to really deliver on the priorities that are needed in my city.