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  • His favourite word is food.

NDP MP for Cowichan—Malahat—Langford (B.C.)

Won his last election, in 2021, with 43% of the vote.

A week ago

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on An Act to prohibit the export by air of horses for slaughter ... Thank you, Chair. Since this committee meeting is happening in public, it's really important for everyone to understand what privilege is. Privilege in a parliamentary context ...

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

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

Spoke at the Public Safety committee on Growing Problem of Car Thefts in Canada and Modification to the National ... Thank you very much, Chair. It's really good to be back in my old stomping grounds in the public safety committee. I'd really like to thank ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper With regard to federal funding for the Stornoway residence, since January 1, 2016: how much federal funding has been provided to pay for food expenses for ...

Voted No on Vote #737 on Bill C-50 Respecting accountability, transparency and engagement to support the creation of sustainable jobs for workers and ...

Voted Yes on Vote #738 on Bill C-50 Respecting accountability, transparency and engagement to support the creation of sustainable jobs for workers and ...

Two weeks ago

Voted Yes on Vote #686 Motion to proceed to Orders of the Day

Spoke in the House on Privilege I am rising on the question of privilege with respect to the government's response to my question on the Order Paper. On February 14, I submitted ...

Spoke in the House on Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, on the same point of order, I do think it is important for the House to understand this very clearly. For all Canadians watching, ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on An Act to prohibit the export by air of horses for slaughter ... Thanks, Chair. I would like to reserve the right to put some amendments into the preamble. My position and the position of the NDP is quite ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Madam Speaker, over the course of 2024, I have been paying keen attention to gas prices in my region. What I noticed was, from February to ...

Spoke in the House on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the mandate and responsibilities of the Grocery Task Force, broken down by month since its inception: (a) what are the details of all ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the mandate and responsibilities of the Grocery Task Force, broken down by month since its inception: (a) what is the total number of ...

Spoke in the House on Privilege Mr. Speaker, my colleague, the member for New Westminster—Burnaby, highlighted the ETS scandal of the previous government, a $400-million scandal that dwarfs the current scandal by ...

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Families, Children and Social Development Madam Speaker, as Canadians observe Ramadan and Easter this month, many are scrambling to put food on the table. Organizations such as Feed Ottawa are working ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on An Act to prohibit the export by air of horses for slaughter ... Thank you for that. I do want, in my limited time, to turn to Overseas Horse Services. I want to go through the points that you ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Briefing on the Situation in Israel and Gaza and Canada's Diplomatic Capacity Thank you. You mentioned in your opening statements about Israel's right to defend itself. I think everyone around this committee understands that right is afforded to ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on An Act to prohibit the export by air of horses for slaughter ... Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses for helping guide us through this study. Dr. Ireland, I'd like to start with ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Efforts to Stabilize Food Prices and Issues Relating to the Horticultural Sector Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thanks to all of our witnesses. Mr. Lee and Mr. Gilvesy, I'll start with you. On the plastics issue, ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Issues Relating to the Horticultural Sector Thank you very much for that. Mr. Lemaire, I'd like to turn to you. You and I have had conversations about plastics. I think it's very ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-366 An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (substances in menstrual tampons)

Posted on Twitter Portage—Lisgar is going to be fun to watch. https://t.co/2oMTHV65An

Posted on Twitter It’s been quite the week with lots of bills: C-282, C-280, C-314, C-281, and C-21. Very happy to be flying back ho… https://t.co/qZ8Cow9MKZ

Posted on Twitter With respect, I’m proud of how our team protected hunters, farmers, and Indigenous people from Liberal overreach, s… https://t.co/PpyAVSdjwY

Posted on Twitter Thank you to the @marchofdimescda for their support of my Bill #C277, the National Strategy on Brain Injuries Act. https://t.co/5PZkCxzHgw

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-333 An Act respecting a national day of remembrance to honour Canadian Armed Forces members who have lost their lives in peacetime in Canada

Posted on Twitter Today, on behalf of many veterans who have been championing this cause in my riding, I was proud to formally introd… https://t.co/OYRtYpgyGH

Posted on Twitter Great thread on how Pierre Poilievre and Conservatives are deliberately pushing disinformation and playing politics… https://t.co/3k3jzv9aWf

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-315 An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act (investments)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-305 An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (anchorage prohibition)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-303 An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-277 An Act to establish a national strategy on brain injuries

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-203 An Act respecting soil conservation and soil health