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  • His favourite word is going.

NDP MP for Timmins—James Bay (Ontario)

Won his last election, in 2021, with 35% of the vote.

Statements in the House

Business of Supply September 26th, 2024

Madam Speaker, the member for Cariboo—Prince George said that I lied. Is that okay, or will you ask him to retract that? I actually did hear the tape, so I know it was said. He sat beside the person who said it. Are you going to ask him to retract the word “lie”?

Business of Supply September 26th, 2024

Madam Speaker, on a point of order, I have seen a lot of degrading elements in the history of my time here, but I have never seen anything as ugly as what happened yesterday. The Speaker heard the anti-gay slur from the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan. It is on the tape. I have heard the tape.

Is the Speaker telling us—

Business of Supply September 26th, 2024

Madam Speaker, while the Conservatives prefer to engage in divisive politics, this morning, I prefer to celebrate Canadians' hard work. I would like to offer my congratulations to the community of Timmins. It is a proud and vibrant community that is an essential part of Franco-Ontarian culture. Congratulations Timmins on the opening of the new La Ronde cultural centre.

I hope my colleagues will also lend their support to this project, which is so important for the francophone community.

Business of Supply September 26th, 2024

Madam Speaker, the question is simple. The Leader of the Opposition is saying that he wants to bring down the government. He wants to force an election. I would ask him this: Why has he abandoned Quebec today if it is so important to him?

Business of Supply September 26th, 2024

Madam Speaker, we have tools in the House to bring forward serious issues, which is what opposition days are for. Yesterday, there was a vote of confidence in the Leader of the Opposition, and the House overwhelmingly voted that they did not have confidence in his strategy. Today, we are being told that the Leader of the Opposition is going to defend Quebec and that he demands an election, which is a serious issue to ask.

The Leader of the Opposition might be under his desk, but I believe he should be here. I would ask him this: Why has he abandoned Quebec today?

Business of Supply September 26th, 2024

Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

I am very concerned, and my personal thing is that we have a Leader of the Opposition who wants to bring down the government, but he is missing. I am just worried something happened to him. Maybe he got stuck at Dairy Queen this morning. Should we send out a—

The Environment September 24th, 2024

Mr. Speaker, let us talk about the Liberal price of pollution. We now learn that taxpayers were hit up for $1,200 per household to get the TMX boondoggle built. That is a direct subsidy from Canadians' pockets to Suncor, and the Prime Minister, the “sunny ways” man, is responsible for the biggest increases in oil production and emissions in history. No wonder Richie Rich Kruger from Suncor says the sun is shining on the tar sands, sunny ways while our planet burns.

Will the environment minister at least admit to the world that he had no intention of ever dealing with emissions when he went to COP? He was there to be the front for Suncor and Imperial.

Opioids September 24th, 2024

Mr. Speaker, the opioid nightmare is devastating small and medium-sized towns, which simply do not have the resources to address the overwhelming nature of the crisis. People are dying from poisoned drugs, a lack of treatment opportunities, a housing crisis and predatory gangs that are making our neighbourhoods unsafe.

The city of Timmins recently held the first-ever municipal summit on addressing the opioid crisis. The message is clear: Municipalities cannot do this on their own. The federal government needs to be at the table with increased mental health supports, a credible housing strategy that smaller communities can take advantage of, funding for treatment and recovery, and empowering police with a credible gang strategy to shut down the violence. In Timmins, the Fire Keepers, indigenous teams working the streets to keep people safe and alive, could be a national model.

What we do not need are Conservative MPs pouring gasoline on the crisis, which has led to serious death threats against doctors and nurses who are keeping people safe and alive. In the end, our job is keeping people safe on our streets and keeping our loved ones alive.

Business of Supply September 24th, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Back to this question of the goddess of truth, name them. Name them in the Conservative ranks. That is what Erin O'Toole is challenging them to do.

Business of Supply September 24th, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I do want to congratulate the member for his ability to memorize the slogans, but he would not know the difference between truth and a slogan if the great goddess of truth herself came down from the heavens, painted herself purple and danced on his desk for a week. He would still be reciting the same dumbed-down slogans.

I want to ask him: Why is it that when Erin O'Toole said it was the Chinese Communist Party that helped take him down, not a single member of the Conservative backbench, or any of them, stood up to question foreign interference that took down a credible Conservative leader and put in the guy who is living in Stornoway now?