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  • His favourite word is seniors.

Liberal MP for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (Nova Scotia)

Won his last election, in 2021, with 53% of the vote.

This week

Voted No on Vote #481 Opposition Motion (Carbon tax on farmers, First Nations and families)

Voted Yes on Vote #482 Concurrence in an opposed item (Opposed Vote No. 1)

Voted Yes on Vote #483 Concurrence in an opposed item (Opposed Vote No. 2)

Voted Yes on Vote #484 Concurrence in an opposed item (Opposed Vote No. 3)

Voted Yes on Vote #485 Concurrence in an opposed item (Opposed Vote No. 4)

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Myles Goodwyn Mr. Speaker, Nova Scotia lost one of its own yesterday. Myles Goodwyn of Canada's legendary band April Wine has passed away. For decades, Myles and April ...

Spoke in the House on Health Madam Speaker, on this World AIDS Day, ensuring that Canadians have access to testing and treatment for HIV is a top priority for our government. That ...

Spoke in the House on HIV and AIDS Madam Speaker, December 1 marks World AIDS Day and the beginning of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week. During this time, we remember those we lost to HIV ...

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Meetings and Information Thank you very much. My riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour is home to CFB Shearwater, and the military family resource centre is an incredible resource for military ...

Spoke at the Medical Assistance in Dying committee on Committee Business and Follow-up on Recommendation 13 of the Second Report of ... Dr. Rajji, here are a couple of little scribbles that I threw down when you were giving your testimony: “get it right”, “getting to consensus”, “concerned ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Rising Domestic Operational Deployments and Challenges for the Canadian Armed Forces Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Minister, to you and your team for being here. Please pass along to the incredible women and men ...

A month ago

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Rising Domestic Operational Deployments and Challenges for the Canadian Armed Forces and ... Mostly I'd like a point of clarification from James. Who did you attribute those comments to, about the process needing to be sped up? On the ...

Spoke at the Medical Assistance in Dying committee on Committee Business and Follow-up on Recommendation 13 of the Second Report of ... Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I want to thank our witnesses for being here. We have such a narrow mandate that you'll be hearing, and ...

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Review of the Impact of Canada’s Procurement Process on the Canadian Armed ... Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you, folks, for being here today. I represent the communities of Dartmouth and Cole Harbour, and we have an ...

Spoke at the Health committee on Women's Health and Meeting Requested Pursuant to Standing Order 106(4) to Discuss ... I was going to say the exact same thing. I hear Mr. Davies speaking on all the things that have been said today, but what I ...

Spoke in the House on National Pain Awareness Week Mr. Speaker, this week marks National Pain Awareness Week, a time to raise awareness about chronic pain, the severe impact it has on people's lives and ...

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Military Health System and Provision of Health and Transition Services under the ... I don't support the amendment to move it to two meetings. I think it's much more important than some of the things we've done on single ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, since 2017, guided by the Canadian drugs and substances strategy, CDSS, the Government of Canada has taken a comprehensive approach to address substance use ...

Spoke in the House on Labour Mr. Speaker, we are making sure that the collective bargaining process is as free and fair as it can be. We have wrapped up consultations, and ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, we want to save people money and fight climate change at the same time. We know that a price on pollution reduces emissions and ...

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, that is a very serious question. Since 2016, the government has had the view that we need a comprehensive, collaborative and evidence-based substance use ...

More than three months ago

Posted on Twitter Happy birthday @pie_humble!!! #Dartmouth https://t.co/R1DF6xHllz

Posted on Twitter Love how many folks came out to show local Downtown #Dartmouth businesses some love! 🥰 Way to go, @DT_Dartmouth! https://t.co/EebH6fKiRw

Posted on Twitter It’s a beautiful day in #Dartmouth for the @DT_Dartmouth food crawl! 😍 🗓Today 5:30pm — 8:00pm #SupportLocal https://t.co/8oNc5BCgmS

Posted on Twitter ✨Oh. My. Goodness.✨ This is going to be the BIGGEST Downtown #Dartmouth Food Crawl yet. 🍔🍝🍪🥞 The folks at… https://t.co/NTVo8zoZct

Posted on Twitter It’s the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, a time to reaffirm our commitment to maki… https://t.co/UzYp9JxWKx

Posted on Twitter 🙌 Amazing news for #CleanTech companies in #Dartmouth #ColeHarbour and across Atlantic Canada! ➡️Our government is… https://t.co/MxN7U8PcS6

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-238 An Act respecting the development of a national strategy for the safe disposal of lamps containing mercury