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  • His favourite word is investment.

Liberal MP for Ottawa South (Ontario)

Won his last election, in 2025, with 65% of the vote.

Three days ago

Introduced legislation Government bill C-11 An Act to amend the National Defence Act and other Acts

This week

Spoke in the House on National Defence Mr. Speaker, we know that our partners want to see Canada play a much bigger role on the international stage. Yesterday, we signed a new agreement …

Voted No on Vote #38 Opposition Motion (Constitutional powers of Quebec and the provinces)

Voted No on Vote #37 Opposition Motion (Oil and gas emissions cap)

A week ago

Voted Paired on Vote #35 Opposition Motion (Violent crime and repeat offenders)

Voted Paired on Vote #36 on Bill C-3 Amend the Citizenship Act (2025)

Spoke in the House on Marine Transportation Mr. Speaker, first of all, this is a Crown corporation in British Columbia. The federal government is investing massively in shipbuilding across the country. We are …

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, the Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF, fighter force is continuously recruiting, training and releasing pilots through normal attrition. Nevertheless, Canada faces recruiting and retaining …

Spoke in the House on National Defence Mr. Speaker, we know that our forces and their families face challenges as they move across the country from posting to posting. That is why, this …

Three months ago

Voted No on Vote #23 on Bill C-5 Enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada

Spoke in the House on Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, last week the Prime Minister announced a $9.3-billion investment in Canada's defence, which means we will achieve NATO's 2% target this fiscal year. This …

Spoke in the House on National Defence Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister announced $4.5 billion yesterday for our efforts in Ukraine. We have committed to reducing overall government spending by more than $15 …

Spoke in the House on Foreign Affairs Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Burnaby Central for his dedication. Canada's support for Ukraine in the face of Russia's illegal and …

More than three months ago

Spoke in the House on National Defence Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Mont-Saint-Bruno—L'Acadie for his hard work. Our government has just presented a plan for the reconstruction, re-equipment and reinvestment in …

Spoke at the Public Safety committee on Annual Report 2021-22 of the Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada ... Thank you very much. Mr. Chair, committee members, thank you for your invitation to appear today. In addition to Senator Frances Lankin, I am joined by ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-232 An Act respecting Arab Heritage Month

Spoke at the Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee on Recognition of International Human Rights Champions, Impact of COVID-19 on Displaced Persons ... Thank you very much, Mr. Chair; and good evening, colleagues. It's good to see so many of you again. Thank you very much for your interest ...

Spoke at the COVID-19 Pandemic committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I'll be sharing my time with the member for Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne today. My question is regarding the steps the government is ...

Spoke at the Electoral Reform committee on Electoral Reform Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Minister, welcome. Minister, Eid Mubarak to you and your family. I had the privilege this morning of attending two of ...

Spoke at the Transport committee on Rail Safety Would you think it would be more appropriate, for example, to have you—actually, it would be more important and appropriate to have Hunter Harrison and Keith ...

Spoke at the Transport committee on Updating Infrastructure in Canada: An examination of needs and investments Thanks, everyone, for being here. Welcome to Ottawa. To begin, I want to get one quick question off the table for the benefit of all my ...

Spoke at the Transport committee on Updating Infrastructure in Canada: An examination of needs and investments Before Stats Canada's long-form census was eliminated by the government—something they pursued here after George W. Bush tried to do it in Washington and then had ...

Spoke at the Transport committee on Updating Infrastructure in Canada: An examination of needs and investments Because we can't get a definitive answer from the government, we're trying to get a sense, municipality by municipality, of how much has been spent. We ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-544 An Act to amend the Auditor General Act (government advertising)