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  • Her favourite word is alberta.

NDP MP for Edmonton Strathcona (Alberta)

Won her last election, in 2025, with 47% of the vote.

Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Steel and Aluminum Industry Mr. Speaker, steelworkers were in Ottawa this week reminding the government that steel is the backbone of our economy and our economic sovereignty. The Prime Minister …

This week

Spoke in the House on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, 130 students from Gaza have been waiting over two years to continue their studies at 26 Canadian universities, including the University of Alberta. These …

Voted Yes on Vote #100 on Bill S-211 Respecting a national framework on sports betting advertising

Voted Yes on Vote #101 on Bill C-238 Amend the Criminal Code (restitution orders)

Voted Yes on Vote #102 on Bill C-226 Establish a national framework to improve food price transparency

Voted Yes on Vote #103 Private Members' Business M-16 (Use of underused and surplus federal lands and buildings for services for veterans)

Voted Yes on Vote #98 Appointment of an officer of Parliament

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, 42 years ago today the Canada Health Act was passed, making it the law across Canada that health care must be provided based on …

Spoke in the House on The Environment Mr. Speaker, while the government lets oil companies rake in record profits and gouge Canadians at the pump, Imperial Oil is now reporting another major spill …

Spoke in the House on Public Service of Canada Mr. Speaker, for decades, governments in this country have chipped away at the public service. When the Liberals came to power, they ran on not cutting …

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, the Canada Health Act guarantees Canadians universal access to public health care, but Danielle Smith is creating a private system that will hollow out …

Three months ago

Spoke in the House on Seniors Madam Speaker, this week the NDP government in Manitoba took over a failing for-profit care home to protect seniors. Meanwhile, the federal government owns Revera, Canada's …

Spoke in the House on Public Service of Canada Mr. Speaker, the government is cutting thousands of public sector jobs, like those of the people who process EI, OAS and CPP claims and passports; agricultural …

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-259 An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (fair representation)

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-229 An Act to establish a national framework respecting attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-207 An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Relations with Latin America and the Caribbean Thank you. One concern I have with regard to that particular example is that we have heard from human rights defenders around Latin America and the …

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Bill C-353 All right. It is that Bill C-353 be amended by adding after line 2 on page 6 the following new clause: 5.1 (1) Any order or …

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Bill C-353 Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I want to follow that last comment about how it is all discretionary. I'm going to direct my comments to …

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Bill C-353 Or gals.... Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I want to start by echoing some of the comments made by other members of the committee and …

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Briefing on the Current Situation in Haiti Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much for being here and sharing this information with us. I think everyone in this room and …

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Advancement of a Two-State Solution Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much for being here today and for sharing your expertise with us. I wanted to start by reminding the …

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Defence Policy Update Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I note that you gave that warning before I spoke, which I think makes it seem like there may be …

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Advancement of a Two-State Solution Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. This morning I met with Iris Weinstein, daughter of Judih Weinstein, a Canadian who was a resident of kibbutz Nir …

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-387 An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-338 National Indigenous Teachers Day Act

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-329 An Act to establish a national framework respecting attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-263 An Act to establish the Office of the Commissioner for Responsible Business Conduct Abroad and to make consequential amendments to other Acts