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  • His favourite word is view.

Conservative MP for York—Durham (Ontario)

Won his last election, in 2025, with 56% of the vote.

Yesterday

Voted Yes on Vote #188 Opposition Motion (Federal procurement)

Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, I am rising to follow up on a question that I posed to the Minister of Natural Resources not that long ago about the …

This week

Spoke in the House on Safe Social Media Act Madam Speaker, like many members of Parliament this past summer, I consciously spent some time speaking with residents in my riding about this proposal, which was …

Spoke in the House on Finance Mr. Speaker, if the government was serious about this issue, it would have created the agency, which it promised in 2021, and it would not have …

A week ago

Voted Yes on Vote #182 Opposition Motion (Appearance of the Prime Minister before the Standing Committee on Finance)

Voted Yes on Vote #183 10th report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons …

Didn't vote on Vote #184 on Bill C-247 Amend the Canada Labour Code

Voted Yes on Vote #185 on Bill C-241 Establish a national strategy respecting flood and drought forecasting

Spoke in the House on Aerospace Industry Mr. Speaker, I am rising to follow up on a question I asked the Minister of National Defence about the now infamous Maritime Launch Services' so-called …

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Bilateral Relationship Between Canada and the United States Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to our witnesses for appearing and providing their valuable testimony on this important topic. My first questions will be for …

Spoke in the House on Housing Mr. Speaker, for all the talk and all the announcements, by the minister's own admission there are only 19,000 homes, but only 2,000 are actually under …

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the International Trade committee on Canada’s Clean Energy, Clean Technology, and Critical Mineral Exports Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you also to our witnesses for appearing and for providing their valuable testimony. I apologize to them, as I'm going to …

Spoke in the House on Housing Mr. Speaker, I too am grateful for the work of Habitat for Humanity. I just wish fewer Canadians needed it. Intentions do not build homes. The …

A month ago

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Bilateral Relationship Between Canada and the United States Thank you. Mr. Hyder, on a similar topic, you said not long ago in an interview that Canada and the U.S. are “better together”. You spoke …

Spoke in the House on Canada Revenue Agency Mr. Speaker, I am rising to follow up on a question I asked during question period about the performance of the Canada Revenue Agency. As I …

Spoke in the House on Building Canada Strong Act Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be closing out the evening on Bill C-39. Let me start with some great literature: We have all some experience …

Spoke at the International Trade committee on Canada’s Clean Energy, Clean Technology, and Critical Mineral Exports Thank you, Madam Chair. I apologize to our witnesses. If members of the committee recall, we were discussing a motion that I put on notice back …

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Bilateral Relationship Between Canada and the United States Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to our witnesses for appearing and providing valuable testimony on this important issue. Dr. Meredith, you implored members of this …

Spoke at the International Trade committee on Election of Vice-Chairs and Canada’s Clean Energy, Clean Technology, and Critical Mineral … Thank you, Madam Chair. As I mentioned, I want to move a motion that I put on notice on April 13 of this year. It's a …

More than three months ago

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Committee Business It was this morning. Okay. That's excellent. The letter that was received even later by committee members was clearly an attempt by the minister to give …

Spoke at the International Trade committee on Enforcing Canada's Import Ban on Goods Produced Using Forced Labour I have to say it's kind of concerning to me that we have five people here from what are supposed to be the responsible departments, yet …