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  • His favourite word is ukraine.

Conservative MP for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman (Manitoba)

Won his last election, in 2025, with 60% of the vote.

Two days ago

Voted Yes on Vote #39 Opposition Motion (Food taxation)

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Public Safety Mr. Speaker, senior Iranian government officials were banned from entering Canada in 2022 for gross human rights violations and state-sponsored terrorism. In June, border services still …

Voted Yes on Vote #38 Opposition Motion (Constitutional powers of Quebec and the provinces)

Spoke in the House on Canadian Army Mr. Speaker, today is army day on the Hill, when we celebrate and honour the brave women and men in our Canadian Army. Their dedication and …

Voted Yes on Vote #37 Opposition Motion (Oil and gas emissions cap)

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

Voted No on Vote #36 on Bill C-3 Amend the Citizenship Act (2025)

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Briefing on Threat Analysis in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Regions Let's talk about escalation of Russia in Ukraine specifically. You mentioned that they seem to be gaining little ground for a high cost. We're hearing of …

Spoke in the House on Sergei Magnitsky International Anti-Corruption and Human Rights Act moved for leave to introduce Bill C-219, An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act, the Justice for Victims of Corrupt …

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-219 An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act, the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law), the Special Economic Measures Act and the Broadcasting Act

Spoke in the House on Questions Passed as Orders for Return With regard to the Prime Minister's announcement on June 9, 2025, that the government intends to expand "the reach, security mandate, and abilities of the Canadian …

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the Royal Canadian Air Force: (a) how many filled fighter pilot positions were there in each year from 2020 to 2025; (b) how …

Spoke in the House on Citizenship Act Madam Speaker, it is indeed a pleasure to be back after our summer in our ridings. I know that all of us worked really hard seeing …

More than three months ago

Spoke in the House on Strong Borders Act Mr. Speaker, it is indeed an honour to rise in this place, thanks to the support of the great people of Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, many of whom I …

Spoke in the House on National Defence Mr. Speaker, new reports from the Department of National Defence confirmed today that less than 50% of the equipment used by our armed forces is operational. …

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Election of Chair Mr. Chair, I want to give notice of motion regarding the transparency study that we worked on in the previous Parliament. We tabled that report in …

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Briefing on Updated Threat Assessment Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank the witnesses for attending our meeting today and helping us get informed. I want to talk a bit …

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Contaminated Sites That's something that we want to know, especially when we have soldiers out there training. They're still digging trenches and still getting exposed to the dioxins …

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Contaminated Sites Okay. Well, I think one of the recommendations we'll want to make is to ensure those conversations take place, going forward. Professor Wang and Professor Ferguson, …

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Defence Policy Update and Supplementary Estimates (B), 2024-25: Vote 1b under Communications … If you compare apples to apples, Minister, the parliamentary library just found out that actual spending on national defence is at 0.95% this year. You guys …

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Supplementary Estimates (B), 2024-25: Vote 1b under Communications Security Establishment and Votes … I just say that the Parliamentary Budget Officer's numbers are based upon actual projections. Let's drill down on this budget, because this budget and these estimates …

Spoke at the National Defence committee on Defence Policy Update Thank you, Chair. I thank all of our witnesses for joining us this morning. Dr. Marijan, you were talking about the advancements in AI. I know …

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-324 An Act to amend the Special Economic Measures Act

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-296 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (increasing parole ineligibility)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-267 An Act to provide for the taking of restrictive measures in respect of foreign nationals responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and to make related amendments to the Special Economic Measures Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-266 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (increasing parole ineligibility)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-478 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (increasing parole ineligibility)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-456 An Act to amend the Excise Act, 2001 (spirits)