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  • Her favourite word is work.

Liberal MP for St. John's East (Newfoundland & Labrador)

Won her last election, in 2025, with 62% of the vote.

Yesterday

Voted No on Vote #188 Opposition Motion (Federal procurement)

A week ago

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

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

Voted Paired on Vote #184 on Bill C-247 Amend the Canada Labour Code

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

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on The Economy Mr. Speaker, apart from the suite of supports that my colleagues have outlined already today, we are also diversifying our trade partners, supercharging major projects, investing …

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on The Environment Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her passion for ocean protection. She is right. Canada is stepping up as a global leader. Recently, I …

Spoke in the House on Fisheries and Oceans Mr. Speaker, first of all, I will not play politics with issues as important as this. What I will say is that French officials confirmed that …

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, off the top I will say to the member to support Bill C-38. I will remind her that I speak with residents in her …

Spoke in the House on Fisheries and Oceans Mr. Speaker, I welcome the member back after the summer and certainly look forward to working with him and the fisheries committee. I want to remind …

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, there is a series of things we are currently doing to improve the lives of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians and Canadians. Recently, we had the …

Spoke in the House on Public Safety Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome everyone back to the House after the summer. I want to reply to the hon. member from Newfoundland and …

More than three months ago

Spoke in the House on Fisheries and Oceans Mr. Speaker, I can assure all members of this House that when I make decisions as the fisheries minister, they are always balanced, with information through …

Spoke at the Fisheries committee on Main Estimates 2026-27: Votes 1, 5 and 10 under Department of Fisheries … Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is a pleasure to be here for my fourth appearance at the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. The 2026-27 main …

Spoke at the Fisheries committee on Subject Matter of Clauses 553 to 570 (Division 33) of Bill C-15, … Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is a pleasure to be here at the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. Budget 2025 is a transformational budget. We …

Spoke at the Fisheries committee on Supplementary Estimates (B), 2025-26: Votes 1b, 5b and 10b under Department of … Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is a pleasure for me to be here at the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. Canada has the best seafood …

Spoke at the Fisheries committee on Briefing with the Minister of Fisheries Thank you. If there are any challenges, you can stop me again. Good morning. Before I begin, I want to say what an honour it is …

Spoke at the Finance committee on Tax Debt Write-Offs, the Carousel Tax Fraud Scheme and Other Issues Involving … Thank you. I'm glad I get this opportunity. Welcome. I want to start with statistics and how we've been talking about them. In 2024, the “Global …

Spoke at the Finance committee on Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Budget Thank you. It's interesting. I'm on the other side of the country and the other coast and I hear the same thing, so I really appreciate …

Spoke at the Finance committee on Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Budget Thank you. If I could switch to you, Mr. Mohammad, you referenced in your opening statement the need to do more in public education. Would you …

Spoke at the Finance committee on Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Budget Thank you Welcome to all the witnesses. I would like to begin with you, Ms. Mearns. I believe you may have a Newfoundland and Labrador connection. …