Flooding in British Columbia  Madam Speaker, it is an honour to stand for the first time on behalf of Peterborough—Kawartha. I want to give a big shout-out to my friend Arnold Taylor from Curve Lake for this beautiful piece of indigenous children for those who did not make it home from residential schools, wh

Order Respecting the Business of the House and its Committees  Mr. Speaker, I want to point out that I was elected to represent the constituents of my riding of Peterborough—Kawartha. All of us in the House were elected to represent our constituents. I am curious if my colleague or any of my Liberals colleagues have even asked their constit

Order Respecting the Business of the House and its Committees  Mr. Speaker, I would like to address my colleague about being a woman with children and the argument being made today that it is hard. I know it is hard. I have three children. It is excruciating being away from them, but this is not about us. This is about something bigger than

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, our economic crisis has created a mental health and suicide crisis. During the election, I knocked on one man’s door and he showed me what he was eating for dinner, cat food. This is not an exaggeration. Food bank users are at all-time high. Canadians need to know a

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, this morning, I asked on my Facebook who had started or finished their Christmas shopping. My inbox quickly filled with heartbreaking messages from my constituents who had no money to buy food or pay rent, never mind Christmas presents. Our economic crisis is a ment

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, while I deeply respect my colleague's passion, saying something louder does not make it true. While I appreciate that he is talking about child care and all of these things, I am curious to know why it is so much worse, if you are doing so many things. I have hear

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Go ask your constituents.

Peterborough Petes  Mr. Speaker, today I am very proud to share the story of #CoachCal, a six-year-old from my riding of Peterborough—Kawartha. Cal was selected after auditioning for the next gen program. He was granted a single-game contract with our OHL team, the Peterborough Petes, to give the pr

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would love to hear more from my colleague about how we are going to help the homeless situation, which is dire in my riding of Peterborough—Kawartha, with this motion. How would implementing the three specific targets in the motion help the homeless crisis?

Government Business No. 4—An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, what a moment. What an experience to stand in the House of Commons. I thank my constituents of Peterborough—Kawartha. I am here because of their support. I am here because they believed in me. I promise to do my best and do what I learned growing up in Douro, Ontar

Government Business No. 4—An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the comments and the member's trip down memory lane in terms of his first speech. This speech is about Cassy and mental health and people dying of opioids. That is what we need to be focusing on. Where is the treatment? Where is the money going to men

Government Business No. 4—An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, right now what we need to focus on is how we help get better treatment facilities. We have a lot of harm reduction. We are talking about a lot of these things, and we need to get the cost of living down as well. When we look at this, a lot of opioid addiction star

Government Business No. 4—An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, when we look at how we treat addiction and mental health, we have to change how we talk about it. We have to see it as the disease that it is. Consumption treatment sites absolutely are important when we look at harm reduction, but the bigger, long-term sustainable

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, I am not sure how that member is talking about making life affordable. Regardless, a job does not keep people from being hungry. One in eight people who visit food banks are employees. The growing cost of housing, rent and grocery prices are affecting those strugglin

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, has the government forgotten who we work for? Let me remind everyone: We work for the people. No one can deny that Canadians are frustrated. The events that have transpired over the last week prove this. Unfortunately, what started out as a respectful and peaceful