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  • His favourite word is farmers.

Conservative MP for Huron—Bruce (Ontario)

Won his last election, in 2021, with 51% of the vote.

This week

Voted Yes on Vote #791 on Bill C-64 Respecting pharmacare

Voted No on Vote #792 on Bill C-64 Respecting pharmacare

Spoke in the House on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to government grant programs which are or have been administered by external parties or vendors since 2016: what are the details of all such …

Voted Yes on Vote #787 on Bill C-49 Amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum …

Voted No on Vote #788 on Bill C-49 Amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum …

Voted Yes on Vote #789 on Bill C-368 Amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products)

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on Science and Research in Canada's Arctic in Relation to Climate Change I think all Canadians feel it's their responsibility to do their best and to be mindful of what they're doing and their contributions, be they personal, ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on Committee Business and The Distribution of Federal Government Funding Among Canada's Post-Secondary ... I guess you guys get all the questions, then. Congratulations. Depending on what school, organization or representative has appeared before the committee, one theme they have ...

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on The Distribution of Federal Government Funding Among Canada's Post-Secondary Institutions With all of your experience through the years, and your expertise.... I think it's impossible, really, to compete with the United States, seeing that it's so ...

Spoke in the House on The Budget Madam Speaker, I would like to echo the question that the member from Calgary just asked about being in the riding. I was not in his ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on The Distribution of Federal Government Funding Among Canada's Post-Secondary Institutions I always go back to the one I brought up a few times on this committee, which is research dollars that were given to study Dolly ...

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on The Distribution of Federal Government Funding Among Canada's Post-Secondary Institutions Maybe I look at this from an overly simplistic point of view, but a lot of students who graduate from my area go to the University ...

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on Committee Business and The Distribution of Federal Government Funding Among Canada's Post-Secondary ... I'm not trying to pick a fight with any universities, because I've probably had friends through the years who have attended most of them. Take, for ...

Three months ago

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on Briefing with the Chief Science Advisor of Canada Can I ask you one other question? When you're putting together your plan to study long COVID on the recommendation of the health minister—and I know ...

More than three months ago

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on Committee Business and Integration of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Science in Government ... In my remaining time, I'll ask a question of Ms. Sayine-Crawford. I can go back to years ago when I was first elected. Different things in ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the High Frequency Rail project and the final report expected in late 2023 to inform government decisions on opportunities to enhance rail service ...

Spoke in the House on Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act moved: That a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours that this House disagrees with the amendments made by the Senate to Bill ...

Spoke in the House on Points of Order Madam Speaker, I would ask the parliamentary secretary to retract his comments and apologize. If he does not want to, then I suggest we move on ...

Spoke in the House on Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister, the ag minister and the environment minister are simply not listening to farmers. A pork farmer with a pork farm just ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time today with the member for Hastings—Lennox and Addington. With regard to Bill C-234, I would like to recognize ...

Spoke in the House on Carbon Pricing Mr. Speaker, that is an interesting answer. The Liberal government has never respected the environmental good that farmers do and it proves it every day by ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-234 An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-232 An Act to amend the Excise Act, 2001 (spirits)