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NDP MP for Timmins—James Bay (Ontario)

Won his last election, in 2021, with 35% of the vote.

A week ago

Voted Yes on Vote #847 on Bill C-69 Implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 16, 2024

Voted No on Vote #848 on Bill C-65 Amend the Canada Elections

Voted Yes on Vote #849 on Bill C-65 Amend the Canada Elections

Voted Yes on Vote #850 Private Members' Business M-109 (Instruction to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (amendments to the Standing …

Voted Yes on Vote #851 on Bill C-323 Amend the Excise Tax Act (mental health services)

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on Canada’s Electricity Grid and Network Thank you for that. You talked about political polarization and the damage it's doing. I certainly see that from the moratorium. I've talked again to businesses, …

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I am always proud to rise in this House and proud as well to share my time with the member for Vancouver East. There …

Spoke in the House on Indigenous Affairs Mr. Speaker, for decades, the Mushkegowuk Cree of James Bay have fought to end substandard health and to get a proper hospital built, but now that …

Spoke in the House on Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, it was fascinating to listen to my colleague actually bring a little bit of truth to this troubled place. What we have seen from …

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on Canada’s Electricity Grid and Network That's very important, because one of the questions we always hear on solar and wind is about their flexibility, because they are not always running at …

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I had a lot of confidence when we came into this Parliament that we would get serious about the climate crisis. Canada has the …

Spoke in the House on Petitions Madam Speaker, I have a number of petitions here. One of the petitions really is timely right now, given the bombing of a school in Gaza. …

Spoke in the House on Oil and Gas Industry Mr. Speaker, corporations should not be allowed to lie about the threats that are posed by their products, which is a no-brainer, unless of course we …

Spoke in the House on Pharmacare Act Mr. Speaker, if anybody wants to see the deterioration and disappearance of public health care, they can come to Ontario. Last year, we had 1,000 emergency …

A month ago

Spoke in the House on The Environment Mr. Speaker, fire season is on us, and yet oil production in the tar sands has reached its highest peak ever. That is thanks to the …

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on Canada’s Electricity Grid and Network Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank our witnesses for providing their expert advice on the very complex set of issues we're confronting. I will …

Two months ago

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on Canada’s Electricity Grid and Network Thank you. I want to thank the witnesses. You know your files well. This is impressive. I want to help my good friend Mr. McLean, because ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Main Estimates 2024-25: Vote 1 under Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Votes ... I appreciate that, because I see what's happening in my community of Timmins and I know it's as bad, and worse, in other northern communities. In ...

Spoke at the Finance committee on Subject matter of Bill C-69, An Act to implement certain provisions of … Thank you, Chair. We've seen the tactic from Mr. Genuis where he comes in and he's abusive. He's talking over other people. I want to hear …

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on Main Estimates 2024-25: Vote 1 under Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Vote ... I ask because when I was first elected, Ring of Fire was going to be the next big thing. For people I've talked to in the ...

Spoke at the Canada-China Relations committee on Canada–People’s Republic of China Relations That's fair play. I think the worst thing is doing an after-the-fact gotcha moment, when these things are very complex and when there are all manner ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-372 An Act respecting fossil fuel advertising

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-309 An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (public institutions)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-580 An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Firearms Act and the Contraventions Act (long guns)