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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)
Spoke at the Finance committee on Changes to Capital Gains and Corresponding Measures Announced in Budget 2024 Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's funny. If there were a definition of “hypocrisy” in the dictionary, it would probably include this motion. I sat here in …
Spoke in the House on Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, I am pleased to stand and speak to the budget bill, Bill C-69, here in the House today. I think budgets are an opportunity …
Spoke at the Finance committee on Policy Decisions and Market Forces that have led to Increases in the … Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm wondering if we could come to an agreement on sawing it off by saying “two weeks”. We're talking about when the …
Spoke in the House on Main Estimates 2024-25 Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to split my time with the wonderful member for New Westminster—Burnaby. Tonight we debate a supply bill, and for those Canadians …
Spoke at the Finance committee on Policy Decisions and Market Forces that have led to Increases in the … Thank you. Maybe I'll address this to Ms. Young, if I can. In September 2022, the office of the federal housing advocate released a series of …
Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today. The first follows the Gutsy Walk that just happened across this country to bring attention to irritable …
Spoke in the House on Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 moved for leave to introduce Bill C-393, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program). Mr. Speaker, I rise to …
Spoke in the House on Housing Mr. Speaker, people in Vancouver Kingsway are really struggling to find a home they can afford. A two-bedroom apartment costs over $3,600 a month, which is …
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-393 An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program)
Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Madam Speaker, the hon. member said there are some issues at Sustainable Development Technology Canada. Let us go over the basics. Annette Verschuren, the former board …
Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-69 Thank you. I want to speak just briefly to it. This is one of the few parts of the entire bill that we have concerns about. …
Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-69 Mr. Arango, after the budget, Heart and Stroke published a statement in response, and it said: ...the federal government announced the first step toward national pharmacare. …
Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-69 Thank you. At the outset, I would like to note that the witnesses are commenting on an important theme about the problems of omnibus bills and …
Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-69 In the absence of having Dr. Elliott confirm this, I just want to point out that the formulary negotiated for pharmacare includes pretty much every insulin …
Spoke in the House on Countering Foreign Interference Act Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, Canadian history is replete with examples where Canadians of different origin have had their loyalties questioned because of nothing more than their nationality. …
Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, the second petition points out that remote work is a vital accommodation to help disabled individuals, especially those with mobility impairments, to stay in …
Spoke at the Finance committee on Subject matter of Bill C-69, An Act to implement certain provisions of … I'm okay with that. I'm wondering if my colleagues might prefer hearing from the officials on part 4. We did hear from officials on the other …
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-382 An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Income Tax Act (extra-energy-efficient products)
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-340 An Act to enact the Canada Pharmacare Act
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-337 An Act to establish a national strategy on the reduction of textile waste
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-328 An Act respecting the development of a national strategy on student loan debt
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-312 An Act respecting the development of a national renewable energy strategy
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-307 An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (menstrual products)