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NDP MP for South Okanagan—West Kootenay (B.C.)

Won his last election, in 2021, with 41% 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)

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on Innovation, Science, and Research in Recycling Plastics Thank you to the witnesses for being here with us today. I've met with the plastics industry once a year for, I would imagine, the last …

Spoke in the House on Electoral Participation Act Madam Speaker, I have a lot of respect for the member, and I know he did not really mean it when he said that I had …

Spoke in the House on Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise here this evening to speak to Bill C-69, a bill that enacts certain provisions of the budget tabled …

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the International Trade committee on 2026 CUSMA Review and The Duty-Free Industry in Canada Thank you. My apologies for that computer glitch. I had to reboot everything. Thank you to the witnesses for being here. I'm going to go back …

Spoke in the House on The Environment Mr. Speaker, the spotted owl is one of Canada's most endangered species, with only one wild-born owl left in the country, on the Spuzzum First Nation …

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on Science and Research in Canada's Arctic in Relation to Climate Change Thank you to the witnesses for being here. Mr. Obed, you talked about how, in Canada, research planning and funding flows largely from the south, within …

Spoke at the International Trade committee on 2026 CUSMA Review Thank you. I'll try to be quick, then. I'll stay with Professor Zalik. You talked about the labour chapter in CUSMA and the rapid response provisions. …

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois has put forward the motion about foreign interference today, yet its leader has rejected previous offers to review foreign interference documents. …

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Emergency Preparedness Mr. Speaker, the B.C. communities of Merritt, Princeton and Abbotsford were devastated by floods in 2021. Five people were killed, thousands were forced from their homes, …

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on Science and Research in Canada's Arctic in Relation to Climate Change Thank you. I'm going to continue with Dr. Shadian. I want to start off with a little reality check in terms of comparing the Canadian Arctic …

Spoke at the International Trade committee on Free Trade Negotiations Between Canada and Ecuador and 2026 CUSMA Review Thank you. Thank you to everyone for being here today. I'm going to start with Mr. Lemaire of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association. I represent a …

Spoke in the House on First Nations Clean Water Act Madam Speaker, when the Conservatives were last in power, they pushed through a very unpopular bill about first nations drinking water that was not well thought …

Spoke at the International Trade committee on Free Trade Negotiations Between Canada and Ecuador and 2026 CUSMA Review I'll turn to Mr. Verheul. You talked about trying to bring advantages to the North American market as a whole. I'm just wondering about how you …

Spoke at the Science and Research committee on Committee Business and Science and Research in Canada's Arctic in Relation to … Thank you. Now I'm going to turn to you, Dr. Vincent, because you mentioned, as have several of our witnesses, the polar shelf. The Arctic is …

Spoke in the House on Public Complaints and Review Commission Act Mr. Speaker, my colleague across the way mentioned timeliness. At committee, the NDP put forward an amendment that would assure timely action on some of the …

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Emergency Preparedness Mr. Speaker, Canadians are expecting this wildfire season to be devastating, and the minister has said the same. Last summer, we had to rely on our …

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-267 An Act to amend the Excise Act (non-alcoholic beer)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-219 An Act to enact the Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights and to make related amendments to other Acts

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-214 An Act to amend the Canadian Navigable Waters Act (lakes and rivers in British Columbia)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-363 An Act to amend the Species at Risk Act (amendment of the List)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-360 An Act to amend the Navigation Protection Act (certain lakes and rivers in British Columbia)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-354 An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood)