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NDP MP for Timmins—James Bay (Ontario)

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

Yesterday

Voted Yes on Vote #744 Ninth report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

Voted No on Vote #745 on Bill C-351 Amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (maximum security offenders)

Voted Yes on Vote #746 Motion to proceed to Orders of the Day

Voted Yes on Vote #747 Budgetary policy

Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Homelessness Mr. Speaker, the homelessness crisis in northern Ontario has become a social disaster. Municipalities, agencies and health care systems are stretched to the breaking point, yet ...

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, for decades, people in James Bay have struggled to overcome the systemically racist underfunding of health services. Every region deserves proper hospital services. We ...

Voted No on Vote #743 Budgetary policy (amendment)

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Pharmacare Act Madam Speaker, I have been listening intently to my Conservative colleagues, who promise something and then oppose it. For example, they really pushed for the suicide ...

Spoke at the Canada-China Relations committee on Canada–People’s Republic of China Relations I would suggest that this is a question for CSIS. I don't know; maybe you don't watch sci-fi movies like I do. If you've ever watched ...

Spoke in the House on Indigenous Affairs Mr. Speaker, for years, people in Attawapiskat have lived in mould-filled homes, in sheds and even in tents on a tiny plot of land. This is ...

Spoke in the House on Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act Madam Speaker, finally we are at the point of moving forward with actually a very simple and what should be non-controversial bill. It is a bill ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the Department of Indigenous Services 2023-24 Departmental Plan, broken down by fiscal year for 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26: (a) what is the total ...

Spoke in the House on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the implementation and processing of claims under the Inuit Child First Initiative, broken down by fiscal year since its implementation: (a) broken down ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on An Act to amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act ... Thank you, Chair, and thank you for the excellent work in getting us to the finish line on this huge bill. I think it's a real ...

Spoke in the House on Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act Mr. Speaker, today is an important day and a proud day. It is a day that we fulfill the promise to workers who came to us ...

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on An Act to amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act ... Thank you, Chair. We always seem to have to start again with simple explanations. Bill C-49 is updating the Atlantic accords. The Atlantic accords are a ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on An Act to amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act ... Thank you. In all my years, when we vote on an amendment, we accept the amendment and understand what's in the amendment. Once we've accepted the ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on An Act to amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act ... To follow up on that, because the notice of motion went out today and we knew we were going to have the tributes to Mr. Mulroney ...

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on An Act to amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act ... Canada is the only G7 country without an offshore wind industry, so we are behind the eight ball. We know that coming off the north shore, ...

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on An Act to amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act ... Well, I'm fascinated that my Conservative friends want the federal government now to be able to establish rules. It says that before any bids can go ...

Three months ago

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on An Act to amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act ... Thank you. You gentlemen don't look like you just fell off the turnip truck. You don't look like you were hoodwinked. It doesn't sound like this ...

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

More than three months ago

Posted on Twitter I encourage people to read the book Fire Weather by John Valiant. It is a brutally frighting look at how we are bur… https://t.co/XhXVSMfqF4

Posted on Twitter Victoria Day weekend: Secret daughter project. Stay tuned. https://t.co/oQl7bVvgCL

Posted on Twitter If you love the mining history of the north you will love this production. May 26 at the Classic Theatre Cobalt May… https://t.co/VTBZwqTbnt

Posted on Twitter On this most Canadian of weekends - the May two-four, the May Run here is that most Canadian band singing about tha… https://t.co/Xnedx0xKee

Posted on Twitter I came across this deep open mine shaft on the hill behind my house. The hill was exploited by the "Big Cobalters"… https://t.co/3yiFiwid92

Posted on Twitter The poor Brits. Democracy is confusing for them. This is the land that gave us Boris Johnston and Nigel Farage. https://t.co/expK5Nb1Mw

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)