Thank you for visiting my website. I hope you can take a moment to look around and learn more about my work as the Member of Parliament for York Centre. I look forward to hearing your suggestions and comments on how we can build a better Canada – to become what is in us to be; to become what the world needs us to be.

Liberal Express

All aboard the Liberal Express!

Join Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Liberal colleagues for a BBQ during the 2010 Liberal Express Summer Tour across Canada.

York Hill District Park, July 29th 4:30-6:30

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The Public Voice

Madam Speaker, I am dividing my time with the member for Vancouver Centre. Prorogation can be mostly for benign reasons but in this case it was not. Done arbitrarily and out of the government’s own convenience, it was done to shut down voices that the government did not want to hear. That may be very [...]

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Liberals are working for community-based organizations

  For Immediate Release June 14, 2010 Liberals are working for community-based organizations OTTAWA – Liberals are working today to bring awareness to the Harper government’s funding cuts to community-based organizations by hosting a roundtable on Parliament Hill. “Community groups work to meet a community’s needs and add to the mix of voices essential to [...]

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Hunger Awareness Day

Today is national hunger awareness day, a day we hear the statistics of those who go hungry, but statistics don’t tell the story – real lives do. Pregnant mothers who don’t have enough to eat are less healthy, are more likely to give birth prematurely, and have kids who are less healthy and less strong. [...]

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The Federal Gun Registry and its Role in Our Community

Manitoba Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner introduced a Private Member’s Bill into the House of Commons during the last session to dismantle the federal gun registry.  As many of you may be aware, the Bill has now made it to the committee stage, making the threat of Canada losing its gun control system much more real.  [...]

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