Substitute
Member
Conservative Party
Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association
CA - K1A 0A6 - Ottawa
Canada
Working language: English
01/10/2026 | 19:04:52 We know that we have a demographic challenge. Our birth rates are falling, our populations are getting older and in rural communities we see young people leaving for the cities. And at the heart of that is that it's getting far too expensive and has become too expensive to have a family. And I want to thank the rapporteur for drawing our attention to what we collectively can do to restore affordability for families. Now, this isn't an abstract issue for me. Along with my wife Amanda, we have... 29/09/2026 | 17:27:54 I'm pleased to speak to this report today as a member of Canada's House of Commons, but also as a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces. I now serve as the Vice Chair of the Standing Committee for Veterans Affairs, and what we've seen at that committee time and time again is that you can have good programmes and you can offer good services, and they could be supported with resources and still not adequately connect veterans and their families to the supports that they have earned in...