Please tell us a little bit about yourself and why you are qualified to serve as MPP.
With over 30 years of volunteer firefighting experience, 17 years as a dedicated municipal councillor, and as a small business owner, I’ve lived and breathed the challenges facing families, workers, and local businesses. A proud resident of Thamesville, I’ve been committed to public service since 2006 and know firsthand what it takes to drive change.
What are the most pressing issues facing Chatham-Kent in your riding?
We will deliver health care by investing over $1.8 billion more to connect everyone in Ontario to a family doctor and primary care.
How will you address the growing discontent that’s led to petitions seeking de-amalgamation in Chatham-Kent?
As the MPP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, I am proud of my record over the last nine months standing up for our community. In just the last few weeks I supported services that provide specialized support to people who are experiencing a mental health crisis, new hospice beds to connect more families to compassionate end-of-life care, and a brand-new long-term care home.
I will continue to build on the progress we have achieved to support our agricultural sector, grow our economy, create new jobs, protect livelihoods and keep us competitive, not just a week, or a month for years to come.
How can the provincial government better address the homeless issue?
By cleaning up our streets, by protecting families and children, by banning drug injection sites near schools and daycares and clearing out encampments from public parks with new investments in shelters.
If elected, what will you do to best represent your constituents?
As your MPP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, I will champion building Ontario’s economy by investing more than $200 billion in our plan to build roads, highways, transit and other infrastructure projects while investing over $2.5 billion to train more than a million people for better jobs and bigger paycheques in the skilled trades.
Protecting workers in the face of President Trump’s tariffs by doing whatever is necessary to protect people’s livelihoods, including by investing tens of billions of dollars to keep people working.
Keeping us competitive by fighting the job-killing Liberal carbon tax and urging the federal government to cut red tape and streamline approvals to get big things built.
Together, these initiatives have created jobs, improved services, and strengthened our communities.
