Tell our readers a little bit about yourself and why you are qualified to serve as MP.
My name is Trevor Lee, born and raised in Winnipeg, originally moved to Ontario in 1999, and moved to Southwestern Ontario in 2022. I have two teen children, five step kids, and one granddaughter. I have worked in the transportation and logistics field for 35 years in supervisory and management roles.
I have been following politics for the last two decades, and with my ability to listen, and understand concerns from my staff, and to come up with solutions, I feel that I have what it takes to listen, learn, and stand for the people in the Chatham-Kent–Leamington riding and take action to make sure their voices are being heard in Ottawa.
What is the most pressing issue facing Chatham-Kent right now?
At this particular moment, I feel that most of the attention has been drawn to the current tariff dispute with the United States. The People’s Party solution is not to get into a heated tariff dispute, and match tariffs with tariff retaliatory measures, but instead remove all tariffs, and sit down with the current U.S. administration, and have open talks. Put everything on the table, and come to an agreement that everyone can benefit from.
Canada cannot win a tariff war with the U.S. And in the end, it is our manufacturing, and citizens who will suffer, as more jobs will be lost, and prices for goods to continue to rise. It would then be fiscally irresponsible for the Canadian government to then have to subsidize business due to their actions of having this tariff dispute.
The real issue I believe will be the tariffs imposed on us by China, which has not gotten much press. This will hurt the agriculture sector of our riding. This needs to be addressed ASAP.
Any other issues of note?
I believe another serious issue at hand is our current housing crisis, and job market. This stems from poor governance, but more importantly, poor immigration policies. We are having jobs that would typically go to our Canadian youth, who are in high school, or college/university, being given to immigrants who are being bussed in from larger cities like London.
The main reason is for the subsidies the current government is giving to the large corporations to hire immigrant workers and the government covering up to 70 per cent of their wage. This is unfair to the youth looking for these types of jobs. These same poor immigration policies are the main reasons for the housing shortages. We don’t need the government to spend billions of dollars to build houses which will only go to the immigrants that they have agreed to bring into our country. Paid for by the Canadian tax payer.
Once again, we see poor policies destroying our country, culture, and hopes of our youth and next generations.
How can the federal government better address the homeless issue in C-K?
I have noticed during the early days of my campaign the homelessness issues facing communities in C-K, but also in many other communities in our riding. We need to address the problems at hand.
Jobless rates are high. A steady flow of illegal drugs, and the despair of our Canadian citizens who have lost jobs, homes, or feel that their government has forgotten them in favor of foreign policies.
The amount of money being sent to continue endless wars that have no effect on Canada, and should be redirected to issues at home.
Creating more jobs, having services available to help the people who have fallen victim to highly addictive drugs, and to increase the fight against the illegal drug trade with harsher penalties, jail time, and/or deportation.
If elected, what will you do to best represent your constituents?
If elected, my main priority is to the people of this riding, foremost. I will be ever present in the riding to answer questions and concerns, while making sure I am also present in the House of Commons to voice those concerns, and to vote on the pressing issues facing the riding and country. This is not an appointment I take lightly. This is a full-time, 365 day a year job. If the people of Chatham-Kent – Leamington put their faith in me, then I must uphold my responsibility to them. I want them to hold me accountable.
