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A seasoned and well rounded professional with high level experience conducting primary and secondary research, policy analysis and development, and communications, I have had the honour and pleasure to work on many local and national campaigns and serve Members Parliament representing constituencies from across Canada including...Southern OntarioNova ScotiaNorthern OntarioSaskatchewanBritish ColumbiaNunavutWith more than 10 years experience as a Legislative Assistant, I have provided research, policy, and communication services to Members of Parliament who were opposition critics for the following issues...Indigenous servicesCrown-Indigenous relationsHousingVeterans AffairsSmall BusinessTourismForestryRegional Economic Development in Northern OntarioInternational DevelopmentThe CBCMy biggest professional 'win' to date...While serving as the Legislative Assistant to NDP MP Gord Johns (2017-19) I researched, drafted, and worked with internal and external stakeholders to lobby and pass two substantive motions in the House of Commons with the unanimous support of MPs from the NDP, Liberal, Conservative, Bloc, Green, and People's Party....An Opposition Day Motion (Veterans Affairs) - which called on the Liberal government to carry-over all lapsed spending at Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) to the following fiscal year until all of the 24 service standards at VAC were met. Passed on November 6, 2018 (301-0). See: https://tinyurl.com/Johns-Lapsed M-151 (National strategy to combat plastic pollution) - a Private Members Motion that called upon the government to develop a national strategy to reduce, and eventually eliminate, all Canadian sourced plastic pollution in aquatic environments. Passed on December 5, 2018 (288-0). See: https://tinyurl.com/Johns-Plastic Getting members from all of these parties to agree on anything is challenging, but we were able to do so twice in a four week period on substantive social and environmental policy issues.

Listed skills include Public Policy, Politics, Policy Analysis, Research, and 16 others.