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Hon. John McKay, Chair
LPC – Scarborough—Guildwood, Ontario

Jon McKay

Election to the House of Commons

  • First elected: 1997
  • Re-elected: 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • Holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Laws from Queen’s University
  • Worked in private practice as a real estate attorney
  • Held positions are President of Durham Bar Association, Real Estate Executive of the Canadian Bar Association and was a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Committee on Title Insurance

Political and Parliamentary Roles

  • Minister of National Defence (2015-2017); Minister of Finance (2003-2005)

Committee Membership

  • Chair: National Defence (2021-present); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on National Defence (2021-present); Public Safety and National Security (2017-2021); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (2017-2019; 2020-2021); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (2010-2011); Government Operations and Estimates (2010-2011)
  • Vice-Chair: Environment and Sustainable Development (2013-2015); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (2013-2014); National Defence (2011-2013); Justice and Human Rights (2002-2003)
  • Member: Citizenship and Immigration (1997-2000); COVID-19 Pandemic (2020); Liaison (2010; 2017-2019; 2020-2021; 2021-present); Environment and Sustainable Development (2013-2015); Finance (2004-2008; 2009; 2010); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Finance (2004-2005); Foreign Affairs and International Development (2017); Government Operations and Estimates (2010-2011); Justice and Human Rights (1998-2002; 2003); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on National Defence (2020-2021; 2021-present); National Defence (2011-2013; 2021-present); Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States (2021); Public Safety and National Security (2017-2019; 2020-2021) Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (2020; 2020-2021); Scrutiny of Regulations (1997-1998; 2002-2003)

James Bezan, Vice-Chair
CPC – Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, Manitoba

James Bezan

Election to the House of Commons

  • First elected: 2004
  • Re-elected: 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • Before public life, Bezan worked in the livestock industry and still lives on a farm near Teulon, Manitoba.
  • Bezan has also been a very outspoken critic on the issue of Russian aggression in Eastern Europe and protecting Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and human rights.
  • For his work on Ukrainian issues he has been recognized with numerous awards both in Canada and abroad, including the ‘Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise’ (Ukraine’s highest civilian award) for his private members’ bill to recognize the Holodomor as genocide

Political and Parliamentary Roles

  • Deputy Whip: Official Opposition (2021-2022)
  • Parliamentary Secretary: Minister of National Defence (2013-2015)
  • Member:Joint Interparliamentary Council (2021-2022)

Committee Membership

  • Chair: National Defence (2011-2013); Environment and Sustainable Development (2009-2011); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (2009-2011); Agriculture and Agri-Food (2007-2008); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (2007-2008)
  • Chair of the Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on National Defence (2011-2013)
  • Member: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2022); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2022); National Defence (2011-2019; 2020-2021; 2022-present); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on National Defence (2011-2015; 2017-2019; 2020-2021; 2022-present); COVID-19 Pandemic (2020); Agriculture and Agri-Food (2004-2005; 2006-2008); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (2007-2008); Environment and Sustainable Development (2009; 2010-2011); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (2009; 2010-2011);Legislative Committee on Bill C-38 (2005); Liaison (2007-2008; 2009; 2010-2013); Subcommittee on Committee Budgets of the Liaison Committee (2009; 2010-2012)

Christine Normandin, Vice-Chair
BQ – Saint-Jean, Québec

Christine Normandin

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2019
  • Re-elected: 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • Holds a Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences
  • Became a lawyer in 2015, working as a solo generalist before joining a firm specializing family and child law
  • Served on the board for l’École secondaire Marcellin-Champagnat
  • Was president of the Commission politique du Bloc Québécois

Political and Parliamentary Roles

  • Parliamentary roles: Member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (2020), Deputy House Leader of the Bloc Québécois (2019-present)

Committee Membership

  • Vice-Chair: Citizenship and Immigration (2020-21); National Defence (2021-present)
  • Member: Citizenship and Immigration (2020-21); COVID-19 Pandemic (2020); National Defence (2021-present); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (2020-2021); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on National Defence (2021-present)

Chad Collins
LPC - Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Ontario

Chad Collins

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • Former President of City Housing Hamilton.
  • Worked with all levels of government to invest repair of over 6,000 publicly owned affordable housing units, working alongside stakeholders to secure a record $145 million CMHC investment.
  • With the support of his city council colleagues, secured municipal resources for additional women’s shelter services to alleviate the pressures experienced by local shelter providers.
  • Other housing initiatives include the creation of a local Tenant Defence Fund to assist tenants with rising rents as well as a local Hamilton housing policies related to ‘modular homes’, as part of the City’s application for Rapid Housing funds.

Committee Membership

  • Member: National Defence (2023-Present); Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (2021- Present); Science and Research (2021-2023)

Andy Fillmore
LPC – Halifax, Nova Scotia

Andy Fillmore

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2015
  • Re-elected: 2019, 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • Background in urban planning and design.
  • Worked in New England before returning to serve as first Manager or Urban Design for the City of Halifax.
  • Served as director of Dalhousie University School of Planning.
  • Former Vice-President of Planning & Development of the Waterfront Development Corporation Limited (crown corporation charged with revitalizing post-industrial waterfronts in Nova Scotia).

Political and Parliamentary Roles

  • Parliamentary Secretary: Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (2021-2023); Minister of Infrastructure and Communities (2019-2021); Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism (2018-2019); Minister of Democratic Institutions (2017-2018)

Committee Membership

  • Chair: Indigenous and Northern Affairs (2016-2017)
  • Chair of the Subcommittee: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs (2016-2017)
  • Member: National Defence (2023-Present); Industry and Technology (2021-2023); Veterans Affairs (2020-2021); COVID-19 Pandemic (2020); Indigenous and Northern Affairs (2016-2017); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs (2016-2017); Liaison (2016-2017)
  • Parliamentary Secretary (Non-Voting Member): Canadian Heritage (2018-2019); Procedure and House Affairs (2017-2018)

Darren Fisher
LPC – Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia

Darren Fisher

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2015
  • Re-elected: 2019, 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • Prior to entering politics, owned a small business and was an active community volunteer.
  • Supports local small businesses, clean technology, Canada’s natural spaces and protected areas, healthy active living, and National Universal Pharmacare.

Political and Parliamentary Roles

  • Parliamentary Secretary: Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health (2023-2024); Minister of Seniors (2021-2023); Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) (2021); Minister of Health (2019-2021)

Committee Membership

  • Member: National Defence (2016-2019; 2021-Present); Medical Assistance in Dying (2023-2024); Health (2020-2021; 2023); Public Safety and National Security (2021); COVID-19 Pandemic (2020); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on National Defence (2017-2019); Environment and Sustainable Development (2016-2019); Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada of the Standing Committee on Health (2018-2019)

Cheryl Gallant
CPC – Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, Ontario

Cheryl Gallant

Election to the House of Commons

  • First elected: 2000
  • Re-elected: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • Cheryl Gallant attended the University of Western Ontario, successfully graduating with her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
  • Did post-degree work in biochemistry, toxicology, pharmacology and environmental chemistry. She worked at the University of Toronto doing research in biochemistry.
  • Was a group insurance executive with a major Canadian life insurance company.
  • Prior to winning elected office, was the Chief Administrative Director in a family-owned small business/professional practice

Committee Membership

  • Vice-Chair: Canadian Heritage (2001); National Defence (2016-2017)
  • Member: COVID-19 Pandemic (2020); Industry, Science and Technology (2002-2003; 2004; 2011-2015); Library of Parliament (2004-2008; 2009); National Defence and Veterans Affairs (2001-2003; 2004); National Defence (2006-2008; 2009; 2010-2015; 2016-2017; 2018-2019; 2020-present); Natural Resources (2010); Status of Women (2006); Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (2011); Subcommittee on the Study of Sport in Canada of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (2001-2002); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure on the Standing Committee on National Defence (2010-2011; 2011-2015); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Joint Committee on Library of Parliament (2004-2005); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (2002-2003; 2004; 2013-2015)

Pat Kelly
CPC – Calgary Rocky Ridge, Alberta

Pat Kelly

Election to the House of Commons

  • First elected: 2015
  • Re-elected: 2019, 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • Earned a BA in Political Science from the University of Calgary.
  • Worked as a mortgage broker and was the co-owner of a successful brokerage.
  • Served as the President of the Alberta Mortgage Brokers’ Association.
  • Sat on the Real Estate Council of Alberta (a provincial regulatory body).
  • Taught pre-licensing education at Mount Royal University.

Committee Membership

  • Chair: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2021-2022); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2021-2022)
  • Vice-Chair: Finance (2021); Liaison (2022); Subcommittee on Committee Budgets of the Liaison Committee (2022)
  • Member: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2016-2017; 2021-2022); COVID-19 Pandemic (2020); Finance (2020-2021); Government Operations and Estimates (2018); Liaison (2021-2022); Library of Parliament (2017-2018); National Defence (2022-present); Public Accounts (2018-2019; 2020); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2021-2022); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Finances (2021); Subcommittee on Committee Budgets of the Liaison Committee (2022)

Shelby Kramp-Neuman
CPC – Hastings—Lennox and Addington, Ontario

Shelby Kramp-Neuman

Election to the House of Commons

  • First elected: 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • Studied Communications and Political Science at University of Ottawa
  • Prior to election, worked 12 years at Sun Life Financial as a Financial Advisor
  • Former parliamentary assistant to Jim Prentice
  • Worked at Global Affairs Canada, selected as Canadian representative in Seattle, Washington
  • Worked for 6 years as a teacher
  • Served Centre Hastings Municipal Council for 15 years, being re-elected three times and serving for four years as Deputy Mayor

Committee Membership

  • Vice-Chair: Medical Assistance in Dying (2023-present)
  • Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (2023-present); Medical Assistance in Dying (2023-present); National Defence (2022-present); Status of Women (2022); Health (2021-2022)

Marie-France Lalonde
LPC – Orléans, Ontario

Marie-France Lalonde

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2019
  • Re-elected: 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • Elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the member for Ottawa—Orléans in 2014.
  • Served as Minister of Government and Consumer Services, and later as Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services and Minister of Francophone Affairs.
  • Social worker in organizations including Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital.
  • Held senior management positions in the retirement home sector, including Senior Executive Director of Operation and Regional Director of Marketing and Sales.
  • Awarded the 2010 New Business of the Year Award from the Orléans Chamber of Commerce for her work as co-owner and Executive Director of Portobello Manor.

Political and Parliamentary Roles

  • Parliamentary Secretary: Minister of National Defence (2023-present); Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (2021-2023); Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (FedDev Ontario and Official Languages) (2021)

Committee Membership

  • Member: Veterans Affairs (2020-2021); COVID-19 Pandemic (2020); Official Languages (2020-2021); Citizenship and Immigration (2021-2023); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (2021-2023); Canada-China Relations (2023); National Defence (2023-present); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on National Defence (2023-present)

Emmanuella Lambropoulos
LPC – Saint-Laurent, Quebec

Emmanuella Lambropoulos

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2017
  • Re-elected: 2019, 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • Taught History, Geography, Ethics and Religious Culture at various high schools in Montreal.
  • Worked as a resource aid with students who had learning disabilities and autism.
  • Completed MA in Educational Leadership in 2020.
  • Passionate about social change, equality, inclusion and diversity.

Committee Membership

  • Member: National Defence (2022-present); Status of Women (2017-2019; 2021-present); Veterans Affairs (2017-2018); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs (2017-2018); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women (2017-2019); 2021-present); Public Safety and National Security (2020-2021); Official Languages (2018-2019; 2020); Industry, Science and Technology (2020-2021); COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)

Lindsay Mathyssen
NDP – London—Fanshawe, Ontario

Lindsay Mathyssen

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2019
  • Re-elected: 2021

Personal/Professional Background

  • NDP member since age 14.
  • Has worked for three federal MPs on files including international human rights, seniors issues, Indigenous affairs, ethics and access to information, anti-harassment protocol and international trade.
  • Involved in union activities including re-negotiating a collective agreement, being a member of executive council, mediation, dispute resolution and conflict management.
  • Member of the Victory Legion, Council of Canadians, and Ontario Health Coalition.

Political and Parliamentary Roles

  • Deputy House Leader: New Democratic Party (2020-present)
  • Member: Joint Interparliamentary Council (2020-present); Subcommittee on Review of Parliament’s involvement with associations and recognized Interparliamentary groups (2022-present)
  • Deputy Whip: New Democratic Party (2018-2021)

Committee Membership

  • Member: COVID-19 Pandemic (2020); Subcommittee on Private Members' Business of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (2020-2021); Status of Women (2020-2021); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women (2020-2021); National Defence (2021-present); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on National Defence (2021-present); Procedure and House Affairs (2024-present)
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