Colin Reynolds
- Career
- Construction electrician
- Political Experience
- Elected as MP for Elmwood—Transcona in 2025. Unsuccessful candidate in 2024 by-election.
Where Colin falls on key policy spectrums
Your Money
People & Society
How We're Governed
Land & Community
Leila Dance won with 16,138 votes (34.5%)
Total votes cast: 46,830
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Mr. Speaker, I will be honest. I am a Red Seal electrician. I really do not know anything about pesticides.
Mr. Speaker, it is a crucial part of trades training. As an apprentice, one gets about 300 hours in school and 1,800 hours per level in the field. Without jobs, people are not going to have the 1,800 hours, and they will never complete a Red Seal.
Mr. Speaker, these are all things that are going to be coming, maybe, one day in the future. The spring economic statement, we are debating today. We are talking about tradespeople today, and those tradespeople do not have jobs.
Richmond—Arthabaska Mr. Speaker, I would just like to start off by saying I will be sharing my time with the member for. It is with great honour that I rise in the House to speak on behalf of the hard-working folks of Elmwood—Transcona. My speech today will centre on the spring economic statement, with a specific focus on the updates regarding trades and labour. Before becoming a member of
Mr. Speaker, I think supporting trades in any way that we can, and also supporting building homes, is always a good thing.
Mr. Speaker, in construction, the first thing businesses do when we enter a recession is stop building. They stop reinvesting, and when business investment declines, so does construction and, in turn, trades jobs, so this is definitely a big concern.
How can governments ensure that the funding reaches those in greatest need?
Thank you. My next question is for you, Mr. Gladstone. You mentioned that we need to build 3,000 homes to support people with disabilities. What other supports come with building those homes? Typically, as governments, we look just at how we've built a home, and then we walk away and say, “Good luck.” What other kinds of supports are you talking about that come with it? You mentioned
You mentioned that you intervene at that point, or you intervene before there's homelessness. How does that work?
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you so much to the witnesses for coming here today. Also, thank you so much for your hard work, day in and day out, to try to make Canada a better place with fewer homeless people. My first question is for Krystyna. You mentioned “hidden homelessness”. Can you explain that? What does that mean?
You're talking about how we need $1 billion. How do we make sure that it doesn't get lost in bureaucracy and actually does what it needs to?