Matt Strauss
- Born
- 1986 — Kitchener
- Education
- MD from the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University (2008), certification to practice internal medicine (2012) and critical care medicine (2013)
- Career
- Practiced internal medicine, chief of the ICU at Guelph General Hospital, held privileges at Grand River Hospital and Kingston General Hospital, acting medical officer of health for Haldimand and Norfolk (2021-2023), assistant professor at Queen's University and the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine
- Political Experience
- Elected MP for Kitchener South—Hespeler in 2025
- Notable
- Descended from Romanian refugees from the Banat region in the former Yugoslavia. Vocal opponent of lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Where Matt falls on key policy spectrums
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Mr. Speaker, out of respect for the health minister, I informed her office that I would be asking this question. I hope she respects the House enough to stand and answer it. The Liberals blew $250 million on PrescribeIT. That is the same amount they spent on the sponsorship scandal. Taxpayers got nothing for this money. The Liberals are outright cancelling the program, acknowledging that it was [more]
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have a bad habit of announcing big programs for big money that do not actually work. In Kitchener South, Mohammad Keshvani invested $1.6 million of his own savings and loans to build Angus Valley Montessori, a beautiful child care centre that can serve 100 children. Parents are calling every day and more than 450 families are on the wait-list, yet those spaces are [more]
I'm sorry, but I asked the minister if she is the minister who oversees the act, and I'm shocked that she won't take responsibility. Thank you.
I guess—
Minister, I've asked several times if you would potentially accept it. This kind of closed-mindedness is unscientific. It is not open-minded. I think Canadians will be disappointed to hear this. I have a new topic. Last year, 500,000 Canadians left emergency rooms in Canada without seeing a doctor, after waiting for hours. My wife was one of them. She almost died. She was bleeding. She waited [more]
I would, my wife would, and my kids would. My son was also not seen at CHEO, here in Ottawa.
You are the minister who regulates and has special authority under the Canada Health Act. Is that true or not?
Inaudible—Editor —that no lives were saved. There's no [] that.
—and these researchers found, following the closure of this site—
Minister, please, would you show some open-mindedness on the finding of this study that this particular site was not saving lives? If it was, we would have seen an increase in the death rate once it closed. Could you hypothetically accept the finding, once you've read it?
Which provinces are doing well, Minister?