Thank you for visiting my website. Here you can learn about my activities both inside the Senate Chamber and out in the community, as well as more general information about the role of the Senate in the Canadian Parliament.

As a Senator from Toronto, I am particularly interested in urban or big city issues.  These include urban poverty, housing/ homelessness, immigrant settlement, transportation,  and the economic development/ international competitiveness of our city regions. Read more about these important topics in the "Issues" section or through the work done by the Committee of Social Affairs, Science and Technology (along with the Subcommittee on Cities), where I am Deputy Chair.

Our most recent report - Canada's Response to the 2010 H1N1 Pandemic - is available in the "Documents" section and I hope you will share your thoughts on it with me.

In 2011, I was appointed as treasurer of Liberal International (LI), an organization of liberal and progressive democratic political parties. For more information click here or to visit LI`s main site click on the icon below.

I look forward to hearing from you and encourage any feedback you might have.

Sincerely,