It is with profound gratitude that I returned to Ottawa as your representative for my third mandate as your Member of Parliament for Kildonan—St. Paul. An important part of a Member of Parliament’s work are efforts in pursuit of positive change for their community. That is why I was honoured to rise in the House of Commons in this new Parliament in support of a petition for a national silver alert program. A national silver alert program would send alerts to mobile phones — similar to the amber alert that are sent out when a child is missing — when a senior with a cognitive impairment goes missing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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