Chooses to speak about economy & cost of living and education, children & families. Sits on HESA.
Matt Strauss voted for bills toughening criminal justice rules, such as harsher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers, tougher pretrial release, and consecutive sentences for sexual offences, plus tax cuts and a Canada-Indonesia trade deal.1234
See what they vote for ↗Matt Strauss voted against bills on government spending, tax changes, and crime laws, including ones on intimate partner control and hate crimes, along with several others.1234
See what they vote against ↗Adjusts tax deductions and rates for tradespeople, businesses, homebuyers, and removes fuel excise taxes temporarily.Changes tax deductions and rates for tradespeople, businesses, and homebuyers, and temporarily removes fuel excise taxes.
Establishes a national framework to make electronic products and home appliances last longer.Sets up a national framework to make electronic products and home appliances last longer.
Creates new crimes for controlling intimate partners and harmful sexual conduct, and strengthens penalties for related murders and harassment.Creates new crimes for controlling intimate partners and harmful sexual conduct, strengthens related murder and harassment penalties.
Allocates 11.1 billion dollars to cover federal government expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.Provides 11.1 billion dollars for federal government expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.
Allows authorities to keep certain dangerous prisoners in maximum security instead of automatically moving them to lower security levels.Lets authorities keep dangerous prisoners in maximum security instead of automatically moving them to lower levels.
Adjusts federal tax rules including manufacturing deductions, benefit payments, crypto reporting, and carbon rebate deadlines.Changes federal tax rules for manufacturing, benefits, crypto reporting, and carbon rebate deadlines.
Creates harsher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers and first responders.Creates harsher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers and first responders.
Updates military justice rules and related laws to modernize how the armed forces handle legal matters.Updates military justice rules and laws to modernize how the armed forces handle legal matters.
Changes rules about requiring people convicted of crimes to pay money to their victims.Changes rules about requiring people convicted of crimes to pay money to their victims.
Clarifies substance use treatment programs for youth and allows courts to delay sentencing or require treatment participation.Clarifies substance use treatment for youth and lets courts delay sentencing or require treatment.
Strengthens Criminal Code rules against hate propaganda and hate crimes while protecting religious and cultural places.Strengthens Criminal Code rules against hate propaganda and hate crimes while protecting religious and cultural places.
Makes it harder for people charged with serious violent crimes to be released before trial, prioritizing public safety over automatic release.Makes it harder for people charged with serious violent crimes to be released before trial.
Changes rules for how parole decisions are reviewed and made for people in federal custody.Changes how parole decisions are reviewed and made for people in federal custody.
Requires courts to consider a person's immigration status when deciding criminal sentences.Requires courts to consider immigration status when deciding criminal sentences.
Requires courts to impose consecutive sentences for multiple sexual offences instead of allowing them to run at the same time.Requires courts to impose consecutive sentences for multiple sexual offences instead of running them together.
Modifies rules for managing Atlantic groundfish fisheries under Canadian fishing law.Modifies rules for managing Atlantic groundfish fisheries under Canadian fishing law.
Implements a trade agreement between Canada and Indonesia while allowing government orders to enforce it and requiring reviews every three years.Implements a trade agreement between Canada and Indonesia with government enforcement and three-year reviews.
Requires Parliament to review and approve international treaties before the government can sign them.Requires Parliament to review and approve international treaties before the government signs them.
Increases tax breaks for small business owners, people with disabilities, and research spending while raising capital gains tax limits.Increases tax breaks for small business owners and people with disabilities, raises capital gains tax limits.
Creates new murder and violence offences involving intimate partners and stricter sentencing rules for such crimes.Adds new crimes for violence between intimate partners and increases punishments for them.
Expands Canadian citizenship to include more people born abroad to Canadian parents and adopted children, and restores citizenship to those who previously lost it.Lets more people born abroad to Canadian parents and adopted children become citizens, and restores citizenship to some who lost it.
Removes federal barriers to trade and worker movement between provinces, and streamlines approval for national interest projects.Gets rid of federal rules blocking trade and worker movement between provinces, and speeds up approvals for big national projects.
Allocates $8.58 billion to pay for federal government operations not covered by other budgets through March 2026.Sets aside $8.58 billion to cover federal government operations until March 2026.
Allocates $149.8 billion to fund federal government operations for the year ending March 31, 2026.Sets aside money to pay for running the federal government until March 31, 2026.
Reduces income tax rates, creates GST rebates for first-time homebuyers, removes the federal fuel charge, and changes election rules for party data protection.It lowers income taxes, gives GST rebates to first-time homebuyers, removes the federal fuel charge, and changes election rules for party data.