Music Hi, this is Kalim. As we all know that Piccadilly Rage is the fastest growing city in Ontario. We know there is a lot of changes coming in Piccadilly, like infrastructure, new real estate development and more to come for small businesses and for families like better childcare. So let's sneak in and talk to the MP of Piccadilly Rage, Jennifer O'Connor, what she has to say about all this. Music Hi, Jennifer. First of all, congratulations for your victory. And how do you feel about it? I feel really good. I'm excited that people of Piccadilly Rage re-elected me. It's a community I've grown up in my entire life. So to be able to represent this community in Ottawa is a huge thrill for me. And it felt really good also our voter turnout and our numbers were even better than 2015, which sent a strong message about I think the kind of representative that we need in Ottawa representing the residents of Piccadilly Rage. And what do you support the government decision making for transit like bridges, roads, etc. like what development do you think like incoming down the road it's going to be in Piccadilly? Infrastructure is a huge part of our government agenda the last four years, our mandate. And prior to being the member of parliament, I was actually a city councilor and regional councilor here in Durham. And our government actually made the largest single investment in Durham region transit in the last mandate. $98 million, this is significant for our community. And we're going to continue to invest in sustainable projects like building up bridges and roads. And also community projects there are a few here that we're really supportive of and there'll be more announcements made in the future. We saw a lot of development in the past and hope more is coming in. And what do you think about small businesses like what are your plans? Is there any help coming in for small businesses like government funding so you can, you know, like small businesses are encouraged to open more and bickering? Absolutely, small businesses are the backbone of our economy. It's one of the reasons why we actually dropped and reduced the small business tax rate in our last mandate. In addition to that, I think it's a point to your question about how to encourage more businesses to open. We've created funds to help entrepreneurs succeed in our economy and in particular more women entrepreneurs that's an area we definitely need more. So we're always going to work and make additional investments to make sure that we have the type of economy that is conducive to entrepreneurs and small businesses. That's great news for the small businesses. And what are your planning and how are you going to plan creating more jobs, growth and attract more investments in pickering? So one of the things our governments are doing is making investments that does create that type of growth. In terms of in pickering, you know, we need to work to ensure that we are making the right kinds of investments that are going to bring job creators here. I mentioned earlier the investment in transit. That's significant because you need to be able to get your employees to and from work. And so it's these types of investments. The other thing that's crucial in our community here is broadband. And so our government has committed to every household having high speed broadband. And it's not just households. I mean that's businesses. And so in pickering, you'd be surprised that that's still an issue. Certainly North Pickering and Oxbridge. That's a critical need and businesses can't thrive unless you know in this environment unless you have access to broadband. So that's going to be critical to job creation. For sure. And how about affordable housing? Do you have any plans to create affordable housing in pickering? And Oxbridge? Yeah. So we've actually already made some announcements. It's more for Durham region as a whole. But we've already made announcements for some new affordable housing units. Our national housing strategy is key to this. It's the again largest investment in housing that this country has ever seen. So as projects come forward, there are affordable housing units. For example, in pickering and Oxbridge that need refurbishment. So that's part of the plan as well. And we're going to keep working with our Durham region partners to make sure there is adequate housing in this region. Okay. And I was talking to a few homeowners and they're a little concerned about the property taxes. What do you have to say about it? Yeah. Well, given my background and municipal, municipal politics, I do understand that. I think from a federal perspective, one of the best ways we can partner to help municipalities and dealing with property taxes are the types of investments in infrastructure. I spoke about the transit investment. There are other investments in things, our cultural spaces in Oxbridge and some of its major critical infrastructure that they need. And so by the federal government investing in these things, it helps municipalities not have to increase property taxes so much. And these are the types of infrastructure projects that are quite expensive but necessary. And that's where we can partner and really make a big difference for homeowners in our community. Okay. That's a great news then. And what do you think about the Duckford trying to cut down 16,000 jobs and increase the class size and cut down on the kindergarten full time thing? So what do you have to say about it? Well, certainly I think one of Canada's competitive advantages is our education system. You know, our employees, our world renowned in the sense of our education system. And so I believe in a really strong education system, I think we need to be making improvements. But with that being said, there's obviously a lot going on in this province right now. And we also as a government, we support fair labor negotiations. And so I hope that work continues. And I hope all parties stay at the table so that, you know, our young people can get a great quality education and go on to be our economic drivers. And finally, how about the parent working parents about your, what are you planning to do for them to have a quality childcare and how they can avail it? Yeah, this is a huge issue that we heard about it during the election and in our last mandate. So during the election and our platform, we actually committed to creating 250,000 new childcare spaces like before and after school spaces, as well as reducing the cost. I think this is something that as Canadians and certainly somebody in the GTA and Ontario is a big issue. And I think our government is going to have to work hard on this one and partner with provinces of how to deliver affordable childcare because it matters to so many people and it's something we heard a lot about. So we made that announcement, like I said in platform, but I think there's going to be more work to do on that issue. Thank you so much, Jennifer. It was always a pleasure.