Cassidy Villeneuve

Public Safety Canada (including CBSA) & Department of Justice - Criminal Code and Firearms Act amendments, including long gun registry, firearms education and licensing, Bill C-71, Bill C-21, SOR-2020/96, classification, UN firearms marking regulations, chronic wasting disease (CBSA), animal welfare Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada - land claims in Ontario, Indigenous policy Health Canada (including CFIA and PHAC) - chronic wasting disease, wild pigs, Lyme disease and approval of permethrin, invasive species Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Fisheries Act (and regulations), fish habitat policy, Aquatic Invasive species, marine protected areas, aquaculture, regulation of floating accommodations on federal waterbodies Environment and Climate Change Canada (including Canadian Wildlife Service and Parks Canada) - migratory game bird hunting regulations, wetlands, Great Lakes (including Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and Canada-Ontario Agreement), wild pigs, Hunting and Angling Advisory Panel, alternative funding for conservation, Species at Risk Act, parks and protected areas, reciprocal suspensions Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Chronic Wasting Disease, seeking a change to eliminate cervid (deer and elk) farms, seeking new restrictions on operations of these facilities in absence of a ban.

Reforms to Correctional Service of Canada and the federal government to better support Correctional Program Officers. This includes ensuring staffing levels and workloads allow programs to be delivered effectively; improving training, mentorship, and career development opportunities; and, strengthening mental health and wellness supports for these employees. Refocusing Government Spending Initiative - advocacy to exclude cuts to the RCMP and other public safety federal departments and agencies Increased number of federal parole officers working in the community and in institutions Amendments to the Government Employees' Compensation Act (GECA) including: Proactive, inclusive legislation that recognizes the difficult work undertaken by thousands of federal public service employees working under the auspices of Public Safety, Justice and the Attorney General; A new compensation framework for federal employees that provides the same equitable and inclusive coverage no matter where the employee works in Canada; and Modify the definitions in GECA so that provinces and territories will be required to include all federal employees under presumptive injury legislation.