Priorities

Your priorities, not party politics.

As our MP, Mike Morrice listened to the priorities of Kitchener Centre residents and turned them into concrete solutions—both for immediate challenges and long-term systemic change.

Through regular community conversations, door-to-door visits, and working directly with local organizations, Mike brought our community’s voices to Parliament and delivered real results.

Making life more affordable

Housing people can afford

Everyone deserves a safe and affordable home – yet for too many, stable housing is only becoming further out of reach. In Waterloo Region it’s even worse – for every new affordable home built, 39 are lost – triple the national average. 

Mike is committed to continuing to find concrete solutions to increase housing availability and bring down prices.

Key results so far
What Mike's pushing for
  • Closing tax loopholes to support non-profit builders -  an initiative that would add $1 million in more affordable units to Habitat for Humanity's Kehl Street project alone
  • Reforming affordable housing criteria through Mike’s  Motion 170, so existing federal funds actually create affordable units
  • Supporting federal backing for gentle density projects like fourplexes and expanding eligibility of funding streams
  • Doubling Canada's social housing stock to catch up to other G7 nations

Standing Up to Tariffs and Corporate Greed

While prices continue to go up, everyday people in our community are struggling to make ends meet. Mike is committed to taking action to address price gouging and put in place real supports to help people afford the essentials.

While Waterloo Region is the third most tariff-exposed region in Canada, Mike’s connection to our community means he knows how to advocate for our workers and small businesses. 

When large multi-national oil companies boosted their per-litre profit by 18 cents, Mike proposed concrete action through Motion 92 to ensure excess profits benefit Canadians.

Key results so far
  • Successfully advocated for a cap on big banks’ predatory Non-Sufficient Funds (NSF) fees to save Canadians at least $572 million per year.
  • Demonstrating how extending the windfall tax applied to big banks to large multi-national oil and gas companies through Motion 92 could generate $4.2 billion for affordability initiatives
    • Parliamentary Budget Office projects this would generate $4.2 billion in revenue
  • Every dollar could be invested in affordability solutions, including:
    • Expanding the Greener Homes Grant program
    • Funding free heat pump installations
    • Enhancing public transit access and affordability
    • Supporting home energy retrofits
What Mike's pushing for
  • Customizing a tariff response to meet the needs of Waterloo Region, as the fourth most impacted community in Canada

Ending Disability Poverty

With people with disabilities making up 41% of those living in poverty in Canada, Mike is committed to putting an end to disability poverty.

As MP, Mike built support across party lines to deliver the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) while fighting to strengthen its proposed regulations.

Key results so far
What Mike's pushing for
  • Fighting to improve proposed regulations by:

    • Increasing the maximum benefit above $200/month
    • Removing Disability Tax Credit requirement to reduce barriers
    • Supporting independence through individual income assessment
  • Updating the tax code to help Canadians with disabilities access online services

Everyday Affordability

From groceries to childcare, to supporting seniors, Mike is committed to real solutions to bring costs in line with incomes.

What Mike's pushing for
  • Improving access to affordable childcare spaces by increasing the minimum Early Childhood Education wage floor in federal/provincial agreements to attract workers
  • Increasing competition in the grocery industry to help get prices down, following expert recommendations to establish a grocery innovation strategy

  • Introduce policies to encourage new independent and international players to set up physical and online grocery options in Canada

  • Supporting seniors with an increase to the Guaranteed Income Supplement

  • Extending the Canada Disability Benefit to Canadians above 65

Healthcare for All

Mental Health and Harm Reduction

Mike fights to ensure everyone in our community can access the mental healthcare they need regardless of their ability to pay.

When Sanguen Health Centre’s mobile health van—vital to 600 people each week—was threatened with closure, Mike successfully secured over half a million dollars in renewed funding to keep these life-saving services running.

Key results so far
What Mike's pushing for
  • Pushing for follow-through on $4.5 billion mental health funding promise
  • Supporting the region's first Integrated Crisis Centre for mental health and addictions
  • Supporting harm reduction initiatives across all levels of government 
  • Working with Moms Stop the Harm to advance evidence-based solutions nationally

Truly Universal Healthcare

Mike is committed to building a Canada where no one is left without treatment because they can’t afford their medication.

Inspired by Noor—a young mother diagnosed with terminal cancer weeks after giving birth and slapped with a $15,000 monthly bill for medication —Mike took her story directly to Parliament.

Key results so far
  • Advocated for rare disease medication coverage leading to the Canadian Drug Agency reopening a previous decision, and a crictical rare cancer drug being recommended for public drug coverage.
What Mike's pushing for

Justice and Democracy

Truth and Reconciliation

Mike works to advance reconciliation by listening to local Indigenous leaders and community members to repair relationships and systems by centering Indigenous voices.

In his time as MP, he worked to re-open critical re-integration programming for Indigenous folks overrepresented in the justice system and alongside Six Nations of the Grand River to strengthen federal water legislation.

Key results so far
What Mike's pushing for

Ending Gender-Based Violence

Violence against women is an epidemic.

Mike works to address the root causes of intimate partner and gender-based violence while increasing the availability of support services for survivors.

In his time as MP, he helped secure a new law to require better training for judges on domestic violence, and brought the Minister for Women and Gender Equality to Kitchener to hear from front line workers directly.

Key results so far
  • Worked to support passage of Keira's Law (Bill C-233) requiring better judicial training on domestic violence and coercive control
  • Secured critical funding for Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region
  • Raised profile of trans asylum rights with petition that garnered 160,000 signatures
What Mike's pushing for

Making Every Vote Count

Mike is committed to amplifying the voices of folks in Kitchener Centre who continue to share their desire for a fairer electoral system.

As our MP, Mike championed electoral reform through his advocacy for a national citizens’ assembly. Working with Fair Vote Canada volunteers, he helped get the first-ever vote on electoral reform in the House of Commons and built unprecedented cross-party support from Liberal, NDP, Conservative, and Green MPs.

Key results so far
What Mike's pushing for
  • Working with Fair Vote Canada and other organizations to continue momentum

Fairness in Arts and Culture

Mike believes arts and culture are the soul of our society.

After uncovering major funding inequities—where our region receives just $3.39 per person compared to an average of $18.30 in other cities—he took action through his Motion 129.

Key results so far
What Mike's pushing for
  • Working to address the $9.3M annual funding gap for our region
  • Adopting the proven Regional Development Agency model for more equitable distribution for communities like ours
  • Consulting directly with local artists and arts organizations

Climate Action and Global Leadership

Sustainable Solutions

Mike fights for sustainable solutions that save folks in our community money.

When the federal government committed $752 million to two-way, all-day GO train service without results, Mike took action. Working alongside his provincial counterpart and local commuters, he brought the issue directly to the Prime Minister and national media, demanding accountability from Metrolinx and the province.

Key results so far
What Mike's pushing for

Canada on the World Stage

Mike continues to call for human rights to be protected around the world – from Sudan to Ukraine to Gaza – working with MPs from all parties to advocate for international law to be upheld and for the Canadian government to stand on the side of peace and justice.

Key results so far
  • Expanded definition of immediate family member to include siblings and grandparents to help local Sudanese-Canadians get loved ones to safety
  • First MP to call for a ceasefire in the Middle East, and initiated first joint statement from dozens of MPs calling for a ceasefire - resulting in the federal government joining the call
  • Advocated to restore funding to UNRWA to provide humanitarian aid
  • Introduced Motion 98 to address community impacts and support students, securing four key federal measures:
    • Doubled financial requirements to $20,000 to reflect true living costs
    • Restored reasonable work hour limits to prioritize education 
    • Established regular financial threshold reviews to match inflation
What Mike's pushing for