Congrats to the new cabinet

Disappointed personally but wishing the government every success.

Congratulations to new and old colleagues who were sworn in today. This moment calls for a capable team ready to get to work quickly.

It’s nice to see a number of colleagues receive overdue recognition and I’m hopeful we’ll see a lot accomplished in the coming months.

I’m not back in any role, unfortunately, so it may not surprise you to learn that it’s been a strange day on my end.

I ran again because of the opportunity to make an even bigger difference around the cabinet table and to help fix the housing crisis. The way it played out doesn’t sit right and it’s impossible not to feel disrespected. But I’m mostly disappointed that my team and I won’t have the chance to build on all we accomplished with only a short runway.

Our ambitious housing plan is bigger than one person, of course. I wish the new minister well and hope we’ll see fast action to unleash the market, double down on efforts to build community housing, address chronic homelessness, and treat housing as a home first (and investment second).

You never know what the future holds. But for now, I’ll be working hard for my neighbours here in Beaches-East York, restarting the Uncommons podcast, and returning to Parliament with a renewed sense of freedom.

Thanks to everyone who I’ve had the luck to work with in the housing and infrastructure role. Thanks to everyone who has had my back and reached out with kind words. Thanks to Justin Trudeau for the opportunity to make a bigger difference.

I wish Prime Minister Carney and our new government all of the success.

Also, I went for a run and this is my view as I write this, so life’s still good.