Don Davies
- Born
- January 16, 1963 — Edmonton, Alberta
- Family
- Married to Sheryl Palm, three children and a granddaughter
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Alberta
- Career
- Researcher at the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, executive assistant for policy and communications to Ray Martin, director of legal services for Teamsters Canada (Local 31)
- Political Experience
- MP for Vancouver Kingsway since 2008, NDP critic for Public Safety and National Security, critic for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, critic for International Trade, NDP critic for finance, interim party leader in 2025
- Notable
- Chair of the Mount Pleasant Parent Advisory Council and serves as secretary-treasurer of the Meridian Cultural Society, active in many community organizations, local hockey coach and enjoys playing the violin.
Where Don falls on key policy spectrums
Your Money
People & Society
How We're Governed
Land & Community
Don Davies won with 18,788 votes (37.2%)
Total votes cast: 50,446
Mr. Speaker, Donald Trump's attack on Iran is not only illegal and causing death and destruction but spreading economic chaos around the globe. Canadians are now seeing sky-high gas prices, and the cost of products from fertilizers to food are going to soar, bringing pain to every household. Economists predict that the world will face massive turmoil for years to come. Prime Minister What does [more]
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, in Davos, thedeclared that Canada will live the truth by acting consistently, applying the same standards to allies as to rivals. Prime Minister Canada has rightly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine as illegal, yet theis supporting the United States and Israel as they wage an equally illegal war on Iran. This double standard undermines Canada's credibility and [more]
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to honour the remarkable life of Mr. Kuldip Singh Thandi, a constituent who recently passed at the age of 80 after a courageous battle with cancer. A deeply respected leader, Mr. Thandi served the Khalsa Diwan Society gurdwara with unwavering dedication. He held the positions of president and treasurer, leading always with humility, integrity and [more]
I would. Thank you, Madam Chair. This amendment would require banks to compile, without identifying the victim, each consumer-targeted fraud transaction detected or brought to their attention in the previous quarter, and to compile quarterly data into an annual statistical report published in their annual report to shareholders. This again emanates from a written submission from Democracy [more]
Madam Chair, I think this is understood, but I didn't hear you say it. Was NDP-2 made redundant by the adoption?
I'm sorry, Madam Chair. I may have been asleep at the switch here. I wanted to speak to the luxury tax. Did we just group those as clauses 171 to 176?
I seek UC to withdraw that amendment as well.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I was going to speak to this, but I'll do it once in response to Ms. May's amendment, with which I heartily agree. In our system of government, Parliament is supreme. That is the foundation of our constitutional system. It's also Parliament's responsibility to scrutinize spending and the activities of the executive branch of government. C-15 In my view, I don't think [more]
Thank you, Madam Chair. I would once again ask my colleagues for the opportunity to speak briefly to urge committee members to vote against this.
I will seek UC to withdraw that amendment as well.
C-15 Billproposes to repeal provisions of the Canada Post Corporation Act that currently provide reduced-rate postage for library materials mailed between libraries or to library users, as well as the postage-free mailing of books and other materials for the use of people who are blind. C-321 The measures targeted for repeal were unanimously adopted by Parliament when Billpassed in 2013. That [more]