August 22, 2025

Latest from Lantsman - August 22, 2025

A couple of busy weeks here in Thornhill and across Canada as we continue standing up for our country. With every passing week, we learn that Mark Carney is just like the guy who came before him - more Liberal incompetence, more inaction on the issues that matter like housing, inflation, and crime. 

As Parliament gets ready to return in just a couple of weeks, our Conservative team is prepared and stronger than ever -- we're going to hold the government to account for their failures while proposing common-sense solutions to the issues facing everyday Canadians. 

Despite everything that's happening, I'll always be your fighter and strongest advocate on Parliament Hill, here in the community, and everywhere else. 

Yours,

Melissa Lantsman
Member of Parliament for Thornhill
Deputy Leader of Canada's Conservatives

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Pierre's Back

All of us on the CPC team are incredibly happy with the results from Battle River--Crowfoot, where our leader Pierre Poilievre earned a resounding mandate from voters with over 80% of the vote. 

I'm looking forward to having my seatmate back in Ottawa this fall where we can continue fighting for Canadians from coast to coast to coast. 

Canada Shouldn't Give Citizenship to Criminals

My friend Michelle Rempel Garner is right: non-citizens who commit crimes in Canada shouldn't be given an express pass to citizenship. Instead, they should get a one-way ticket home and never be invited back here again. 

Her new bill will fix the problem of rapists, murderers, wife-beaters, thieves, and other low lives getting citizenship despite their heinous crimes. 

Learn more about what I think by reading my Substack below: 

Summertime in #Thornhill

Summer days in Thornhill = Slushies for lunch 🥤😎

Finally! The concert we’ve been waiting for! “Glory Days” - Tribute to Bruce Springsteen 🎸🤘🎵

Shoutout to Chris Ainsworth and the City of Vaughan team for making sure to get this concert up and running, despite being rained out back in July. This was well worth the wait!

Always great to meet new constituents! Nice chatting with you, Claire 👋

Congratulations to Irene and Iris and the entire ERA Pilates team on your Grand Opening in Thornhill! We’re very excited to welcome you to the neighbourhood.

Check them out! 💪🧘‍♀️

Joined JRCC Rockford this weekend for their celebration welcoming a new Torah scroll on Sunday.

Special thanks to Rabbi Shmuel Neft for having me and inspiring the next generation—and to Mr. Alan Hadida for your generous donation of a new Torah in memory of your parents Yitzchak and Miriam Hadida.

Despite everything happening in this country — may you all go from strength to strength 💪

On behalf of myself and my Conservative colleagues Michael Guglielmin, Anna Roberts, and Costas Menegakis, I would like to thank Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care for having us at the very impactful Storytelling for Change over the weekend — thank you for stepping up where others haven’t. Thank you for dedicating yourselves towards something bigger than yourself to help fix the crisis that is intimate partner violence.

And to the survivors – thank you for being brave enough to share your stories.

Testing the courts at Thornhill’s brand new Pickleplex in Promenade Mall! Big shoutout to Ira Stark and the entire team for making this happen right here in our neighbourhood. 👟🏓

I’ll see you on the court!

Lantsman in the News

Listen to my conversation with the Elias Makos on CJAD800 from Montreal as we chat more on Pierre Poilievre and the CPC team’s priorities this fall session. It’s time Canadians get what they were promised.

If you lied on your job application, you’d be fired. But Carney has failed to deliver on multiple election promises. Conservatives welcome Pierre Poilievre back to the House this fall where we will continue to hold Carney and his government to account on every single one of those promises. Listen to my conversation with John Moore on how.

Tune into a morning chat with Greg Brady on what Canadians can expect from the CPC this fall as we welcome Pierre Poilievre back to the House 🎙️

That's everything that's happening in my world. I'll be sure to keep you posted on all the latest. 

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