Bold ideas.
Hopeful politics.

Why am I running to be your next MP?

For my entire adult life, I have tried to make positive change in the world by living my values: adopting a vegan diet, using active transportation when possible and an electric vehicle when not, disconnecting my home from natural gas.

However, I’ve found that individual change is not enough. To truly build a better Canada, we need to build community: to start a movement where others can live their values too.

Canada is facing many important challenges right now, particularly the rising cost of living and short supply of housing. I’ve watched our federal politicians fight with each other along partisan lines, polarizing Canadians over solutions to problems we all agree on.

I’m running because I want to offer a more hopeful and collaborative approach. I want to work across party lines to find common ground with other MPs, so that we can find consensus on today’s biggest challenges.

What qualifies me to run?

  • Knocking on hundreds of doors alongside current MP Mike Morrice during his historic 2019 and 2021 election campaigns in Kitchener Centre.

  • Working as a chief strategist for my wife Shefaza Esmail’s provincial campaign in Waterloo in 2022.

  • Experience in math outreach and education, specializing in explaining complicated ideas to youth in easy-to-understand terms.

  • Working on a part-time Master’s degree in Social Justice and Community Engagement from Wilfrid Laurier University.

  • Volunteering weekly as a receptionist for Mike Morrice’s constituency office in Kitchener, gaining inside knowledge about government services and the issues citizens face navigating them.

  • Being a proud father to a baby girl, and wanting to make sure she has a bright future to live in.