Mike works to amplify the voices of his neighbours in Kitchener Centre, both in the House of Commons, and in the media. Please see below for a sampling of some of Mike’s work covered in the media.
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2024
May 12, 2024 CBC News Palestinians seeking passage to Canada fight despair as Rafah campaign closes off their exit
May 1, 2024 The Hill Times Liberal talk of provincial clawbacks a tactic to distract from ‘insultingly low’ disability benefit, say advocates
April 25, 2024 The Toronto Star ‘The hill to die on’: Force the Trudeau Liberals to increase their disability benefit, advocates tell NDP
April 22, 2024 The Record Here’s why Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morrice will vote against the federal budget
April 4, 2024 The Mike Farwell Show – advance to 18:19
April 3, 2024 CTV Kitchener MP advocating for more local arts funding in Waterloo Region
April 2, 2024 The Record Feds pledge $6 billion in new spending to ‘turbocharge the construction of new homes’
April 2, 2024 CTV Kitchener Deputy PM Freeland stops in Kitchener to announce new housing funding
March 27, 2024 National Observer Here’s how much the feds handed fossil fuel companies last year
March 19, 2024 CityNews Waterloo Region still waiting for promise made by province, a decade later
March 18, 2024 The Mike Farwell Show – advance to 35:30
March 12, 2024 Road Trip with ChefD KW Taco Tour
March 11 2024 The Community Edition Kitchener cyclists host ghost ride for biker killed in car crash
March 10 2024 Business to Business Show (advance to 28:00)
March 9 2024 CBC Ammar’s Market celebrates 20 years in Waterloo Region: Andrew Coppolino
March 5 2024 Western Standard Cabinet faults landlords over expensive rents
February 23, 2024 CBC Protesters call for justice after a Black Kitchener man was killed during a police-involved shooting
February 22, 2024 The Maple Will Canada’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Try To Withhold Israel Military Export Documents?
February 17, 2024 Cambridge Today Elizabeth May looking for Guelph to turn greener
February 14, 2024 CKMS News Arming Israel Bring Increased Risk and Scrutiny to Canada and Waterloo Region
February 12, 2024 The Mike Farwell Show – advance to 35:10
February 8, 2024 CBC More funding needed to teach young hockey players about consent: advocate
February 8, 2024 Orangeville Citizen Canada’s voting system: is it time for a change?
February 3, 2024 Burlington Gazette Has a way been found to improve how we elect our leaders?
February 2, 2024 City News PM visits Waterloo Region to make substantial funding announcement
January 29, 2024 Baking for Change Episode 20 – Kitchener MP Mike Morrice and Dawn Gill make Granola and Chocolate Chip Cookies
January 29, 2024 The Record ‘I think it is human nature to try and avoid talking about difficult topics’
January 28, 2024 CTV Kitchener ‘A step in the good direction’: Event held to address rise in Islamophobia in Waterloo Region
January 23, 2024 Winter is Coming Season 2, Episode 11 – Can Politicians change housing overnight?
January 19, 2024 CTV Kitchener Kitchener, Ont. man trying to get 19 family members out of Gaza
January 14, 2024 Guelph Politico Trudeau says he still wants electoral reform, but he also wants consensus
January 9, 2024 Politico Local Reddit makes good
2023
December 27, 2023 Cambridge Times Politicization of overdose crisis is ‘selfish politics,’ drug expert says
December 13, 2023 CTV News Is southwestern Ontario the new power base for the Green Party?
December 6, 2023 Cambridge Times International students deserve better. Here are some ideas
December 5, 2023 National Observer Canada’s new methane regulations ‘critical’ step despite years of delay
December 4, 2023 The Mike Farwell Show Kitchener Centre MP discusses measures to support International Students (forward to 1:03:35)
November 23, 2023 National Observer Feds pushed for firm commitment on Greener Homes cash
November 10, 2023 National Observer Canada on track to miss climate targets, again
November 8, 2023 Waterloo Region Record Electoral reform is back on the menu. Will Trudeau bite on citizens’ assembly?
November 7, 2023 Hill Times Photo of the Day: Green Party’s Mike Morrice responds to the environment commissioner audit
November 4, 2023 CTV News Kitchener rally calls for action against climate change
October 29, 2023 CBC News Some MPs are calling on Ottawa to take a bigger bite out of fossil fuel companies’ profits
October 27, 2023 National Observer A windfall tax on Big Oil could haul in $4.2 billion for Canadians
October 5, 2023 Newstalk 1010 Mike Morrice joins Moore In The Morning to explains why he’s calling on the federal government to impose a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies
October 4, 2023 The Star Should Ottawa slap a new tax on the record profits of oil and gas companies?
September 21, 2023 CBC News Federal heritage minister aware of K-W Symphony financial woes, says she’ll work with group
September 21, 2023 The Globe and Mail Ottawa rebuffs MPs’ calls to welcome trans asylum seekers at U.S. border
September 18, 2023 The Hill Times Green caucus priorities include congruently addressing climate and housing crisis
September 18, 2023 CBC News ‘We have to talk housing,’ say Waterloo region MPs as they return to Ottawa
September 16, 2023 CBC Radio Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morrice says housing top of mind as he returns to Ottawa
September 2, 2023 CBC Radio We spent two summers asking MPs what makes them tick — here’s what they said
August 23, 2023 The Hill Times Canada’s response to the housing crisis must involve more than just building, say some experts
July 31, 2023 CBC News Federal disability support money needs to flow now, Londoner says
July 18, 2023 CBC News Kitchener MP calls for Ontario to ‘show your homework’ when it comes to 2-way, all-day GO trains
July 17, 2023 The Record Kitchener MP joins call for expanded GO service
June 26, 2023 The Record Kitchener’s Mike Morrice makes his mark in Parliament, 54 seats behind the prime minister
June 20, 2023 The Mike Farwell Show Kitchener MP finds support for electoral reform (forward to 1:24:06)
June 19, 2023 The Toronto Star Kitchener MP finds support for electoral reform
June 19, 2023 CKMS News MP Mike Morrice discusses Bill C-22 as The Canadian Disability Act nears approval.
June 15, 2023 CityNews Local MP reacts to Bill C-22 passing in House of Commons
June 13, 2023 The Record Climate generation needs wildfires devastation to serve as a wake-up call
June 12, 2023 The Hill Times Promised federal disability benefit could make ‘a huge dent’ in poverty rate if done right, say advocates
June 12, 2023 The Hill Times Qualtrough looks to leverage trust of disability community as Senate committee studies landmark benefit
June 5, 2023 Barrie Advance ‘Address the toxic drug crisis’: Barrie advocate brings quest for better harm-reduction policies to the Canadian government
May 10, 2023 The Mike Farwell Show Cross party support on Green motion for electoral reform mirrors motion passed at Liberal convention this weekend (starts at 42:30)
April 11, 2023 CityNews MP Mike Morrice makes proposal to address housing crisis
April 10, 2023 The Record Kitchener MP proposes removing tax exemptions for REITs. Report finds it would save hundreds of millions
April 6, 2023 The Hill Times Parliamentary Budget Office says ending tax exemption for real estate investment trusts would generate at least $285.8-million in additional revenue over five years
March 29, 2023 CityNews Local politicians react to 2023 Federal Budget
March 29, 2023 CBC KW | The Morning Edition Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morrice on the federal budget and why he won’t support it
March 16, 2023 CBC News This petition asks Canada to grant asylum to transgender people from the U.S. Could it work?
February 11, 2023 Radio-Canada| À échelle humaine L’élu de la semaine : le député vert Mike Morrice
February 11, 2023 CityNews Petition created in Waterloo Region sees over 24,000 signatures in two weeks
February 11, 2023 The Record Kitchener MP Mike Morrice champions refugee status for trans and non-binary asylum seekers
February 10, 2023 CTV Kitchener Waterloo woman starts petition calling on Canada to provide asylum to trans and non-binary people
February 3, 2023 National Observer New disability benefit on its way to making ‘major, major difference’ for working-age Canadians
January 25, 2023 The Hill Times Provincial shifts towards health care privatization ‘100 per cent the wrong way to go,’ says NDP MP Davies
January 4, 2023 MSN / CP Canada’s top CEOs make 243 times more than the average worker: report
2022
December 30, 2022 The Record Who lives in poverty in Waterloo Region? Race, age and love all play a role
December 14, 2022 The Record Morrice amends Canada Disability Benefit to include inflation indexing, barrier-free applications
November 21, 2022 CityNews Mike Morrice returns from COP27 in Egypt
November 21, 2022 The Record Kitchener-Centre Green MP returns from climate conference ‘feeling pretty mixed’
November 10, 2022 The Record Green MP says holding UN climate meeting in Egypt is disgusting
November 10, 2022 Rabble.ca Green Party MP pushes for end to REITs tax exemptions
November 10, 2022 The Hill Times ‘Among the worst in the world’: environmental advocates slam outsized oil and gas company influence in Canada’s COP27 delegation
November 5, 2022 CityNews Kitchener MP provides update on Canada Disability Benefit
October 19, 2022 The Maple Canada’s Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surpass $15.6 Billion This Year: Report
September 12, 2022 The Record Kitchener Centre MP Morrice calls on government to address ‘twin national crises’: housing unaffordability and homelessness
September 9, 2022 CityNews Kitchener Centre MP Morrice creates petition to tackle housing problem
September 7, 2022 CityNews Local MP plans to raise issue of housing affordability in House of Commons
August 29, 2022 The Record It’s a different world on the other side of the doorstep
August 5, 2022 CBC News: The House Backbenchers’ backyards: Green MP Mike Morrice
July 25, 2022 The Record As a Green MP, I see the value of political independence
July 15, 2022 CBC News It’s time for MPs to work together and tone down the rhetoric
June 24, 2022 Global News Disability benefit bill in limbo as Parliament breaks for summer
June 21, 2022 TVO Today ‘I don’t know how long I can do this’: Disabled Ontarians still waiting on federal disability benefit
June 20, 2022 City News Local Green MP gives Grits a B- on plastic ban
June 17, 2022 The Record As prices rise at the pump, it’s time to stop gifting billions to oil and gas companies
June 15, 2022 CBC News MPs rush over 150 amendments to streaming bill, Senate says it won’t be pressured
May 4, 2022 The Toronto Star NDP continues pressing Liberals to end fossil fuel subsidies
May 3, 2022 The Toronto Star MPs to discuss ending fossil fuel subsidies at cross-party townhall
April 27, 2022 The Toronto Star Feds “unprepared” to deliver a just transition, says Canada’s climate watchdog
April 21, 2022 The Record Is it time for guaranteed livable income?
April 21, 2022 Rabble.ca Broad support for new Canada Disability Benefit puts pressure on Liberals
April 20, 2022 The Record From housing successes to climate failures: Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morrice’s take on federal budget
April 20, 2022 The Hill Times Budget 2022’s employment strategy for people with disabilities not a replacement for income support, warn advocates (plain text version here)
April 8, 2022 CBC News Expert, Green MP have mixed feelings on budget’s climate change initiatives
March 30, 2022 The Toronto Star Increased oil and gas production, carbon capture tax credits calls Canada’s new climate plan’s credibility into question
March 23, 2022 The National Observer NDP-Liberal deal fuels cautious optimism for climate file
March 10, 2022 Rabble.ca Using drugs ‘should not be a death sentence’
March 8, 2022 The National Observer Politicians weigh in as Bay du Nord decision remains on the table | Canada’s National Observer: News & Analysis
March 2, 2022 The Hill Times The new climate denialism
February 22, 2022 The Record ‘It was a difficult decision’: MP Mike Morrice votes against Emergencies Act | TheRecord.com
February 16, 2022 CTV News Kitchener The Grove offers mental health services for youth experiencing difficulties amid pandemic | CTV News
February 10, 2022 The Record Morrice aims to fast-track income program for people with disabilities | TheRecord.com
January 1, 2022 The Record From COVID to climate change, Waterloo Region MPs set agendas for 2022 | TheRecord.com
2021
December 9, 2021 CBC News Waterloo region police budget an ‘open tap’ councillors need to turn off, advocate says | CBC News
November 22, 2021 The Record ‘A real sense of frustration’ at climate change negotiations in Glasgow, Kitchener Centre MP reports | TheRecord.com
November 18, 2021 The Hill Times Opportunity amidst uncertainty: how will new MPs’ perspectives shape the 44th Parliament?
November 3, 2021 CBC News Green Party MP at COP26 sees climate change ‘commitments’ being made but not backed by science | CBC News
October 9, 2021 The Record In Conversation: Mike Morrice, Kitchener Centre’s history-making Green MP, says listening is key | TheRecord.com
September 29, 2021 Global News (1) Kitchener MP Mike Morrice rules out run at Green Party leadership | Globalnews.ca