the Girl Guides of Canada and has spoken in the House of Commons about her view that "much of what (she is) today (she) owes to Guiding". On February 28, 2019 Mendès created controversy when during an emergency debate on the SNC-Lavalin affair she said "I really do not understand why this is a big deal." Mendès was re-elected in the 2019 Canadian federal election. On December 10, 2019 Mendès was appointed Assistant Deputy Speaker and Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole Electoral record References External links 1963 births Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Francophone Quebec people Liberal Party of Canada MPs Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Brossard People from Lisbon Portuguese emigrants to Canada Women in Quebec politics 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians