Peter was first elected as Member of Parliament by the citizens of Vaudreuil-Soulanges in October 2015. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary for Youth by Prime Minister Trudeau and in 2018 was given the additional responsibilities of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction. Peter was re-elected in 2019, and again in 2021, and has served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and as the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Transport and Infrastructure.

Prior to entering into politics Peter worked in numerous capacities lending his expertise in sustainable development to both domestic and international causes. His passion for positive social change inspired his work as the Director and Co-Founder of Youth Action Canada, the CEED Program based in Uganda, East Africa, and his work as the National Director of Climate Reality Canada, an organization founded by former US Vice-President and Nobel Laureate, Al Gore. For his work he has been awarded a Federal Minister’s Commendation, the YMCA Peace Prize and the Forces Avenir Award for Peace, Justice and Humanitarian Aid.

Peter holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Concordia University as well as a Master of Science in Renewable Resources from McGill University and currently lives with his wife and two children in his riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec.