Tired of the gridlock in Burnside? Me too. PM Justin Trudeau joined us in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and officially announced the Burnside Connector project! We're investing up to $86.5 million to get the bypass built, quickly connecting Burnside in Dartmouth to Sackville and Bedford. As you know, I've been advocating for this project for about [...]
I just announced a $3.5 million repayable contribution through ACOA’s Atlantic Innovation Fund to Maplewave!! Did you know that they employ 75 people here in Dartmouth? Dartmouth’s Maplewave is a great Nova Scotia success story, 30 years in the making! In the beginning, Russell Brannon started Master Merchant Systems Software to help support this [...]
Great to meet with the Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse (FANE) to discuss the work they’re doing to support Francophone communities. IRCC wants to offer French-speaking newcomers an easy French-language gateway to provide settlement services by and for Francophone communities. This would further support Francophone immigration outside Quebec and the vitality of Francophone and [...]
We are committed to ensuring that the women and men of the Canadian Coast Guard have what they need to protect Canada's waterways and shorelines. Soon after taking office, my pal Minister Bernadette Jordan’s M-40 passed in the House. She led the charge to address the serious issue of abandoned, wrecked and hazardous vessels. [...]
Innovative companies in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour are providing great jobs. ACOA’s Business Development Program invests in businesses to help them continue to innovate, expand and provide more jobs here in Canada. I am thrilled to announce a $750,000 investment to Lorax Systems Inc of Dartmouth, so they can conduct product development, testing, and commercialization activities [...]
An honour to have Minister Navdeep Bains at Dartmouth's Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship - COVE today! He just announced an agreement to invest up to nearly $153 Million in the Atlantic-Canadian based Ocean Supercluster. The Atlantic Canadian Ocean Supercluster is industry-led, consisting of businesses, post-secondary institutions and non profits, all working together [...]
Sunsel uses cutting-edge technology to help with innovative R&D and commercialization for companies. They had many employees on-hand, and it was great to have a chance to meet some of them and hear more about the important work they do. Minister Duclos highlighted our Government's improvements to EI. He explained that when we cut [...]
On Friday we officially welcomed the 'Rita Joe' as the newest Halifax Harbour ferry! Rita Joe was a Mi'kmaw poet, songwriter and author from Cape Breton. She wrote about her time at the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, and about preserving and honouring Mi'kmaw culture. A Member of the Order of Canada, Rita Joe was [...]
Want to improve the energy efficiency of your home and save money? Today the Government of Canada and the Government of Nova Scotia announced the NEW 2018 Instant Rebate program, which will empower residents across the province to purchase products that improve the energy efficiency of their homes! Sean Fraser, the Parliamentary Secretary to [...]
This announcement will help ensure that all Nova Scotians have access to good home and community care, as well as mental health and addiction services. "Today, the Honourable Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board, on behalf of the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Randy Delorey, Nova Scotia Minister [...]