Fantastic meetings on the Hill today. I started my day off with the Canadian Lung Association, discussing many important topics, one being youth vaping. We all need to do everything we can to prevent kids from vaping. Young people and those who do not use tobacco products should absolutely not vape because it is [...]
It was an honour to have a chance to meet with Carrie, Morrell, Elinor, and Jade from My Voice, My Choice, and listen to their personal stories and calls for advocacy. Their stories represent so many victim-complainants, whose voices have been silenced against their wishes, by unwanted s.486.4 publication bans. As it stands today, [...]
Fantastic day with the Minister of National Defence, Anita Anand. We started the day off at Defence Research and Development Canada in Dartmouth, listening and learning from brilliant and innovative researchers, engineers and scientists. Then we headed to the naming of the 4th Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship—the newly named HMCS William Hall. I was [...]
C'est la vision au coeur de notre plan pour soutenir nos langues officielles. On propose des initiatives pour favoriser : L'immigration francophone Le continuum en éducation La vitalité de nos communautés Le leadership du gouv // This is our vision to support our two official languages. We are proposing initiatives to promote: Francophone immigration [...]
26-04-2023 The May edition of the Dartmouth Food Calendar is available. Thank you to the folks at the Dartmouth North & Alderney Gate Public Libraries for gathering these helpful resources!
As you may have heard, we recently lost Dartmouth—Cole Harbour's Dr. Jake (John O'Connor). Dr. Jake was a truly wonderful human-being and it was an honour to rise in the House of Commons and pay tribute to him. Thank you for everything, Jake.
As you know, I’m one of the of the many, many vinyl record enthusiasts. Saturday was Record Store Day or RSD as us vinyl geeks call it. Record collectors from all over gathered at so many of the incredible record stores across the city today. Our crew went to Renegade Records, the Dartmouth Taz [...]
I’ve learned that someone trampled on hundreds of daffodils at the Daffodil Garden for Cancer Survivors. If you see someone vandalizing spaces in our community, please report it. This was a shameful act. I know that so many of you planted bulbs this year in honour and in memory of your loved ones. And [...]
I am truly grateful for all of the incredible and kind volunteers across Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. I was so sad to miss Better Together Nova Scotia’s Volunteer Week celebration. This truly wonderful group of extraordinary volunteers, took time to celebrate others who volunteer in our community. The world could use more kindness like this. [...]
I’m in Ottawa today but my heart is back home in Nova Scotia. Although three years have gone by, we’ll never forget the beautiful lives that were stolen. We’ll never forget the way Nova Scotians came together in the face of so much tragedy and showed the best we have to offer. The blue [...]
