Building back better means making sure that folks have the skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow. It means, building a more inclusive workforce. Budget 2021 is a plan to create jobs and strengthen the economy! The Canada Workers Benefit has been helping low-income workers make ends meet. We’ve proposed to expand this [...]
Sub-Lieutenant Abbigail Cowbrough Captain Brenden Ian MacDonald Captain Kevin Hagen Captain Maxime Miron-Morin Sub-Lieutenant Matthew Pyke Master Corporal Matthew Cousins We will remember them. Today at 1:20pm Atlantic, the Royal Canadian Navy will stream a video memorial to those Canadian Armed Forces members lost in the 2020 CH-148 Cyclone accident. My thoughts are with their loved [...]
Are you aged 15 - 30 and ready for a summer job in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour? A whole bunch of Canada Summer Jobs have just been posted on the Government's Job Bank. We're delivering extra funding to employers across Canada to make sure young people can get the experience they need! https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/youth [...]
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Today the Prime Minister announced that we are deploying 60 members of the Canadian Armed Forces to Nova Scotia to help with COVID-19 testing. Nova Scotia’s incredible health care workers and lab techs have been working around the clock, and the Premier of Nova Scotia formally requested support to help [...]
A place of hope. A place to reflect and celebrate life. The Spring daffodils are blooming at the Daffodil Garden for Cancer Survivors in Dartmouth. If you live in the area, I encourage you to visit while following public health advice. The flowers are truly stunning. Thank you to Jim and Judie Edgar for [...]
We can look back and see that since 2015, we’ve helped more than 1 million Canadians find a safe and affordable place to call home—and despite this large number it’s still not enough. We know that housing costs continue to soar here in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, and many folks are feeling the increased financial burden. [...]
Although important and necessary, I know that the latest public health restrictions will be tough for many businesses and employees in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. I’m encouraging everyone in our community to support local businesses as much as they can! Whether it’s buying your hair products from a local salon instead of online, or grabbing take-out [...]
Happy to have Minister Bernadette Jordan in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour at GreenFoot Energy Solutions to announce how Budget 2021 will deliver no-interest loans of up to $40,000 for home energy retrofits! Details: https://www.canada.ca/…/budget-2021-a-healthy-environment-f…
I received my first AstraZeneca shot last night! So grateful to the folks at the Woodlawn Medical Clinic in Dartmouth for the friendly, painless & efficient experience. Don’t forget to book your appointment when the time comes! You can find information on Nova Scotia’s age based COVID-19 vaccination roll out plan here: https://novascotia.ca/co…/book-your-vaccination-appointment/ [...]
Affordable high quality childcare and early learning. This is something that’s top of mind for so many parents across Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. From some spouses choosing to stay home because daycare costs as much as they’d make, to families struggling to make ends meet because the cost is just too high—we know that a Canada-wide [...]