A MADE IN NOVA SCOTIA APPROACH TO TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE I'm so thrilled that today, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the Government of Canada and the Nova Scotia Government have agreed on an approach to price carbon pollution. Our governments have committed to working together to negotiate a new equivalency [...]
Bill C-238, my #BrightIdea has reached the next step. Today I will appear before committee at 4:30pm AST. You can listen live here as I give 10 minutes of testimony and am then questioned by all the members of the committee. I will admit that I'm a bit nervous to be a witness! But the [...]
A short while ago I visited the Shearwater Aviation Museum and was blown away by how awesome it was. (Read the blog here) You know, every time one of the kids had hockey practice at the Shearwater Rink, I killed time at Tim Hortons. If I had known that this amazing museum was there I'd have stopped [...]
Remembrance Day is heavily respected and ceremonies are well supported in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour. The torch of remembrance has been passed to us, the people of Canada by our Veterans. It's our responsibility to ensure that the memory of their efforts and sacrifices do not die with them. Thousands of you came out to [...]
I was thrilled to host one of my favourite Cabinet Ministers here on the waterfront in Dartmouth yesterday. Huge welcome to Minister Catherine McKenna. Welcome to the beautiful community of Dartmouth! Minister McKenna announced The Oceans Protection Plan. It's a 1.5 Billion dollar investment over 5 years to strengthen and ensure Canada is a world [...]
I had a blast this weekend at the Hometown Hockey tour in Dartmouth. I got to hang out with Ron Maclean and I laced up my skates and scored a goal! Plus I even tried my hand at broadcasting. This hockey fan had fun. The posted this awesome video of former Halifax Moosehead goalie J.S. [...]
Wow. I'm still blown away. It's not every day that you get to meet rock stars. No, I don't mean the kind that are up on stage. (Although I did meet the crew of Platinum Blonde this week!) I'm talking about our amazing athletes of Team Canada. This week the whole House of Commons was [...]
Last Thursday I had the honour of attending the Ombudsman’s Liz Hoffman Memorial Commendation Ceremony. The Liz Hoffman Memorial Commendation recognizes individuals or groups who go the extra mile and exceed expectations in helping their colleagues resolve a difficult problem or in bringing about positive and lasting change to the Department of National Defence and [...]
As the only Atlantic Canadian member of the Standing Committee of Environment and Sustainable Development it's up to me to stand up for home. I know so many of you want to make sure that the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes area is protected. And I've done my best to bring your voices to Parliament. [...]
A lot can happen in a year. It was about a year ago that you put your faith in me after a very long campaign. I appreciated your support then and I appreciate it even more now. I'm pleased that over the past year we've accomplished much of what we set out to do- and [...]