Happy to announce a $2.1 million investment through the Government of Canada’s Public Transit Infrastructure Fund to help upgrade the Halifax and Alderney Landing Ferry Terminal pontoons, and help purchase 8 brand-new buses! These projects will improve Halifax Transit passenger experience and increase operational efficiency for a more sustainable transit system! MLA Brendan Maguire represented the [...]

I am proud to announce a contribution of $350,000 to Easter Seals Nova Scotia so they can renovate their new Dartmouth location! This funding is provided through ACOA's Innovative Communities Fund and it's a game-changer - giving Easter Seals what they need to grow and continue to do incredible work in our community. With nearly 20% [...]

Thrilled to announce a $460,458 investment from the Government of Canada, through ACOA's Business Development Program in Dartmouth's Spring Loaded Technology! Last June, Spring Loaded Technology launched Levitation™, the world’s first compact and powerful bionic knee brace. It's the only brace on the market that's designed to reduce forces in all three compartments of the [...]

Companies in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour are doing incredible things. From clean tech, to medical and laboratory technology- we have a lot to be proud of. Yesterday I announced a $500,000 repayable contribution through ACOA's Business Development Program to Dartmouth's Precision BioLogic Incorporated! This funding will support Precision BioLogic’s continuing quest to research and develop improved [...]

Today I visited Metamaterial Technologies Inc. to announce that the Government of Canada is providing a $3 Million repayable loan to MTI to help bring metaAIR eyewear to market! metaAIR is an optical filter that shields pilots, law enforcement and military personnel from the growing threat of harmful, potentially disabling laser strikes. Learn more: https://www.canada.ca/…/laser-protection-moves-from-lab-int… [...]

Honoured to have the Minister of Health, Ginette Petitpas Taylor join me at the Dartmouth North Community Food Centre where she announced $10.5 million for projects to promote healthier lifestyles among young Canadians and their families! This includes funding to build more of these incredible Community Food Centres. 1 in 3 Canadian children and 2 in 3 adults [...]

I was honoured to be a part of today's Canada's Naval Memorial - HMCS Sackville announcement. I joined the Hon. Scott Brison, Bernadette Jordan and Darrell Samson to announce a $3.5M contribution to provide extensive repair work with the ultimate goal of restoring and preserving this great ship. The HMCS Sackville is the last surviving Flower-class corvette that served in the [...]

I was pleased to join the Hon. Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board, at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth today. He just announced that under the Oceans Protection Plan we are investing more than $80 million to protect our marine and coastal areas from potential oil spills! Part of the funding [...]

I was delighted to announce an investment of $250,000 in the Halifax Regional Municipality for the Dartmouth Sportsplex Community Association through ACOA's Canada 150 Community Infrastructure program. Our community recreational spaces matter. The Dartmouth Sportsplex is where so many of us learned how to skate or swim. It's a great social space that's regularly [...]