Today, I announced the sale of the Downtown Dartmouth Marine House property under the Federal Lands Initiative, so it can be turned into affordable housing! (176 Portland Street) In the hands of the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Society, this surplus federal property will be redeveloped and transformed into over 60 safe and supportive homes. It’s [...]
We’re securing and creating thousands of jobs for Nova Scotia. The contract is signed with Irving Shipbuilding Inc to build and deliver the River-class destroyers here in Nova Scotia! Nova Scotians know how to build ships. Our skilled shipbuilders are gearing up to build the River-class Destroyers for our Royal Canadian Navy, just as [...]
Companies in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour are doing BIG things and Freshr is one of them. I just announced an investment of nearly $500,000 to help them expand their operations here in Dartmouth! This brilliant homegrown company developed a naturally derived antibacterial coating for their fully compostable food packaging film—keeping food fresher for 15-30% longer by [...]
We must ensure our energy security—now more than ever. Today, we took a big step forward with Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and First Nations partners to link, enhance, and secure our power grids while creating good jobs along the way. The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is committing $217 million in equity financing to for [...]
We’re delivering over $55 million in long-term funding for public transit across HRM! Stable and predictable funding for transit is essential to keeping our communities connected. Back when I was a Councillor we’d advocate and dream about what we could do with predictable funding like this—it is so important. Predictable funding means that HRM [...]
There were a few tears of joy at this announcement, that as the kids say, got me right in the feels. For quite some time, a team of hard-working volunteers have given it their all, spearheading a massive project to preserve and modernize the historic non-profit Banook Canoe Club. Today, I delivered $2.34 million [...]
Today, I announced over $14 million in new funding to better prevent and support those who are chronically unhoused across the Halifax Regional Municipality. Since we formed government, we’ve delivered more housing here in HRM. We’ve helped organizations buy and preserve affordable housing, and we’ve delivered funding to build new affordable housing. Housing like [...]
Today we celebrated the largest capital investment in Maritime Paper’s history!! For nearly a century, Maritime Paper has been a true Atlantic Canadian success story, thriving by investing in its business, its workers, and in our communities. We’re commited to supporting companies who choose Canada and our Government delivered a $3 million repayable investment [...]
BIG NEWS: We’re delivering $12.4 million over the next three years so kids will have access to consistent breakfast programs and a better lunch program right across Nova Scotia! I’ve long advocated for a National School Food Program because kids need good, healthy food in their bellies so they can focus on learning, growing, [...]
JUST ANNOUNCED! We’re delivering up to $25 Million for the Halifax Port Authority to help streamline operations, electrify the port to cut emissions, and prepare for low-carbon fuel-powered vessels —ensuring the Port continues to modernize, grow, and provide good jobs for Canadians. The economic importance of the Port of Halifax cannot be overstated. It [...]