Community gardens bring neighbours together and help create greater food security. The Landrace Community Garden in Dartmouth is an excellent example of this. And this wonderful garden space is about to get even better. I just delivered an investment of almost $10,000 for the Landrace Community Garden Society through the Canada Community Revitalization Fund! This [...]

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour is the perfect place to open and grow a business—our Government knows it too. I just delivered $2.5 million to help 9 local companies and organizations innovate, grow, and keep turning their great ideas into incredible products and services, while providing more good jobs here at home.  https://www.canada.ca/.../dartmouth-organizations-grow...

We're delivering $100,000 to help bring the Buskers over to the beautiful Dartmouth waterfront!! This year's festival will span both sides of Halifax Harbour and I know that folks will love watching these fun performances at Ferry Terminal Park and at Alderney Landing. For more than three decades the Halifax Busker Festival has been [...]

Joined by Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, I just announced a $1 million investment through ACOA to Dartmouth’s NOVONIX! You’ve heard me say it time and time again, companies in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour are doing incredible things! And when it comes to clean technology, companies here are leading the way. Novonix, started back in 2013 as [...]

From handling a high volume of cargo vessels, to welcoming cruise ships filled with tourists—the Port of Halifax helps drive Nova Scotia’s economy. It was great to join my fellow MPs Andy Fillmore & Lena Metlege Diab at the Port of Halifax, where Minister Omar Alghabra announced Canada’s comprehensive plan to welcome cruise ships [...]

The Government of Canada is delivering more than $27 million to provide better care for Nova Scotians living in long-term care! As Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Seniors, I joined Minister Sean Fraser, along with provincial Ministers Barbara Adams and Michelle Thompson, to announce a Safe Long-term Care Fund (SLTCF) agreement with Nova [...]

Nova Scotia is ahead of schedule and is reducing child care fees on average by 25%— retroactive to Jan 2022! (50% reduction, on average, by the end of 2022) On track for $10/day, on average, by March 31, 2026 as agreed to under the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. You can find [...]

We just announced an investment of over $1.2 million to Dartmouth's Clean Foundation to help place up to 250 more Electric Vehicle chargers across Nova Scotia!   Since 2015 we've invested $1 billion to help make EVs more accessible and affordable for Canadians. We're providing rebates of up to $5,000 to help more folks [...]

We understand the importance of supporting the livability, health, and safety of our communities. That’s why we’ve delivered an extra $55 million to Nova Scotia through the Canada Community-Building Fund for 2021-2022. And this is on top of the $58 million we already delivered! More than $51 million of this funding will be spent [...]