435,000 That's how many children the tax-free Canada Child Benefit (CCB) has helped lift out of poverty. It's still not enough. The COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for most. But young families in particular have been impacted by unpredictable added expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That's why we announced the Canada Child Benefit [...]

Thank you nurses!! I am so grateful for the nurses here in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and right across Canada for working so hard to care for others. I know that these are particularly challenging times for so many working in health care. Thank you so much for all you do. #NursesWeek

This Mental Health Week, it’s time to #GetReal about how you feel. The Canadian Mental Health Association - Nova Scotia is asking us to embrace all of our emotions—whether they feel good or challenging or difficult. This week—and every week after—don’t go uncomfortably numb. #GetReal about how you feel. And name it, don’t numb it. I’d like to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday, Canada's 1st woman Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, tabled Budget 2021. There are more than 700 pages of plans, but here are a handful of initiatives that excited me! Affordable Housing Affordable Child Care & Early Learning Support for Seniors Climate Action that supports our Environment and provides jobs And there is SO much [...]

Nova Scotians will never forget what happened a year ago this week—but we must also never forget that we are Nova Scotia Strong. Today in the (virtual) House of Commons, I delivered a statement on the resilience of Nova Scotians, and in memory of those we've lost—like Cole Harbour RCMP Constable Heidi Stevenson. [...]