Healthy meals and full bellies help kids grow and learn. That why we’re stepping up and delivering a National School Food Program. I’ve long advocated for a National School Food Program to help ensure that every child has the best start in life. And I want to thank folks out there like Nourish NS [...]
Affordable child care is saving families in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour thousands of dollars a year—but we need MORE spaces! Good news! New daycare spaces are on the way. NEW: We’re delivering $1 billion in low-cost loans and $60 million in grants to help public and non-profit child care providers renovate their centres and build NEW [...]
Renters can pay their rent on-time every month for years and not get credit for the money they’ve paid. Soon, they will. We’re calling on banks, lenders, landlords and fintechs to use your on-time payments to help you get credit and qualify for a mortgage. Learn how we’re making sure renters get credit for [...]
It’s Purple Day! Let's raise awareness, and let's support those living with epilepsy each and every day. More than 300,000 Canadians live with epilepsy, a disease that impacts the central nervous system, specifically of the brain, and causes seizures. Thanks to Cassidy Megan and former MP Geoff Regan, Canada officially recognizes March 26th as Purple [...]
As you know, I firmly believe in the importance of the Canada Disability Benefit. I advocated for it in the beginning and I want you to know that I haven’t stopped. I won’t stop until it’s a reality. A meaningful Canada Disability Benefit will empower more people living with a disability to be full [...]
Households across Dartmouth—Cole Harbour receive Canada Carbon Rebate payments four times a year. (If for some reason you aren’t getting yours, please call my office for help at 902-462-6453) These rebate payments are made possible because we put a price on pollution. And if the price on pollution goes up, the rebate payments go [...]
Grateful to have a conversation with Gregory Lick, Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. We talked about some of the pressing issues that military families in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour are facing and ways we can better support DND workers and CAF members. Thank you so much for all of [...]
I’ll join dignitaries this morning to pay tribute to Canada’s 18th Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, at his lying-in-state.
We are the only country in the world with universal health care that doesn’t provide universal coverage for prescription drugs. We’re working to fix that—and we need to keep working together to get it done. Over the years, your feedback has been a big part of my advocacy on National Universal Pharmacare. Thank you. [...]