I rise to recognize Juanita Peters for receiving Women Making Waves Award at the Women in Film & Television Atlantic awards last week and for her commitment to telling the stories that don't get told. In addition to being a recognized…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I rise today to also recognize the work of the MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning and the amazing students they serve, many of whom you will have just met. The MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning serves some of Dartmouth's most…
Read MoreAs we know, Buchanan Memorial Community Health Centre serves the communities of Neils Harbour, Dingwall, Bay St. Lawrence, Meat Cove, Ingonish, and the surrounding areas. Anyone who's driven the beautiful Cabot Trail as we've talked about today, knows how…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I have very few comments. As I spoke to earlier on the Tourist Accommodation Act, this bill also generally strikes me as going in the right direction on Airbnb and short-term rentals. It does help level the playing field and…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I'm happy to rise and speak to this new tourist registration bill. This is something that we in the New Democratic Party caucus have been watching closely for some time and, in general, I would say that this bill seems to be going in the right direction. We do have some questions and concerns which…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, thank you to the member and congratulations on having an opportunity to stand and ask a question today. I do want to acknowledge that we use a gender lens when we are looking at all of our policies, all of our practices, and all of the programs. That gender lens goes beyond gender to look at…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I rise today on International Women's Day to recognize an outstanding feminist organization, Women's Wellness Within. Run by the inimitable Martha Paynter and a fearless crew…
Read MoreI want to thank the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for bringing forward this bill. We in the NDP love credit unions. They're a great thing and have been an…
Read MoreThere is already a shortage of teachers and substitutes. The province needs more, not fewer, educators. What is the minister's plan to retain qualified teachers in Nova Scotia?
Read MoreI rise today to wish my dear friend and colleague, the member for Dartmouth North, the best of luck this weekend as she braves the ice-cold waters of our…
Read MoreI rise today to recognize the 50th anniversary of John's Lunch. The legacy restaurant opened in summer 1969 and has been serving up famous seafood and…
Read MoreMadam Speaker, the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Auxiliary have a long history in my electoral district of Dartmouth South and in Dartmouth North, where we are very lucky to have a huge amount of our district run along the coast of…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. Almost a year ago, the minister told us that he accepted the broad objectives of the recommendations made by the Commission on Inclusive Education. However…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I rise today to take one last opportunity to thank and say farewell to the former NDP House Leader Dave Wilson. We had a robust celebration of his…
Read MoreMy question is for the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. When the minister eliminated democratically elected school boards in March, he offered up an expanded role for school advisory councils as reassurance. Parents, teachers, students, and administrators who make up SACs have been…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the International Day of the Girl Child. As I stand here in 2018, we know that a girl born today anywhere in the world has fewer opportunities and faces many more obstacles than her male counterparts…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I rise to echo the congratulations that have been given and to offer my thanks and congratulations to the interim Leader of the Official Opposition…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I rise today to mark World Mental Health Awareness Day. I stand as someone whose life has been profoundly impacted by the mental health struggles and triumphs of some of those nearest and dearest to me. I've watched family, friends, colleagues, and so many others struggle…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, when this bill came to the Law Amendments Committee, on which I am privileged to sit, we came forward to the chairman before the committee even began and I said to the chairman, I think there must have been a mistake…
Read MoreMr Speaker I rise today to celebrate World Teachers Day. I am here in no small part because of the teachers I had along the way. Mrs. Ohm, who taught me how to write numbers (I still remember her showing me that the year was changing from 1-9-7-9 to 1-9-8-0). Mr. Visser, the kind principal who…
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