Great wine starts with high quality vines. Brock University has been at the centre of innovation for the wine sector for decades but yesterday Vance Badawey and I announced the next step. The Federal Government is stepping up with $3.5 million for the Brock Farm. An experimental farm will give Brock the opportunity […]
Exciting news for St Catharines, today, as the latest phase of the National Shipbuilding Strategy was announced by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Bernadette Jordan. Seaspan Shipyard and their partner Heddle Marine were successful in their bid to build a polar icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard. This will mean tens of millions of […]
Emancipation Day, marked each August 1, celebrates the anniversary of legislation that ended slavery in the British Empire. At one time, the Emancipation Day celebrations in St. Catharines were among the largest in Canada, with thousands descending on Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie to attend the “The Big Picnic”. I was proud today to […]
Though it has been an honour to serve as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, I received a call from the Prime Minister to appoint me as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson. Though the pandemic is priority for the government, climate change remains an existential threat […]
This morning I joined, my colleagues, Vance Badawey and the Minister for Economic Development Mélalie Joly to announce $5 million for ASW Steel in Welland – Canada’s only specialty steel producer. Today’s investment will preserve 110 jobs and create 15 new, good-paying jobs in the Niagara region- ensuring that our manufacturers not just survive in […]
Today the Prime Minister annouced and additional $3 billion per year for municipalities. This announcement will provide stable funding for communities like St Catharines especially as we move toward inter-municipal transit. This will help Canadians move around easier, create new jobs by building public transit projects, and reduce pollution by switching public transit systems to […]
I’m very happy to announce that the Federal Government will be providing $100,000 to the Salem Chapel BME Church in St Catharines. The Church was home to abolitionist Harriet Tubman who became known as Moses for her missions freeing slaves in the United States in the 19th century. The Church is an important part of […]
We cut the ribbon on a CoGeneration facility at the General Motors Plant in St Catharines. Using landfill gas from Walker Industries, the $28 million project will lower the plant’s carbon emissions by 70% making it one of the most environmentally friendly powertrain plants in the world. This project shows that a price on pollution […]
Today our government announced $16 million for improvements to St. Catharines Public Transit System. From an improved downtown bus terminal, to more busses on the road, improvements to bus shelters and new para-transit vehicles, this funding will position St. Catharines transit with better services for residents now and equip them with the necessary tools for […]
This morning Vance Badawey and I announced $1.3 million things in funding for Brock University’s innovative Shape Your Life program, a non-contact boxing program to help women overcome the trauma of gender-based violence. The program has had great success, including at Underdogs Boxing Club in St. Catharines, and I’m proud that our government was able […]
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