Press Releases

OTTAWA – The NDP has been raising concerns for years about how Conservative policy changes are endangering the survival of many of the country’s lighthouses. With a deadline looming for communities and organizations to acquire surplus lighthouses, some of Canada’s most historically significant lighthouses are about to move another step towards an uncertain future. “In 2010 we wrote the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans urging that the decision to declare almost 1000 lighthouse as “surplus” be reversed,” said Megan Leslie… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2013 CONSERVATIVES MUST FIX CANADIAN FORCES HOME EQUITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: NDP HALIFAX – Members of the Canadian Forces are being saddled with significant financial burdens due to a policy gap within the Canadian Forces Home Equity Assistance Program (HEA). Today, NDP Defence Critic, Jack Harris (St. John’s East), and Robert Chisholm (Dartmouth–Cole Harbour) called on the Conservative government to fix the problem. Harris and Chisholm were joined by Major Marcus Brauer, a CF member affected… Read more »

DARTMOUTH — Local Member of Parliament Robert Chisholm (Dartmouth–Cole Harbour) will be joined NDP Defence critic Jack Harris (St. John’s East) and Major Marcus Brauer will address the devastating financial impact that the Conservative’s failure to fix the Home Equity Assistance Program is having on military families. MONDAY MAY 27 DARTMOUTH, NS 9:00 AM Press Conference with Robert Chisholm and Jack Harris Alderney Landing Common Area 2 Ochterloney Street Dartmouth, NS – 30 – For more information, please contact: Heather… Read more »