Email Update 97: When the game is in doubt, Minister Lecce moves the goalposts
I’ve been hearing from many parents, and the message is clear: you are exhausted, and tired of managing your childrens’ virtual school and work.
But many also wonder what kind of schools will be o...
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Email Update #96: How many meals can we offer to neighbours in need?
With Omicron afoot, many of us are isolated and struggling for social connection. Our schools are closed to in-person learning, and our health and community services are under massive strain. We ar...
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Email Update #95: All I want for Christmas is person-centred home care
This week I met an Ottawa family in crisis.
Dave and Linda Hoffman need supportive housing for Monica, their 30-year-old daughter who lives with various disabilities. The Hoffmans can no longer man...
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Email Update: A win for PSW students is a win for everyone
I heard a mind-blowing story last week, but I’ve learned in politics to expect the unexpected.
PSW students at Willis College – a private career college with two campuses in the Ottawa area – were...
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Email Update 93: Ontario needs $10/day child care now
There are historic moments in Canadian politics, and one is happening now.
For decades, child care advocates have been pushing for dramatic expansion of non-profit, high-quality child care — the k...
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Email Update #92: prayers for justice on Wet’Suwe’ten land
I’m often asked why I got into politics, and the answer is simple. I got into politics to help people, and to work with others to make change.
Long before I was a politician, I was a community org...
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Email Update #91: LRT public inquiry is on (because fighting back makes a difference)
It’s been quite a week for Ottawa’s LRT. As readers of our MPP newsletter know, I’ve been urging the province to help fix our LRT for a long time.
On December 1, 2019, we held an LRT town hall in ...
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Email Update #90: No COP’ing out on climate change - rally on November 22 @ the PMO
Today environmental leaders walked out of UN climate change (COP26) talks in Glasgow, Scotland. They are irate — for good reason — at the tepid pace of change in the face of a planetary emergency. ...
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Remembrance Day Note
It’s Remembrance Week, the time each year when we honour the sacrifices of Canada’s veterans and their families.
But like last year, Remembrance Day events in 2021 are more subdued. Once again, a ...
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