My Priorities for Kanata—Carleton in 2022

With the New Year upon us, I am excited about the opportunities and work ahead. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are incredibly lucky to call Kanata—Carleton home.

I strongly believe the best way to serve our community into the future is to ensure that the local economy doesn’t just recover, but to support it to become even stronger. Our government continues to be there for Canadians throughout this pandemic, and most recently approved Bill C-2 to ensure COVID supports continue to be available for Canadians and our business community. Read more about the COVID provisions of Bill C-2.

We need to build on the strengths of our technology sector with robust innovation policies that enable and support Canadian innovators, including those in green technologies. I will aggressively pursue actions that mitigate our carbon footprint and address climate change.

We need to support our farmers and agricultural sector. The importance of their contributions to our economy and community cannot be understated. We need them and must ensure we are there for them as well.

I am committed to working towards securing LRT to Kanata—Carleton. I have been a strong advocate for this long overdue service and will continue to work with my municipal and provincial counterparts to pursue this.

Our friends and neighbours in the rural parts of Kanata—Carleton need to be connected to the digital opportunity the rest of us enjoy. I will work with the Minister of Rural Economic Development to secure the necessary investments to bring high-speed internet, a vital and necessary service, to our rural residents of Kanata—Carleton. Read more about our progress to-date on rural internet.

I believe these priorities reflect the needs and wants of the people of Kanata—Carleton. However, I recognize that they cannot come at a cost to future generations and our environment. Bold climate action is needed for the benefit of generations to come.

Our government is making smart investments to weather this pandemic. International supply chain issues and inflation have been difficult worldwide, and I know it’s impacting all of us here in Kanata—Carleton. We must continue to make the right, necessary investments while ensuring that we do not leave mounting debt for future generations.

We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us, but I am optimistic. 2022 is here and I am excited to work with our community to ensure our government continues to have our best interests at heart.  

Wishing you and yours a happy new year,

Jenna