News & Updates

I’d like to start by expressing my deep gratitude to the teams at Hydro Ottawa, Hydro One, out of town crews, first responders, City of Ottawa staff, and the many community groups and volunteers who have helped restore safety and power in our communities following the unprecedented storm on May 21st.

As of new reports, less than 10% of departing passengers at Pearson are waiting for more than 15 minutes, compared to 23% in early May.

As Canadians watch the ideological backsliding of the United States’ once-enshrined reproductive rights, we now hold two moral obligations: to become a country of medical refuge for women in need of an abortion; and to ensure the same erosion of fundamental bodily autonomy never finds its way onto our country’s legislative or judicial agenda.

Jobs are plentiful, unemployment is at record lows, yet Canadians are still finding it hard to pay their bills at the end of the month. Inflation has been a major aftershock from the pandemic. While no single country can end global supply chain snarls or insulate their country from global gas shortages, we can help…

CONSTANCE BAY – Last Wednesday’s (June 8) Rural Roundtable hosted by Kanata-Carleton MP Jenna Sudds featured a variety of political opinions from a group with diverse backgrounds. Read more at the West Carleton Online. Photo by Jake Davies, West Carleton Online.

Effective June 20th, vaccination will no longer be a requirement to board a plane or train in Canada. Other public health measures, such as wearing a mask, continue to apply and will be enforced throughout a traveller’s journey on a plane or train.

As we commemorate the one-year anniversary of the London attack and the five-year anniversary of the Québec Mosque shooting, the urgency for our government to take further actions to combat hate and all forms of racism is evident.

On March 28, 2022, our government announced an agreement with the Province of Ontario that will deliver high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive child care for families. Since then, Ontario is still in the process of developing their provincial childcare system and will be implementing it through their municipalities.

To address rising handgun violence, our government is implementing a national freeze on handguns to prevent individuals from bringing newly acquired handguns into Canada and from buying, selling, and transferring handguns within the country.