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Methinks it would be interesting to see what Minister Bernadette Jordan thinks of this spit and chew about our garbage We already know what Rob Moore the wannabe MP again thinks of her new position N'esy Pas?
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New rural development minister is first female Nova Scotia MP named to federal cabinet
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter The Canadian Press January 14, 2019 3:07 pm
"Rob Moore, Conservative shadow minister for Atlantic Canada, wished Jordan well with her new portfolio, but questioned Trudeau’s motives so close to October’s federal election.
Moore said the new portfolio “appears to just be a communications exercise” that may stand for too little, too late.
“It appears to be just to give off the impression that they’re connected or concerned with Atlantic issues, when in fact the last three years tells us that Atlantic and rural issues are on the backburner,” Moore said.
Trudeau’s cabinet came under fire from some Atlantic Canadians when Navdeep Bains, a Mississauga MP, was put in charge of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
Criticism also followed when New Brunswick MP Dominic LeBlanc was shuffled out of the Fisheries portfolio to be replaced with Jonathan Wilkinson, who represents North Vancouver.
Jordan said Monday the government has a genuine commitment to rural Canada.
“I think it’s an unfortunate thing that people don’t consider rural important, because rural is extremely important to this government, we’re showing that,” she said."
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The waste transfer station in Sussex maintained by Regional Service Commission 8. The facility is at the heart of a dispute that pits rural communities against the region's incorporated communities. (RSC 8)
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(MONTRÉAL) – In reaction to the federal government’s announcement of an investment of $49 million to Calgary-based Inter Pipeline, to turn Alberta propane into plastic pellets for the manufacture of consumer products, Sarah King Greenpeace Canada’s Head of Oceans & Plastics Campaign said:
“It’s hypocritical for the federal government to claim it’s committed to reducing plastic waste and pollution, yet provide multimillion-dollar grants to the companies that produce the plastic in the first place. If this government truly wanted to tackle this plastics crisis, it would put its money where its mouth is and invest these taxpayer dollars into funding innovation of new delivery and refill and reuse systems using plastic-free product packaging instead of adding more plastic into the system.
It’s obvious that investing in producing more plastic offsets any progress towards a solution. We generate so much plastic waste that in recent years we’ve had to export upwards of half of it to other countries. Now many are closing their doors tired of being dumping grounds for Canada’s plastic problem. The only way to reduce waste and curb pollution is to stop producing the destructive products in the first place and ban some of the most problematic single-use plastics to reduce our impact on our oceans.”
Philippa Duchastel de Montrouge, Communications Officer, Greenpeace Canada, pduchast@greenpeace.org; +1 (514) 929-8227
https://globalnews.ca/news/4846007/ns-woman-federal-cabinet/
MP Bernadette Jordan was sworn into the newly minted portfolio in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet Monday morning, after MP Scott Brison announced his sudden departure last week.
Jordan was also the first woman elected to represent her riding of South Shore-St. Margarets, in 2015.
“I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else but in a rural community because I feel there’s a real sense of community, because of that I was always somebody who wanted to give back,” Jordan said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
Jordan said she’s planning to prioritize broadband and cell phone connectivity to make it easier for Canadians to build lives in rural Canada.
“There are a lot of people who would like to work in rural Canada, who would like to set up businesses, who would like to study from there and it’s just not possible because of poor connectivity,” she said.
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil tweeted his congratulations to Jordan on her historic appointment on Monday: “She will lead a file that is very important to Nova Scotians and I look forward to working with her.”
Rob Moore, Conservative shadow minister for Atlantic Canada, wished Jordan well with her new portfolio, but questioned Trudeau’s motives so close to October’s federal election.
Moore said the new portfolio “appears to just be a communications exercise” that may stand for too little, too late.
Criticism also followed when New Brunswick MP Dominic LeBlanc was shuffled out of the Fisheries portfolio to be replaced with Jonathan Wilkinson, who represents North Vancouver.
Jordan said Monday the government has a genuine commitment to rural Canada.
“I think it’s an unfortunate thing that people don’t consider rural important, because rural is extremely important to this government, we’re showing that,” she said.
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Jordan, who has three children with her husband, Dave, studied politics at Nova Scotia’s St. Francis Xavier University.
She has previously served as Atlantic caucus chair, chair of the standing committee of fisheries and oceans, and parliamentary secretary for the minister democratic institutions.
Before her time in Ottawa, Jordan worked in the community newspaper industry and as a fundraiser for the local Health Services Foundation in Bridgewater.
Bridgewater Mayor David Mitchell said Jordan will make a great advocate for rural Canada in her new role. He called Jordan “exactly what you want in an MP.”
Jordan introduced a motion in 2016 requesting action on removing derelict vessels abandoned in Canada’s coastal communities, an issue affecting her own riding.
Ottawa later towed the MV Farley Mowat, the one-time flagship of an environmental crusader that had long since become a derelict, polluting eyesore, out of Shelburne, Nova Scotia’s harbour, to great fanfare. Jordan calls the moment her “proudest accomplishment” on the issue.
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Methinks it would be interesting to see what Minister Bernadette Jordan thinks of this spit and chew about our garbage We already know what Rob Moore the wannabe MP again thinks of her new position N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/03/province-helps-mend-rift-between.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/regional-service-board-training-1.5049486
Province helps mend rift between communities after service commission dissolved
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Methinks it would be interesting to see what Bernadette Jordan Canada’s inaugural minister of rural economic development thinks of this spit and chew about our garbage We already know what our former MP thinks of her position N'esy Pas? New rural development minister is first female Nova Scotia MP named to federal cabinet
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter The Canadian Press January 14, 2019 3:07 pm
"Rob Moore, Conservative shadow minister for Atlantic Canada, wished Jordan well with her new portfolio, but questioned Trudeau’s motives so close to October’s federal election.
Moore said the new portfolio “appears to just be a communications exercise” that may stand for too little, too late.
“It appears to be just to give off the impression that they’re connected or concerned with Atlantic issues, when in fact the last three years tells us that Atlantic and rural issues are on the backburner,” Moore said.
Trudeau’s cabinet came under fire from some Atlantic Canadians when Navdeep Bains, a Mississauga MP, was put in charge of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
Criticism also followed when New Brunswick MP Dominic LeBlanc was shuffled out of the Fisheries portfolio to be replaced with Jonathan Wilkinson, who represents North Vancouver.
Jordan said Monday the government has a genuine commitment to rural Canada.
“I think it’s an unfortunate thing that people don’t consider rural important, because rural is extremely important to this government, we’re showing that,” she said."
Province helps mend rift between communities after service commission dissolved
Board serving 18 towns and rural communities in Sussex-Hampton dissolved last month amid budget dispute
The Department of Local Government will arrange training and mediation to help mend a rift between the towns and many rural communities in the greater Sussex-Hampton area.
The volunteer board serving that region's service commission was dissolved by Local Government Minister Jeff Carr in early February after it became hopelessly divided over the 2019 budget.
Brenda Knight, a retired municipal administrator, has been appointed trustee to oversee operations in the board's stead.
On March 5, Knight approved a budget for the commission, which will be presented to representatives of the four municipalities and 14 local service districts in coming weeks.
In the meantime, Erika Jutras, a Department of Local Government spokeswoman, said the trustee will remain in place until either members "demonstrate" they can work together or the next municipal elections in May 2020, whichever comes first.
The board split last fall over how solid waste management costs were to be divided between the towns and unincorporated rural communities, called local service districts.
Many of the board members representing LSDs feel they are paying too much for waste management.
Mary Ann Coleman chairs the LSD Advisory Committee for Waterford, which has a population of approximately 500.
She says costs should be allocated strictly on how waste is generated by each community.The current cost formula involves a combination of a levee on the amount of trash collected and a fixed amount for each community that is dedicated to providing stable funding for the region's waste transfer station in Sussex.
"It's important in my mind that we keep the costs of services, as much as we can, down for people," said Coleman.
"This has an impact on the taxes for people in rural areas."
She says the costs to operate the waste transfer station should be taken entirely from tipping fees, which would cost the towns more and the LSDs less.
James McCrea was chair of the service commission board at the time it was dissolved.
McCrea, who is from the LSD of Wickham, says the costs are not being distributed fairly, based on trash volumes alone, and that goes against the intent of regulations set out by the province.
"It was a fair budget, it was a really good budget that was proposed. But it didn't suit some of the municipalities and a couple of the local service districts," said McCrea.
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James McCrea was chair of the board for Regional Service District 8 when it was dissolved by the province in February. He represents Wickham LSD Advisory Committee. (Maria Jose Burgos, CBC)
"There's never been a problem existed that can't be dealt with and fixed, but everyone has to work together and share the costs."
The volunteer board serving that region's service commission was dissolved by Local Government Minister Jeff Carr in early February after it became hopelessly divided over the 2019 budget.
Brenda Knight, a retired municipal administrator, has been appointed trustee to oversee operations in the board's stead.
On March 5, Knight approved a budget for the commission, which will be presented to representatives of the four municipalities and 14 local service districts in coming weeks.
In the meantime, Erika Jutras, a Department of Local Government spokeswoman, said the trustee will remain in place until either members "demonstrate" they can work together or the next municipal elections in May 2020, whichever comes first.
Division over solid waste costs
The board split last fall over how solid waste management costs were to be divided between the towns and unincorporated rural communities, called local service districts.
Many of the board members representing LSDs feel they are paying too much for waste management.
Mary Ann Coleman chairs the LSD Advisory Committee for Waterford, which has a population of approximately 500.
She says costs should be allocated strictly on how waste is generated by each community.
"It's important in my mind that we keep the costs of services, as much as we can, down for people," said Coleman.
"This has an impact on the taxes for people in rural areas."
She says the costs to operate the waste transfer station should be taken entirely from tipping fees, which would cost the towns more and the LSDs less.
Proposed budget 'didn't suit' some municipalities
James McCrea was chair of the service commission board at the time it was dissolved.
McCrea, who is from the LSD of Wickham, says the costs are not being distributed fairly, based on trash volumes alone, and that goes against the intent of regulations set out by the province.
"It was a fair budget, it was a really good budget that was proposed. But it didn't suit some of the municipalities and a couple of the local service districts," said McCrea.
Speaking to CBC last month, Sussex Mayor Marc Thorne said the budget proposed by the LSDs threatened the future of the region's waste transfer station and recycling operations because the station requires stable funding year-to-year while trash volumes fluctuate.
McCrea says in asking for the change to the funding formula the rural communities are not trying to threaten the viability of the transfer station."There's never been a problem existed that can't be dealt with and fixed, but everyone has to work together and share the costs."
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STATEMENT: Greenpeace calls out feds for hypocrisy in plastic investment
“It’s hypocritical for the federal government to claim it’s committed to reducing plastic waste and pollution, yet provide multimillion-dollar grants to the companies that produce the plastic in the first place. If this government truly wanted to tackle this plastics crisis, it would put its money where its mouth is and invest these taxpayer dollars into funding innovation of new delivery and refill and reuse systems using plastic-free product packaging instead of adding more plastic into the system.
It’s obvious that investing in producing more plastic offsets any progress towards a solution. We generate so much plastic waste that in recent years we’ve had to export upwards of half of it to other countries. Now many are closing their doors tired of being dumping grounds for Canada’s plastic problem. The only way to reduce waste and curb pollution is to stop producing the destructive products in the first place and ban some of the most problematic single-use plastics to reduce our impact on our oceans.”
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For more information, please contact:Philippa Duchastel de Montrouge, Communications Officer, Greenpeace Canada, pduchast@greenpeace.org; +1 (514) 929-8227
https://globalnews.ca/news/4846007/ns-woman-federal-cabinet/
New rural development minister is first female Nova Scotia MP named to federal cabinet
Canada’s inaugural minister of rural economic development is herself a first – the first woman representing Nova Scotia in the federal cabinet.
MP Bernadette Jordan was sworn into the newly minted portfolio in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet Monday morning, after MP Scott Brison announced his sudden departure last week.
Jordan was also the first woman elected to represent her riding of South Shore-St. Margarets, in 2015.
“I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else but in a rural community because I feel there’s a real sense of community, because of that I was always somebody who wanted to give back,” Jordan said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
“One of the reasons I ran to begin with was because I felt strongly that rural Canada, or rural Nova Scotia had to be better represented.”READ MORE: Jane Philpott takes over Treasury Board, Jody Wilson-Raybould to oversee veterans in cabinet shuffle
Jordan said she’s planning to prioritize broadband and cell phone connectivity to make it easier for Canadians to build lives in rural Canada.
“There are a lot of people who would like to work in rural Canada, who would like to set up businesses, who would like to study from there and it’s just not possible because of poor connectivity,” she said.
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil tweeted his congratulations to Jordan on her historic appointment on Monday: “She will lead a file that is very important to Nova Scotians and I look forward to working with her.”
Rob Moore, Conservative shadow minister for Atlantic Canada, wished Jordan well with her new portfolio, but questioned Trudeau’s motives so close to October’s federal election.
Moore said the new portfolio “appears to just be a communications exercise” that may stand for too little, too late.
“It appears to be just to give off the impression that they’re connected or concerned with Atlantic issues, when in fact the last three years tells us that Atlantic and rural issues are on the backburner,” Moore said.Trudeau’s cabinet came under fire from some Atlantic Canadians when Navdeep Bains, a Mississauga MP, was put in charge of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
Criticism also followed when New Brunswick MP Dominic LeBlanc was shuffled out of the Fisheries portfolio to be replaced with Jonathan Wilkinson, who represents North Vancouver.
Jordan said Monday the government has a genuine commitment to rural Canada.
“I think it’s an unfortunate thing that people don’t consider rural important, because rural is extremely important to this government, we’re showing that,” she said.
WATCH: Seamus O’Regan becomes new Minister of Indigenous Services in cabinet shuffle
Jordan, who has three children with her husband, Dave, studied politics at Nova Scotia’s St. Francis Xavier University.She has previously served as Atlantic caucus chair, chair of the standing committee of fisheries and oceans, and parliamentary secretary for the minister democratic institutions.
Before her time in Ottawa, Jordan worked in the community newspaper industry and as a fundraiser for the local Health Services Foundation in Bridgewater.
Bridgewater Mayor David Mitchell said Jordan will make a great advocate for rural Canada in her new role. He called Jordan “exactly what you want in an MP.”
Jordan introduced a motion in 2016 requesting action on removing derelict vessels abandoned in Canada’s coastal communities, an issue affecting her own riding.
Ottawa later towed the MV Farley Mowat, the one-time flagship of an environmental crusader that had long since become a derelict, polluting eyesore, out of Shelburne, Nova Scotia’s harbour, to great fanfare. Jordan calls the moment her “proudest accomplishment” on the issue.
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