'The federal Liberals have unveiled their plan to solve the housing crisis, building on recent announcements with new tax incentives, more than a billion dollars for homelessness and a country-wide effort to build more housing on public lands.'

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A. Big. Deal.

🍔 hfxburgerbash is in full swing in all its familiar deliciousness!

I grabbed my first burger of the week at North Brewing Co. in #Timberlea - the “bourbon legend” was a 🔟 outta 🔟!

Plus, $1 from every burger goes to Feed Nova Scotia.

burgerbash.ca #hfxburgerbash

As the holy month Ramadan draws to a close, I am sending my best wishes to the Muslim community in #Halifax for a blessed Eid al-Fitr.

#EidMubarak !

Thank-you for your support!

Volunteer firefighters & search/rescue volunteers are our front line of defence against wildfires that are becoming more devastating.

I'm supporting NDP MP Gord Johns's bill to boost tax credits for these heroes from $3,000 to $10,000 to thank them & increase recruitment.

I was very moved by this meeting & appreciate your advocacy. Thanks for the discussion - looking forward to acting on your requests.

ਸਿੱਖ ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ਮਹੀਨਾ ਦੀਆਂ ਲੱਖ-ਲੱਖ ਵਧਾਈਆਂ!

Every April is Sikh Heritage Month in Canada, a time to recognize the many contributions of Sikh Canadians while learning about the Sikh community's cultural traditions.

Happy #SikhHeritageMonth ! 🪯

This year, Sacred Heart Halifax celebrates its 175th anniversary – a remarkable milestone for a school whose students and staff have contributed so much to our province and the world.

Congratulations, Sacred Heart! ♥️

Since we launched our child care program, we've cut child care fees in half in NS, saving families $6,000 per child per year on average.

→ Now we're creating more child care spaces and increasing financial support for early childhood educators.

Details: tinyurl.com/5dc2buy3

STATEMENT | FCM welcomes today’s federal announcement of a new Canada Rental Protection Fund, which is set to provide $470 million in grants over five years as well as $1 billion in loans to support affordable housing in communities across the country.

This announcement…

Always a pleasure to connect with Andy Fillmore, MP to discuss city building. The icing on the cake was lunch The Canteen

#Budget2024 is helping Canada build more homes, faster.

Today we announced #CanadaBuilds , helping to leverage over $55B to unlock real and ambitious provincial action on housing - as we have seen in B.C.

🔎Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdd9hyx5

A big part of today’s Canada Builds announcement is leveraging a massive amount of low cost loans.

Last week same thing for child care infra.

As I said to Campbell Clark earlier — it’s a notable shift in policy toolkit.

It’s really smart fiscal policy.

A 🧵 on why 1/n

#cdnpoli

FCM statement on our announcement from Dartmouth yesterday:

Kids can't pay attention in class if they're sitting at their desk with an empty stomach.

We just announced a new school food program with a target of providing meals to 400,000 more kids every year, on top of existing school food programs.

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To build more homes faster, we need to accelerate the construction & upgrading of critical housing infrastructure like water and waste water.

That's why we just announced a new $6 billion fund to support the construction of new homes in partnership w/ provinces & municipalities.

We've got to build more homes.

2 important announcements to help us do this today:

1. $6 billion to ensure communities have the infrastructure they need to build more homes, and

2. $400 million more for the Housing Accelerator Fund to partner with the most ambitious cities.