STATEMENTS
BLACK LIVES MATTER
My passion, and my fight, for inclusivity have always informed who I am in my professional and personal life. The current awakening to the fundamental truth that no lives matter until Black Lives Matter is long overdue – especially here in the Halifax Regional Municipality and its communities. I am committed to working in my role as Councillor for District 1 to investigate, expose and end systemic racism in our jurisdiction, our law enforcement and throughout the municipality.
JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS
Our nation’s Indigenous peoples experience ongoing injustice. As Councillor for District 1, I will use my voice to share the collective demand that HRM must take an active role in adopting and implementing the recommendations of the federal government’s Truth & Reconciliation Report. I will work to bring a greater awareness to the past and continued racism and abuses experienced by Indigenous peoples and commit to working to bring an end to it here in our local government, our police force and greater community.
COVID-19 RESPONSE
It goes without saying, all of our lives changed in the winter of 2020 with the arrival of COVID-19. The response to this global pandemic will be a marathon, not a sprint. While citizens and government in the Halifax Regional Municipality have done the hard work of meeting many of the early challenges presented by the pandemic, this work will be ongoing and we will all be required to adapt in different ways for months and years to come. As Councillor for District 1, I will strive to ensure that HRM first and foremost, does all that it can to protect the health and safety of our citizens, particularly the most vulnerable. As we adapt our businesses and services to the pandemic, I acknowledge that while our economic health is vital, it is not possible to have a healthy economy without a healthy population.