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Moose Hide Campaign Day
Yesterday, I was pleased to attend the annual Moose Hide Campaign Day ceremonies in Victoria. The Moose Hide campaign engages men and boys in ending violence towards women and children. One of my first actions when elected in 2015 was to carry moose hide pins to Ottawa for distribution to Parliamentarians on behalf of co-founders, Raven and Paul Lacerte.
Every year there are over 60,000 physical or sexual assaults against women in BC — more than 1,000 per week. One in three women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime (Stats Canada, 2006). Since its inception in 2011, the Moose Hide Campaign has distributed over two million moose hide pins and helped raise millions of dollars to support community awareness programs. I was honoured to join Port Alberni Friendship Centre Executive Director, Cyndi Stevens on this wonderful occasion.
Raven and Paul are loading me down with a new shipment of pins for my trip to Ottawa, where I look forward to distributing them to my colleagues in the House of Commons. For more info about the Moose Hide Campaign and how to support them go here: https://bit.ly/43dw6hj
Regional Tariff Response Meeting
This week I joined MLAs Josie Osborne and Stephanie Higginson, locally elected Chiefs, Mayors, Chambers of Commerce, and economic development leaders for our second regional tariff response meeting since the federal election. A concern highlighted at the meeting was escalating costs for approved infrastructure projects because of the trade war. Open lines of communication between all levels of government will be critical to ensure projects can move forward, create jobs, and grow our economy. We also spoke about some of the trade missions taking place to find new markets for BC products. The response to US trade actions will continue to be a key priority when I return to Ottawa next week and I will be bringing a Vancouver Island perspective with me.
