From The Office Of Peter Stoffer MP

Cuts to Navy Reserve Training The Navy is facing $3 million in cuts to its reserve divisions. This five percent budget reduction is unfortunate during what should be a year celebrating and strengthening Canada’s navy. The cuts are expected to reduce training for reserve members.  This will affect morale, recruitment, and readiness to serve. I [...]

Federal Government Should Keep Lighthouses The Harper government recently announced that they want to rid themselves of 1,000 lighthouses across the country by declaring them surplus property as they no longer want to be responsible for their maintenance and care.  The decision will affect communities with lighthouses in every region of the country, including Atlantic [...]

Cuts to the Navy Disappointing In mid May, news broke that budgetary shortfalls were forcing the Navy to take three coastal patrol vessels at CFB Halifax and three vessels based at CFB Esquimalt out of service.  Rear Admiral McFadden, Commander of Canada’s Navy, had written a letter in April to navy officials on the East [...]

Navy Centennial Year This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy.  There are many events planned in communities across the country to celebrate this important milestone.  You can find a detailed list of upcoming events at this website:  www.navy.forces.gc.ca/centennial. Conservative Government Shelves Energy Retrofit Program On March 31, the Conservative government suddenly cancelled [...]

Tribute to WWI Veterans April 9th It is with sadness and deep respect that we note the recent passing of John Babcock, the last of Canada’s First World War Veterans. Mr. Babcock passed away on February 19th at the age of 109. His passing is significant as it marks the end of an era and [...]

Congratulations to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes Congratulations to all the athletes and coaches who participated in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. All athletes demonstrated great spirit, excellence in sport, and pride in their country. I also want to extend my congratulations to the athletes participating in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympics from March 12th to [...]

Haiti Canadians are deeply saddened by the horrific earthquake which has devastated Haiti. The people of Haiti and the Canadian-Haitian community are in our thoughts and prayers. Immediate emergency aid and rescue efforts are already underway but it will take many months and years to rebuild Haiti and relieve human suffering. I want to express [...]

Need to Improve Government Decorum Since 2006, the Conservative government has become increasingly mean-spirited. Last month Conservative MPs referred to former diplomat Richard Colvin as “a Taliban Dupe” in response to Mr. Colvin’s information on the Afghan detainee abuse issue. Last year, the Conservatives fired Linda Keen, the head of Canada’s Nuclear Safety Commission because [...]

Sackville River Pollution Damage It is very unfortunate that hundreds of litres of furnace oil recently flowed into the Little Sackville River as a result of the careless actions of vandals. Walter Regan, president of the Sackville Rivers, confirmed that the oil spill will adversely affect the ecosystem and kill Atlantic salmon eggs, bugs, various [...]

NDP WIN MAJORITY GOVERNMENT Congratulations to the provincial NDP for their historic election win on Tuesday June 9th. I look forward to working with the new government, Premier Darrell Dexter and his NDP team. I would like to thank everyone who participated in the provincial election campaign including candidates from all the parties, those who [...]