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Senator Percy Downe
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Senator Percy Downe
@PercyDowne
Senator for Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- Pleased to meet with David Whitty, Chiropractor in Charlottetown, #PEI, and other healthcare professionals with the @CanChiroAssoc to discuss measures that can improve access to care while reducing strain on the healthcare system. #SenCA #cdnpoli
- Research by Dr. Litvinov, Dermatologist Prof. at McGill, shows that #PEI has one of the highest melanoma rates in 🇨🇦. A major barrier to sunscreen use is cost; removing sales tax on sunscreen, as done in Australia & UK, could benefit families with children who are most affected.
- Great meeting with Prince Edward Islanders Amanda Lindsay, Tabetha Carr, and Sydnee DesRoche with @IBACanada to chat about insurance sector priorities and how to best protect Prince Edward Islanders against new and existing risks from unpredictable weather impacting #PEI.
- Senator Percy Downe reposted
"It is easy to lead with anger. It is much harder to build a country." In our @policy_mag-@BizCouncilofCan Series "Lessons in Leadership, a Canadian Perspective": Hon. John Manley with "Judgment, Purpose, and Leadership" bit.ly/4wPzywP #cdnpoli #Leadership
- Senator Percy Downe reposted
Doug Ford’s Conservatives voted against my Private Members’ Bill to ban harmful online gambling advertising. Bill 107 addressed a growing public health crisis in Ontario head on. It reflected a commitment to tackle the broader structure that makes it so easy to fall into
- Senator Percy Downe reposted
The path to this historic deal started with the Prime Minister in Malaysia last fall. This order will support 800 Canadian suppliers and more than 30,000 jobs. This is trade diversification in action. More exports. More growth. More good-paying jobs. 🇨🇦✈️🇲🇾Today’s agreement between Airbus and AirAsia is the largest single order of commercial aircraft in Canada’s history. 150 Airbus A220-300 aircraft will be built by Canadian workers on Canadian factory floors — supporting thousands of careers across Canada and here in Mirabel, - Senator Percy Downe reposted
❄️ 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗨𝗞 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 raised again in the Senate 🇨🇦 During 3rd reading of #C13 (CPTPP), Hon. @PercyDowne raised a key issue: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 120,000 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘒.’𝘴 - Senator Percy Downe reposted
Thank you Senator @PercyDowne for meeting with CFIB today. Merci au Sénateur Downe pour la conversation aujourd'hui, en compagnie de @JasminGuenette et @fgionet.
- Great meeting with @PEIPOLICEASSOC President Grant MacLeod, and #CanadianPoliceAssociation reps from Charlottetown and Summerside, Ron Kennedy, Markham Long, Mark Newcombe and Craig Murphy, to discuss public safety, recruitment and retention, and adapting to new technology. #PEI
