Happy Canada Day! I hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating our 151st year of confederation. I was happy to celebrate our nation’s birthday at...
Author - Martin Shields
Martin Shields is the Member of Parliament for the Bow River riding, Alberta. Martin has been living in Brooks with his family for 38 years and is committed to the success and quality of the community. Martin serves as Deputy Chair of the Conservative Party’s Alberta Caucus, and as a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development.
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Spring 2018 wrap-up
With the 2019 election around the corner, things have really started to heat up on Parliament Hill. The House of Commons has now adjourned for the summer, but...
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Carbon Tax coverup
The House of Commons will soon be wrapping up for the summer. Even though we’re getting close to the end of the session here in Ottawa, there’s...
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Steel and aluminum tariffs and rural crime
The United States has hit Canada with a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a ten percent tariff on imported aluminum. These tariffs have been coming for a...
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Kinder Morgan and Bill C-75
I’m sure you have heard the big news on the Trans Mountain Project: the Prime Minister has decided to spend $4.5 billion of your tax dollars to buy the...
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MP report – Trans Mountain in serious jeapardy
What happened to social license? Will this country ever build a pipeline to tidewater again? Unfortunately, these are questions that need to be asked now that...
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MP Report – grain backlog bad for producers
This spring, a decline in railway service for the grain sector has seen performance numbers drop dramatically. That’s resulting in the worst grain...
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MP report – Spring updates on CSJ, C-71
The spring session of parliament is here. I think most of us in Bow River wish that spring had actually arrived with it. Eight months of snow is a lot, even by...
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The Liberal government’s irresponsible spending spree
The 2018 Budget has been introduced, and the Liberal government is continuing its massive, unbelievably irresponsible spending spree. They’re choosing...
Over the past few months, I have met with RCMP officials and municipal representatives on the subject of rural crime in our constituency. This February, I will...
