Every year, Senator Colin Deacon and his team travel across Nova Scotia to meet with local businesses, advocacy groups, changemakers and everyday Nova Scotians, to learn directly about the issues facing their communities.
Nova Scotia Team Tour 2023
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IMP Aerospace & Defence
August 16th, 2023
Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia
Toured the head office and several hangers owned by IMP Aerospace & Defence near Halifax Stanfield Airport. Received an overview of the IMP Group and visited of several types of aircraft and helicopter repair and service shops. A global leader in this space, IMP Aerospace & Defence competes on innovation and quality of service.
We received a strong appreciation of this impressive, long-standing and highly technical operation. It reinforces the importance of using gov procurement to catalyze the growth of globally competitive Canadian businesses.
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Luckett Vineyards
August 16th, 2023
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Visited a Luckett Vineyards operation near Wolfville in the Annapolis Valley to learn about the challenges of the grape industry after significant weather events impacted the sector. Luckett is one of many wine producers in the region. The vineyard owns impressive machinery – including a state of the art grape harvester.
The senator and his team got a chance understand the huge financial pressures facing Grape Growers in NS due to last winter’s extreme cold as well as financial and regulatory hurdles faced by the industry, which hampers their ability to compete globally.
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R-Stro Management
August 16th, 2023
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Met with third generation Nova Scotian chicken farmer Luke teStroete and Melissa Taylor of Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia. They showed us around Luke’s latest state of the art chicken broiler facility near Wolfville. Luke’s most recent facility includes so many measures that are crucial in maximizing animal health and fighting Avian Influenza.
Luke’s operation requires enormous technology and capital investments, including specialized lighting, ventilation and feed, to industry leading ventilation methods for his trucks, and entirely digitized farm management systems. No wonder agricultural producers like Luke rely on supply management to protect them from the monopsony power of poultry processors.
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Noggins Corner Farm Market
August 17th, 2023
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
https://nogginsfarm.ca/
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Cooke Aquaculture
August 17th, 2023
Digby, Nova Scotia
https://www.cookeseafood.com/divisions/cooke-aquaculture/
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Seacrest Fisheries & Synergy Seafoods
August 17th, 2023
Digby, Nova Scotia
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Aqualitas
August 18th, 2023
Liverpool, Nova Scotia
https://aqualitas.ca/en/
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