Wishing you a Merry Christmas, a joyous holiday season and a New Year filled with peace and happiness! New COVID-19 restrictions may change the way we connect and celebrate in the coming weeks, but I hope each of you can find a way to share special moments with loved ones. Thank you to all those taking care of those most vulnerable and all our front-line workers.

As newly elected Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Official Languages and your dedicated Member of Parliament, I look forward to the new opportunities that lay ahead in 2022 and beyond. Let’s keep advancing rural priorities that matter to YOU Nickel Belt – Greater Sudbury!

 Here is a glimpse of what took place in December:

 Releases and funding opportunities

• Canada Summer Jobs 2022: Application period for Nickel Belt – Greater Sudbury employers now underway
• MP Serré encourages regulated and/or licensed early learning and child centres to apply for Enabling Accessibility Funding
• MP Serré calls for more action concerning barriers faced by vulnerable populations in Nickel Belt – Greater Sudbury
• Café Heritage Rayside-Balfour receives over $15,000 to support arts and culture

Community engagement

• MP Serré returned to Ottawa, to the House of Commons for the sitting of the 44th Parliament and participated in various caucus and committee meetings including the Standing Committee on the Status of Women
• MP Serré met the Honourable Minister of Official Languages, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, and her team to discuss Parliamentary Secretary functions and duties
• MP Serré stood in the House of Commons to deliver remarks concerning Bill C-3 to further protect health care workers and those on the frontline from discrimination and harassment
• MP Serré stood in the House of Commons to recognize Noëlville as the chosen Canada Post Christmas special edition stamp collection community
• Marc continues to meet with his Constituency Office staff, residents, stakeholders, municipal leaders, Indigenous communities, not-for-profit, local entrepreneurs and more, to keep the pulse on the priorities in the region
• Marc continues his role as Chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas
• Marc met with Denise Sandul, a local mental health and substance abuse advocate about her son’s tragic experience with addiction
• Marc met with AJ Nichols, a Vale representative, to discuss green opportunities and economic development on the horizon
• Marc met with Meredith Armstrong, Executive Director of Economic Development and Alex Ross from the City of Greater Sudbury to receive an update on the Northern Rural Immigration Pilot project
• MP Serré participated in his yearly Christmas Waving campaign offering holiday cheer to constituents across the Nickel Belt riding
• MP Serré met with constituent Andréanne Chenier to discuss various priorities including job sustainability and the environment
• Marc met with Evelyn Dutrisac and Karen Pappin regarding local environmental projects

*Please note- both constituency offices in Val Caron and Sturgeon Falls will be closed for the holiday season from December 22^nd to January 4th. We look forward to serving you in the New Year.