Shannon Miedema
- Born
- Ottawa
- Education
- Bachelor in Journalism, University of King's College; Masters in Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University; Bachelor of Environmental Studies and Earth System Science, Queens University
- Career
- Director of environment and climate change, Halifax Regional Municipality; Sustainability and Socioeconomic Services Consultant, Raidho Resource Consulting Limited; Socioeconomic Analyst, Stantec; Guest lecturer and consultant, Dalhousie’s Centre for Water Resources Studies
- Political Experience
- Elected Member of Parliament for Halifax in the 2025 Canadian federal election; Liberal nominee for the cancelled 2025 by-election for the same riding
- Notable
- President of the Young Naturalists Club of Canada; Clean16 Award in 2023
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 10th report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, entitled “Statutory Review of the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act”.
Mr. Speaker, today I stand to recognize some of Canada's climate champions, this year's Clean50 honourees. Each year, the Clean50 awards celebrate Canada's sustainability heroes, recognizing the impact that individuals, community leaders, businesses and organizations have in addressing the climate crisis. I am proud to be an alumni of this program. As we continue to experience the worsening
Madam Speaker, I congratulate the hon. member on his upcoming additional child, number seven. It is fantastic news. My understanding is that we are looking at age 16 and over as the appropriate age for being responsible and mature enough to navigate social media. The more important thing would be requiring the platforms profiting off our youth to do the work to make sure they are protected. In
Madam Speaker, I agree wholeheartedly that a lot of what we are aiming to do is put the responsibility properly on those who are profiting from these online platforms and to put guardrails in place so we do not have the terrible incidents we have seen in the past in this country and across the world. That is exactly what we are aiming to do.
New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for. C-34 I rise today in support of Bill, the safe social media act. I will begin by sharing that I am a mother of three children, ages 10, 13 and 16. I, like all parents, am keenly aware of the risks of social media, and I understand the difficulties of regulating its use by our children and our
Madam Speaker, a big thing I think about often is getting our children outside, getting them out of doors and connected to real people in three dimensions, in real time and in nature. I have seen, even with my children, that if they have too much screen time, the behaviour starts to get a little wonky. They start to fight with me, my other kids and my husband. When we all get out of the house and
Mr. Speaker, in Canada, our culture and economy are built on the water. This is especially true in my riding of Halifax, located in beautiful Nova Scotia, Canada's ocean playground. From climate change to pollution, the health of our oceans is under threat. It is why I am so excited that next year, our government will be hosting the Our Ocean Conference in my riding. Can the Minister of