Leah MartinMinister of Communications; Minister responsible for L'nu Affairs; Minister responsible for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women Act; Minister responsible for Youth

Recent interventions

A teaser slice of each chamber intervention — read the full text on the official record.

1. RESOLUTION NO. 488

   Speaker, I hereby give notice that on a future day I shall move the adoption of the following resolution: Whereas Tuesday, April 7th, was Sexual Assault Awareness Month's Day of Action, a time to raise awareness about s…

   2026-04-09·House of Assembly·Official record ↗

2. OLA: CONSULTATION WITH INDIGENOUS CHIEFS - ADDRESS

   Thank you, Speaker. You did a good job on pronouncing it. It's L'nu. It's great. You did wonderful. Thank you for the question opposite and what I would say to that is, I can't summarize in 36 seconds all the advice I w…

   2026-04-09·House of Assembly·Official record ↗

3. OLA: CONSULTATION WITH INDIGENOUS CHIEFS - ADDRESS

   The chiefs know I have an open-door policy. They can reach out to me anytime. As these reductions, or as these scale backs were happening, we were having ongoing conversations. My team, my staff have met during this Hous…

   2026-04-09·House of Assembly·Official record ↗

4. INT'L. DAY OF PINK: STAND AGAINST BULLYING - RECOG.

   I rise today to recognize the International Day of Pink, a day dedicated to standing up against bullying, discrimination, and hatred in all its forms, particularly toward members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, while promot…

   2026-04-08·House of Assembly·Official record ↗

5. YOU: MUSEUM CLOSURES AFFECTING STUDENT JOBS - ADDRESS

   I've met with youth across our province. Our youth are very smart. They're navigating through difficult times and finding their way to lead us into the future. Something that I'm hearing from our youth is that they get…

   2026-04-07·House of Assembly·Official record ↗

6. DHW: MISSED ER TARGETS - ADDRESS

   Focusing in on a few of the reductions or a few of the changes is one way to look at it, but the way we see it, we are maximizing our opportunities for our youth by ensuring that the money is going as far and as fast as…

   2026-04-02·House of Assembly·Official record ↗

7. DHW: MISSED ER TARGETS - ADDRESS

   We have our Office of Youth en route, and I appreciate the focused energy there. All across government, every single department has had the benefit of travelling this province and engaging and listening to our youth. Wha…

   2026-04-02·House of Assembly·Official record ↗

8. ACSW: BLACK WOMEN IN EXCELLENCE FUNDING CUT - EXPLAIN

   Thank you, Speaker. I did see the Facebook post the member opposite is referencing and responded right away. When we deliver a follow-up call to deliver difficult news, and we do that with multiple staff members, we unde…

   2026-04-01·House of Assembly·Official record ↗

9. ACSW: BLACK WOMEN IN EXCELLENCE FUNDING CUT - EXPLAIN

   Thank you for the question. It is important that we keep the conversations going. It's an important conversation that we continue to have, and it is one that I've been having with the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre abo…

   2026-04-01·House of Assembly·Official record ↗

10. COLE HARBOUR HIGH: PROM COMMITTEE - RECOG.

    I rise today to recognize five students from Cole Harbour District High School who are stepping up to lead their graduation celebrations. Planning a prom is a massive undertaking, and Kara Gallant, Hayden Tober, Kalie Bi…

    2026-03-31·House of Assembly·Official record ↗