Working For You! Summer 2012

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Come Home Year/Mussel Bed Soiree August 3rd - August 13th

Mark Your Calendar - Come Celebrate with Us!

SCOTT SIMMS, MP 2

GANDER Audrey Miller/Calvin Foote 61 Elizabeth Drive, Gander, NL A1V 1G4 Phone: 709-256-3130 Fax: 709-256-3169 Toll Free: 866-663-2626

E-mail scottsimmsgander@nf.aibn.com GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR Cindy Hooper/Barry Saunders 1A Pinsent Drive, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL A1V 2S8 Phone: 709-489-8470 Fax: 709-489-8478 Toll Free: 866-663-2626

E-mail: scottsimmsgfw@nf.aibn.com OTTAWA David Graham, Parliamentary Assistant 672 Confederation Building, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Phone: 613-996-3935 Fax: 613-996-7622 E-mail: scott.simms@parl.gc.ca

Dear Constituents:

“It has been a very busy year as your Member of Parliament in the House of Commons. I continue to bring issues and ideas forward in the House, and/or to the appropriate authorities.

I intend, again this summer, to take part in as many of the summer festivals and events as possible and I look forward to renewing old friendships and acquaintances and to making new ones. I take these social events very seriously as it is an excellent way for me to informally interact with you to discuss matters of interest and concern.

Please make every effort to support your local festivals and I look forward to seeing you there. Have a happy and safe summer!”

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Helping out at Mary Brown’s

“Big Mary” Day in Gander

With Trefoil Central Girl Guides- Canada Cord Awards-Lewisporte

With Joe Philpott, Daniel Ralph, and

Dr. Carmel Casey - Rick Hansen

“Man in Motion” Relay

Happy 85th Birthday!

With Vera Barbour Wesleyville

14th Annual Help a Village Effort (H.A.V.E.)

Walk for Water-Glovertown

With Gerard Feltham and wife Yuvadee

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House of Commons Private Member’s Bill C-342

November 2, 2011

Petition—Department of Fisheries & Oceans June, 2011

Mr. Scott Simms (Bonavista-Gander-Grand Falls-Windsor, Lib.)

Moved for leave to introduce Bill C-342, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (funeral arrangements).

Mr. Speaker, I introduced this bill in the last Parliament, and it is very succinct. It is about, as a wise person once said, the two certainties in life, death and taxes. Unfortunately, in this case, paying taxes after death is certainly an indignation that I would like to correct.

The bill would essentially exempt the expenses related to funerals from the GST and the GST portion of the HST.

I look forward to debating this in the House as a nice dignified way for the Government of Canada not to tax a person upon death and have it be a hardship on the family.

Mr. Speaker, I present a petition from members of the community of Twillingate Island who want more science to be infused with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Over the past 20 to 25 years, science has taken a back seat in many of the management decisions. The result of all this comes down to last minute decisions that affect all the communities involved in a social way detrimentally. I have 193 communities in my riding and they are affected, especially along the eastern coastlines. Therefore, the petition calls for the government to initiate a public inquiry into all aspects of the DFO with emphasis on fisheries management, dismantling the current state of the DFO and put in place a model that takes into account fisheries science. Indeed, this is essential for these communities, not just for the east coast, but for the west coast as well.

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Other Private Member’s Bills introduced by Scott Simms in Parliament

C-326 An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security (bi-weekly Payment of Benefits) - Defeated by the Conservatives on May 30, 2012

C-335 An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan (deductions—disabled child)

C-325 An Act to amend the Radiocommunication Act (voluntary organizations that provide emergency services)

C-324 An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (sick benefits)

41st. Parliament

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Polar Dip-Appleton Winterfest Brrrrrrrr!!

“Waiting to be Dunked in Dover” 40th Anniversary & Come Home Year

Back Row: Terry Pelley, Randy Hancock, Fred Butler, Edwin Brown

Front Row: Scott, Mayor Gail Hancock, Shirley Butler, Sadie Brown

Northern Arm Firemen 30 Year Service Bars

With Hardy Winsor

Congratulations!!

Cottrell’s Cove Academy 2012 Graduation

Note: The 2012 Newfoundland and Labrador 50+ Federation Conference will be held in Gander on August 14th—17th. Mark your calendar!!

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South & Central

Northeast Health

Foundation Regatta-

Lewisporte Yacht Club-

Cowboy Theme

With Lorraine and Bruce

Goodyear at the

Kittiwake Snowmobile Association

Ride for Health 4

Poker Run

With residents of Burnside Congratulations!

Grand Falls-Windsor

Happy Adventure Hare Bay

Harris Point Hatchet Harbour

Herring Neck Hillgrade

Hodderville Horwood

Indian Bay Indian Cove

Island Harbour Jamestown

Joe Batt’s Arm Keels

Kettle Cove King’s Cove

Knights Cove Ladle Cove

Laurenceton Leading Tickles

Lethbridge Lewisporte

Little Burnt Bay Little Catalina Little Harbour Little Seldom

Loon Bay Lower Amherst

Cove Lumsden Maberly

Main Point Melrose

Merritt’s Harbour Michaels Harbour

Millertown

Amherst Cove Appleton

Aspen Cove Badger

Badger’s Quay Barr’d Islands

Baytona Bayview Benton

Birchy Bay Birchy Cove

Bishop’s Falls Bloomfield Bonavista Botwood

Boyd’s Cove Bridgeport Brookfield Brooklyn

Brown’s Arm Buchans

Buchans Junction Bunyan’s Cove

Burnside Campbellton

Cannings Cove Cape Freels Carmanville

Carter’s Cove Catalina

Centreville Champney’s Arm Champney’s East Champney’s West

Chanceport

Change Islands Charles Brook

Charleston

BONAVISTA-GANDER-GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR Communities I Am Proud to Represent

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Charlottetown Clarke’s Head

Cobbs Arm Comfort Cove

Cottlesville Cottrell’s Cove

Crow Head Culls Harbour

Davidsville Deadman’s Bay

Deep Bay Dover

Dunfield Duntara Durrell

Eastport Elliston Embree

English Harbour Fairbanks Farewell

Fogo Fortune Harbour

Frederickton Gambo Gander

Gander Bay Gander Bay

North Gander Bay

South George’s Point

Glenwood Glovers Harbour

Glovertown Goose Cove

Green‘s Cove Greenspond

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Port Albert Port Blandford

Port Rexton Port Union Porterville

Portland Pound Cove Princeton

Purcell’s Harbour Ragged Point

Red Cliffe (BB) Rodger’s Cove Rogers Cove Salt Harbour

Island Salvage

Sandringham Sandy Cove (BB)

Sandy Point Seldom

Ship Island Shoal Bay

Southern Bay Spillars Cove St. Brendan’s

St. Chads Stag Harbour

Stanhope Stock Cove

Moore’s Cove Moreton’s Harbour

Middle Amherst Cove

Morley’s Siding Musgrave Harbour

Musgravetown New Bonaventure

Newman’s Cove Newstead Newtown Newville

Noggin Cove Norris Arm

Norris Arm North Norris Arm South

Northern Arm Old Bonaventure

Open Hall Parkview Peterview

Phillips Head Pikes Arm

Plate Cove East Plate Cove West

Pleasantview Point Leamington

Point of Bay Pool’s Island

Stoneville Summerford Summerville

Sweet Bay Templeton Terra Nova Tickle Cove

Tilting Tizzard’s Harbour

Too Good Arm Traytown

Trinity Trinity (BB) Trinity East

Trouty Twillingate

Upper Amherst Cove

Valley Pond Valleyfield

Victoria Cove Virgin Arm Wareham

Wesleyville Wing’s Point

Electoral District Profile

Population: 84,735 (2011 census)

Population: 86,936 (2006 census)

Number of Electors: 69,936

Area: 30,233 km²

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If you would like to nominate a person in your community to be

considered for this prestigious award, please contact one of my offices for a

nomination form or you can download the form on my website,

www.scottsimms.com. Deadline for nominations is July 31, 2012.

Thirty medals will be awarded in my riding.

If you wish to know more about this award, please visit the Governor

General’s website site http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14019.

Eligibility Criteria Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of

Canada, but need not necessarily reside in Canada; Have made a significant contribution to a particular

province, territory, region or community within Canada, or an achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada; and

Be alive on February 6th, 2012, the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty’s accession to the Throne. The medal can be awarded posthumously, as long as the recipient was alive on that date.

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

A new commemorative medal was created to mark the 2012 celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada. The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal is a tangible way for Canada to honour Her Majesty for her service to this country. At the same time, it serves to honour significant contributions and achievements by Canadians.

During the year of celebrations, 60,000 deserving Canadians will be recognized for their contributions and achievements.

Meeting with Trinity Bay North Town Council

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Dave Hamlyn

Leo Burke Academy, Bishop’s Falls

Congratulations

Pastor Leroy & Mrs. Gee

25th Anniversary

First United Pentecostal Church

Bishop’s Falls

Congratulations to Dave Hamlyn, one of Canada’s

Outstanding Principals for 2012

A job well done Dave! We are all very proud of you.

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With Alfred Street,

Mayor Brendan Peters, Neville

Samson, Norman Rogers, Howard Duffett

FACT SHEET ON WAR OF 1812

BATTLE HONOURS FOR THE CANADIAN FORCES

The year 2012 marks the bicentenary of the War of 1812, a seminal event in Canadian history.

In this conflict Canadian militia regiments, French and English alike, along with the British army and our aboriginal allies fought with valour to

repel a foreign invader. The Canadian militia suffered 574 casualties. By 1814, 7,000 Canadians were serving in military units and another

89,000 militiamen were available if required.

Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British North America praised the militia and recommended they receive Battle Honours.

The British Army was awarded 5 Battle Honours for the War of 1812 –Detroit, Queenston, Miami, Niagara and Bladensburg, but none was granted to the Canadian militia.

The Department of National Defence (DND) refuses to authorize the award of Battle Honours for the War of 1812. An arbitrary decision by DND a century ago refuses to recognize the Canadian military prior to 1855.

DND policy refuses to recognize the perpetuation of current Canadian Forces units to War of 1812 units and refuses to award Battle Honours to those units, also stating that these awards cannot be retro-actively awarded. Yet official DND publications state that the 1812 battalions “can be considered as the forerunners of the regiments today “ (Title CFP 267) and the awarding of Battle Honours for the War of 1812 would fulfill most principles outlined in DND policy (Title CFP 200) .

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War of 1812

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Fact Sheet on War of 1812 (Cont’d)

Many precedents already exist for the retro-active awarding of Battle Honours.

Despite Prime Minister Harper’s direction to DND to “Recognize the War of

1812 heritage embraced by some units”, this recognition has not happened.

Honour our 1812 Heroes is a group of concerned Canadians dedicated to: a. Securing official recognition of the Canadian military units that fought in the War of 1812; and b. Preserving the legacy of those units by the award of Battle Honours to units of the Canadian Forces that perpetuate them.

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For more information, visit the official War of 1812 Bicentennial Website at

www.visit1812.com

You can help by writing to The Honorable Peter Mackay, Minister of National Defence, House of Commons, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 or by sending an email to dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca to request the just and deserved recognition of the memory of those brave Canadians who fought to defend this nation.

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Greenwood Academy Students Vimy Ridge Ceremony

Teacher Monique Lewis with Mackenzie Pope and Jewel Nippard

Beyond the Overpass Theatre Festival Gander

June 7th to September 22nd

Rising Tide Theatre Festival Trinity

June 5th - September 30th

Hann’s Point Players Dinner Theatre Lewisporte

July 1st - August 31st

Twillingate Theatre Twillingate

July 2nd - August 17th

Queen Street Dinner Theatre Grand Falls-Windsor July 11th - August 23rd

July 12th - 16th Exploits Valley Salmon Festival

Grand Falls-Windsor

July 13th - 22nd The Roy Babstock Beaches Accordion Festival-Eastport

July 15th - 22nd Bird Island Puffin Festival

Elliston

July 21st

Peterview Day Peterview

July 17th - 22nd Fisherman’s Fest

Seldom

July 19th - July 23rd

Fallsview Festival Bishop’s Falls

All Around the Circle Dinner Theatre Crow Head

June 4th to mid-September

Entertainment Factory July-September

Gander

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July 21st

Point Leamington Festival Point Leamington

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July 23rd - 29th Fish, Fun, & Folk Festival

Twillingate

July 23rd- 30th Crab Festival

New-Wes-Valley

July 28th Dover Fault Festival

Dover

July 28th - August 5th Celebration by the Sea

Lumsden

August 1st - 6th Smallwood Days &

Loggers’ Festival-Gambo

August 1st - 6th Flying Boat Festival

Botwood

August 2th - 6th Festival of Flight

Gander

August 3rd - 4th Leading Tickles Day

Leading Tickles

August 3rd - 5th Seafest

Eastport

August 10th - 12th Brimstone Head Folk Festival-Fogo Island

August 10th - 12th Winterset in Summer

Eastport

August 10th - 12th Muddy Hole Scuff ‘n Scoff

Musgrave Harbour

August 10th - 12th Giant Squid Festival

Glover`s Harbour

July 26th - August 6th Come Home Year

Buchans

July 26th - 30th Glenwood Days

Glenwood

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September 20th - 22nd Craft & Trade Show

Lewisporte

September 16th

Voices on the Wind Boyd’s Cove

September 20th - 23rd

Roots, Rants & Roars Festival Elliston

July 27th - 29th Bonavista Days

Bonavista

August 1st - 5th Come Home Year

Port Blandford

September 20th - 23rd

Feile Tilting Tilting

August 2th - 5th

Badger Drive Festival Badger

July 27th - 29th St. Brendan’s Festival

St. Brendan’s

If we missed your event, please go to my website at www.scottsimms.com,

click on “Contact Scott” to send the information and we will be happy to post it on our website .

Benton Community Park renamed

Llewellyn R.T. Keats Park

Congratulations!

Karlie Pinsent Greenwood Academy

Campbellton

Winner of the Provincial Government’s

postage meter stamp design contest commemorating

Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee.

Karlie’s stamp will be used by

the government’s outgoing mail for the remainder of 2012.

This memorial came about as a result of the community’s efforts to make improvements to their

community. Other sites will also be named in honour of

deceased residents.

The Llewellyn R.T. Keats Memorial Park in Benton was named in honour of Llewellyn

“Louie” Keats, who died of a drowning accident in 1979,

at the age of eight.