Braedon Clark
- Born
- April 25, 1988
- Career
- Political assistant, public relations
- Political Experience
- MLA for Bedford South (Nova Scotia Liberal Party) 2021-2024; Member of Parliament for Sackville—Bedford—Preston, elected 2025
- Notable
- Served as Official Opposition critic for Housing, Healthcare Redevelopment, Service Nova Scotia, and Youth in Nova Scotia.
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering federal politics, Braedon Clark worked as a journalist. He was a reporter and host for CBC in both Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Following his career in journalism, he worked in communications for the Government of Nova Scotia, serving as a chief of staff and a senior communications advisor.
Key Relationships & Connections
Braedon Clark's father is Bill Clark, who served as a municipal councillor for the Halifax Regional Municipality. This provides a family connection to local politics in the same region his son now represents federally.
Where Braedon falls on key policy spectrums
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People & Society
How We're Governed
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Total votes cast: 58,190
Comment l'historique de vote de Braedon Clark concorde-t-il avec vos valeurs ?
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his service. He was elected to the Manitoba legislation first in 1988, as he mentioned. It was the year I was born, a lovely year. I thank the member for his lifetime of wisdom. Could he touch on the importance of trade as it relates to affordability, and our efforts on the trade system in general?
Mr. Speaker, I want to touch on something the member just mentioned, which is the balance between short-term and long-term factors. Perhaps he could touch on some of the short-term moves the government has taken, like the removal of the fuel excise tax, and the longer-term projects on affordability, like Churchill Falls or other projects that he might want to mention.
Mr. Speaker, my colleague opposite touched on the importance of labour issues, and I wonder if he could comment on the importance of the fact that this legislation would hire 100 new health and safety officers and 26 new officials at the Canada Industrial Relations Board to clear out a backlog of cases. I wonder if he would see that as a positive move, particularly affecting unions and organized
Madam Speaker, the member talked about capital outflow between 2015 and 2024, but I think he stopped a bit early. I wonder if he would respond to the fact that this year we have had the highest level of foreign direct investment in close to 20 years and just last month at the investment summit, Canada received almost half a trillion dollars in investments. I wonder how he would respond to that.
C-39 Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary touched on a very important topic, of course, which is working with provinces in a spirit of co-operative federalism. As the parliamentary secretary has, I have served in a provincial legislature, in my case in Nova Scotia. I wonder if he could touch a bit on that and talk about the importance of working with provinces in a spirit of co-operation to
Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary and I have adjoining ridings, so of course we have a lot of overlapping interests. At the end of his speech, the parliamentary secretary touched on ports a little bit. The port of Halifax is one of the major ports in our country, with direct access to the U.S. northeast, Europe and the rest of the world. I wonder if the member could elaborate a bit more