I opened up this sitting of the Nova Scotia Legislature by congratulating Stepping Stone on the purchase of a building in #DartmouthNorth. Here is what I said:
Mr. Speaker, Stepping Stone is an organization that supports current and former sex workers, people at risk of entering the sex trade, and people who have been sex-trafficked. Though I have long admired their work, I recently got to know the folks at Stepping Stone a little better, because they started holding programs across the hall from my former constituency office. My office colleagues and I loved the laughter, camaraderie, and energy that Stepping Stone brought to our building. I rise today to congratulate everyone at Stepping Stone on their recent purchase of a building in Dartmouth North. The new-to-them building will be renovated to include space for client drop-in programming, donations, outreach, court support staff, and computers for their clients to use. Excitingly, the upstairs will be turned into an apartment for transitional housing for clients who face barriers to finding and keeping housing. I am thrilled that Stepping Stone is putting down roots in Dartmouth North and I ask the whole House to join me in celebrating this big move for this vital organization.