Mark Gerretsen
@markgerretsen.bsky.social
Member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands 🇨🇦 Chief Government Whip
Great to visit Lodestar Structures in Kingston today with Minister @gregorrobertson.bsky.social.
Their modular building system can build safe, affordable, and energy-efficient homes and commercial spaces much faster.
🔗More info: lodestarstructures.com
Their modular building system can build safe, affordable, and energy-efficient homes and commercial spaces much faster.
🔗More info: lodestarstructures.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Great to visit Lodestar Structures in Kingston today with Minister @gregorrobertson.bsky.social.
Their modular building system can build safe, affordable, and energy-efficient homes and commercial spaces much faster.
🔗More info: lodestarstructures.com
Their modular building system can build safe, affordable, and energy-efficient homes and commercial spaces much faster.
🔗More info: lodestarstructures.com
Today’s GDP report shows 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮’𝘀 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 2.6% in Q3, far above expectations and the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 among G7 countries.
Despite global pressures and ongoing tariff uncertainty, our economy is moving forward with strength and resilience.
That’s how we Build Canada Strong. 🇨🇦
Despite global pressures and ongoing tariff uncertainty, our economy is moving forward with strength and resilience.
That’s how we Build Canada Strong. 🇨🇦
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today’s GDP report shows 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮’𝘀 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 2.6% in Q3, far above expectations and the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 among G7 countries.
Despite global pressures and ongoing tariff uncertainty, our economy is moving forward with strength and resilience.
That’s how we Build Canada Strong. 🇨🇦
Despite global pressures and ongoing tariff uncertainty, our economy is moving forward with strength and resilience.
That’s how we Build Canada Strong. 🇨🇦
Canada’s new government is taking action to protect and transform our steel and lumber industries. 🇨🇦
We’re strengthening domestic production, supporting workers with new skills, and helping businesses modernize so they can thrive in a changing global market.
🔗 News release: bit.ly/4oYop8o
We’re strengthening domestic production, supporting workers with new skills, and helping businesses modernize so they can thrive in a changing global market.
🔗 News release: bit.ly/4oYop8o
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Canada’s new government is taking action to protect and transform our steel and lumber industries. 🇨🇦
We’re strengthening domestic production, supporting workers with new skills, and helping businesses modernize so they can thrive in a changing global market.
🔗 News release: bit.ly/4oYop8o
We’re strengthening domestic production, supporting workers with new skills, and helping businesses modernize so they can thrive in a changing global market.
🔗 News release: bit.ly/4oYop8o
𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀.
We’re supporting our steel and lumber industries so workers can keep building a strong future for our country.
🔗Learn more about Canada’s steel and lumber industries: bit.ly/4agjafG
We’re supporting our steel and lumber industries so workers can keep building a strong future for our country.
🔗Learn more about Canada’s steel and lumber industries: bit.ly/4agjafG
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀.
We’re supporting our steel and lumber industries so workers can keep building a strong future for our country.
🔗Learn more about Canada’s steel and lumber industries: bit.ly/4agjafG
We’re supporting our steel and lumber industries so workers can keep building a strong future for our country.
🔗Learn more about Canada’s steel and lumber industries: bit.ly/4agjafG
This coming from the guy who literally had MPs hiding behind a curtain just one week ago because he was afraid he might accidentally trigger an election with all his rhetoric. 😆
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This coming from the guy who literally had MPs hiding behind a curtain just one week ago because he was afraid he might accidentally trigger an election with all his rhetoric. 😆
Great conversation today with students from 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹’s new @pihcanada.org chapter, the first and only high school chapter of this global organization in Canada! 🇨🇦
Thank you for your advocacy. Keep up the great work! 👏
Thank you for your advocacy. Keep up the great work! 👏
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Great conversation today with students from 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹’s new @pihcanada.org chapter, the first and only high school chapter of this global organization in Canada! 🇨🇦
Thank you for your advocacy. Keep up the great work! 👏
Thank you for your advocacy. Keep up the great work! 👏
Great meeting with Elma and David from the Canadian Labour Congress today. We spoke about the challenges facing health care workers and the steel industry, and how we can better support workers in our community.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Great meeting with Elma and David from the Canadian Labour Congress today. We spoke about the challenges facing health care workers and the steel industry, and how we can better support workers in our community.
Great evening at Kingston’s 21st Annual Nighttime Santa Parade! 🎅
So nice to see our community come together to kick off the holiday season! 🎄
So nice to see our community come together to kick off the holiday season! 🎄
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Great evening at Kingston’s 21st Annual Nighttime Santa Parade! 🎅
So nice to see our community come together to kick off the holiday season! 🎄
So nice to see our community come together to kick off the holiday season! 🎄
Today is National Housing Day, a day to raise awareness about housing and homelessness across Canada. 🏠
🔗Learn more about Canada’s housing programs: bit.ly/3XLpPad
🔗Explore National Housing Day 2025: bit.ly/4oSPtWI
🔗Learn more about Canada’s housing programs: bit.ly/3XLpPad
🔗Explore National Housing Day 2025: bit.ly/4oSPtWI
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today is National Housing Day, a day to raise awareness about housing and homelessness across Canada. 🏠
🔗Learn more about Canada’s housing programs: bit.ly/3XLpPad
🔗Explore National Housing Day 2025: bit.ly/4oSPtWI
🔗Learn more about Canada’s housing programs: bit.ly/3XLpPad
🔗Explore National Housing Day 2025: bit.ly/4oSPtWI
Reposted by Mark Gerretsen
Just landed in Johannesburg for the G20.
The world is fundamentally shifting — and Canada has a generational opportunity to build a stronger, more prosperous, and more sustainable future. I’m here to meet with global leaders who want to build that future with us.
The world is fundamentally shifting — and Canada has a generational opportunity to build a stronger, more prosperous, and more sustainable future. I’m here to meet with global leaders who want to build that future with us.
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Just landed in Johannesburg for the G20.
The world is fundamentally shifting — and Canada has a generational opportunity to build a stronger, more prosperous, and more sustainable future. I’m here to meet with global leaders who want to build that future with us.
The world is fundamentally shifting — and Canada has a generational opportunity to build a stronger, more prosperous, and more sustainable future. I’m here to meet with global leaders who want to build that future with us.
Here are five Budget 2025 highlights that will make a real difference in Kingston and the Islands. 🇨🇦
🔗 Read the full 2025 Budget here: bit.ly/4nXfgff
🔗 Read the full 2025 Budget here: bit.ly/4nXfgff
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Here are five Budget 2025 highlights that will make a real difference in Kingston and the Islands. 🇨🇦
🔗 Read the full 2025 Budget here: bit.ly/4nXfgff
🔗 Read the full 2025 Budget here: bit.ly/4nXfgff
Reposted by Mark Gerretsen
By making deals abroad and building major projects at home, we’re sending a clear message to the world: Canada is ready to build. Build with us.
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
By making deals abroad and building major projects at home, we’re sending a clear message to the world: Canada is ready to build. Build with us.
Canada is investing $1.5B in youth through Budget 2025, supporting ~175,000 youth in 2026–27 with jobs, training, and skills for rewarding careers.
🔗Learn more: bit.ly/4ibRue4
🔗Learn more: bit.ly/4ibRue4
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Canada is investing $1.5B in youth through Budget 2025, supporting ~175,000 youth in 2026–27 with jobs, training, and skills for rewarding careers.
🔗Learn more: bit.ly/4ibRue4
🔗Learn more: bit.ly/4ibRue4
Canada and the United Arab Emirates have signed the new 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗙𝗜𝗣𝗔)! 🇨🇦🇦🇪
They also launched CEPA negotiations to cut tariffs and expand market access for Canadian businesses.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/47RLunh
They also launched CEPA negotiations to cut tariffs and expand market access for Canadian businesses.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/47RLunh
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Canada and the United Arab Emirates have signed the new 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗙𝗜𝗣𝗔)! 🇨🇦🇦🇪
They also launched CEPA negotiations to cut tariffs and expand market access for Canadian businesses.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/47RLunh
They also launched CEPA negotiations to cut tariffs and expand market access for Canadian businesses.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/47RLunh
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honour transgender and gender-diverse people who have lost their lives to violence. 🕯️
It’s a reminder that 2SLGBTQI+ communities still face discrimination. Everyone deserves to feel safe and be themselves.
It’s a reminder that 2SLGBTQI+ communities still face discrimination. Everyone deserves to feel safe and be themselves.
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honour transgender and gender-diverse people who have lost their lives to violence. 🕯️
It’s a reminder that 2SLGBTQI+ communities still face discrimination. Everyone deserves to feel safe and be themselves.
It’s a reminder that 2SLGBTQI+ communities still face discrimination. Everyone deserves to feel safe and be themselves.
📢REMEMBER
𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀 runs from December 12 to January 15!
𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀 runs from December 12 to January 15!
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November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
📢REMEMBER
𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀 runs from December 12 to January 15!
𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀 runs from December 12 to January 15!
🇨🇦🇸🇪 Canada and Sweden have launched a new 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 to boost cooperation in clean power, critical minerals, defence, innovation, and more.
This means new opportunities for workers and stronger supply chains.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3X4OWEM
This means new opportunities for workers and stronger supply chains.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3X4OWEM
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🇨🇦🇸🇪 Canada and Sweden have launched a new 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 to boost cooperation in clean power, critical minerals, defence, innovation, and more.
This means new opportunities for workers and stronger supply chains.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3X4OWEM
This means new opportunities for workers and stronger supply chains.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3X4OWEM
The #HolidaySmileCookie is back! 🍪
From Nov 17–23, Holiday Smile Cookies at Tim Hortons are supporting communities, with 100% Kingston proceeds going to United Way KFL&A.
If you have a chance, pick up a cookie this week and help support families in our community!
🔗More info here: bit.ly/481Aq5J
From Nov 17–23, Holiday Smile Cookies at Tim Hortons are supporting communities, with 100% Kingston proceeds going to United Way KFL&A.
If you have a chance, pick up a cookie this week and help support families in our community!
🔗More info here: bit.ly/481Aq5J
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The #HolidaySmileCookie is back! 🍪
From Nov 17–23, Holiday Smile Cookies at Tim Hortons are supporting communities, with 100% Kingston proceeds going to United Way KFL&A.
If you have a chance, pick up a cookie this week and help support families in our community!
🔗More info here: bit.ly/481Aq5J
From Nov 17–23, Holiday Smile Cookies at Tim Hortons are supporting communities, with 100% Kingston proceeds going to United Way KFL&A.
If you have a chance, pick up a cookie this week and help support families in our community!
🔗More info here: bit.ly/481Aq5J
Canada is becoming our own best customer. 🇨🇦
New regulations are now bringing the 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘈𝘤𝘵 to life, making it easier for workers and businesses to succeed across the country.
We’re building one Canadian economy, together.
🔗 More details: bit.ly/43yF1eu
New regulations are now bringing the 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘈𝘤𝘵 to life, making it easier for workers and businesses to succeed across the country.
We’re building one Canadian economy, together.
🔗 More details: bit.ly/43yF1eu
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Canada is becoming our own best customer. 🇨🇦
New regulations are now bringing the 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘈𝘤𝘵 to life, making it easier for workers and businesses to succeed across the country.
We’re building one Canadian economy, together.
🔗 More details: bit.ly/43yF1eu
New regulations are now bringing the 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘈𝘤𝘵 to life, making it easier for workers and businesses to succeed across the country.
We’re building one Canadian economy, together.
🔗 More details: bit.ly/43yF1eu
Budget 2025 passed in the House of Commons last night — an important step forward for Canada. Now the work continues to put this plan into action and deliver real results for Canadians.
🔗Read the full 2025 Budget here: bit.ly/4nXfgff
🔗Read the full 2025 Budget here: bit.ly/4nXfgff
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Budget 2025 passed in the House of Commons last night — an important step forward for Canada. Now the work continues to put this plan into action and deliver real results for Canadians.
🔗Read the full 2025 Budget here: bit.ly/4nXfgff
🔗Read the full 2025 Budget here: bit.ly/4nXfgff
Tonight Budget 2025 passed on a vote of 170 - 168.
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Tonight Budget 2025 passed on a vote of 170 - 168.
On behalf of the Minister responsible for FedDev Ontario, I announced over $1M to support Francophone talent across southern Ontario.
In Kingston, ACFOMI will receive $103K. The FGA and Collège Boréal are also receiving support to expand training and opportunities. 🇨🇦⚜️
In Kingston, ACFOMI will receive $103K. The FGA and Collège Boréal are also receiving support to expand training and opportunities. 🇨🇦⚜️
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
On behalf of the Minister responsible for FedDev Ontario, I announced over $1M to support Francophone talent across southern Ontario.
In Kingston, ACFOMI will receive $103K. The FGA and Collège Boréal are also receiving support to expand training and opportunities. 🇨🇦⚜️
In Kingston, ACFOMI will receive $103K. The FGA and Collège Boréal are also receiving support to expand training and opportunities. 🇨🇦⚜️
November marks Canada’s third Lebanese Heritage Month.
Over 210,000 Lebanese Canadians enrich our country—wishing everyone a joyful celebration!
Over 210,000 Lebanese Canadians enrich our country—wishing everyone a joyful celebration!
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
November marks Canada’s third Lebanese Heritage Month.
Over 210,000 Lebanese Canadians enrich our country—wishing everyone a joyful celebration!
Over 210,000 Lebanese Canadians enrich our country—wishing everyone a joyful celebration!
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Canadians don’t want a Christmas election.
They want a budget that meets today’s realities.
Budget 2025 does that by strengthening national defence, accelerating major nation-building projects, and boosting trade diversification for the economy of tomorrow.
They want a budget that meets today’s realities.
Budget 2025 does that by strengthening national defence, accelerating major nation-building projects, and boosting trade diversification for the economy of tomorrow.
Canadians do not want a Christmas election
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November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Canadians don’t want a Christmas election.
They want a budget that meets today’s realities.
Budget 2025 does that by strengthening national defence, accelerating major nation-building projects, and boosting trade diversification for the economy of tomorrow.
They want a budget that meets today’s realities.
Budget 2025 does that by strengthening national defence, accelerating major nation-building projects, and boosting trade diversification for the economy of tomorrow.