This Canada Day is a special time to gather with family, friends and neighbours to celebrate our beautiful country’s 159th birthday.

Congratulations to all of the Orléans graduates as you begin your exciting next chapter! Know that your community is incredibly proud of everything that you have accomplished, and I look forward to seeing what you achieve in the years ahead!

Strong conversations today about the future of Orléans and the opportunities ahead at Café Amore, hosted by the Heart of Orléans BIA with Sonya Shorey, President and CEO of Invest Ottawa.

This week, I had the absolute honour of recognizing Mélanie Routhier Boudreau for being named a Member of the Order of La Pléiade this year.

One of my favourite traditions each year is signing graduation certificates for the thousands of students across Orléans who are graduating high school this year.

Applications are now open until June 15th and the second round opens on September 15th and closes on November 15th.

Last week, the name of the new public elementary school scheduled to open in Orléans this fall was officially unveiled. (Photo courtesy of CTV News Ottawa.)

June 4 marked the 10th anniversary of the opening of the expanded Millennium Park following a major $8 million investment that Stephen Blais was very proud to secure as a City Councillor.

Our office will be distributing special Canada Day lawn signs to celebrate our beautiful country’s 159th birthday.

Last week, MPP Blais had the opportunity to tour the Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence at Algonquin College with his colleague from Nepean, MPP Tyler Watt.

Last week, MPP Stephen Blais visited several schools in Orléans to congratulate all of the teachers and staff who were recently awarded a Director of Education Commendation Award from the Ottawa Catholic School Board.

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to MPP Blais’ 13th Annual Ladies Tea!

MPP Stephen Blais visiting Chapel Hill Catholic School to be a teacher for a day and speak with grade four, five and six students about Ontario civics.

I really appreciated the opportunity to go on a ride along with Constable Bakhsh from the Ottawa Police Service and see firsthand the important work that police officers do every single day to keep our communities safe.

MPP Stephen Blais is delighted to invite you to join him for a lovely afternoon at his 13th Annual Ladies Tea. Bring a friend and enjoy good conversation, tea, and treats in a welcoming community setting.

Orléans is home to one of the highest concentrations of active Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans and military families in the country. MPP Stephen Blais spoke about the new monument to Canada's Mission in Afghanistan.

I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to the teams from the Ottawa Paramedic Service, Ottawa Fire Services and Ottawa Police Services who responded to the 911 call that ultimately saved my life in 2013.

We need more than photo-ops and old announcements, The upload of Ottawa’s LRT was promised last year and the upload of Highway 174 was promised two years ago. Zero progress has been made on both…

MPP Blais was honoured to attend the Public Speaking Competition at Chapel Hill Catholic School last Friday and participate as a judge.