I am honored and excited to Chair the Trans Canada Trail Committee here in Nova Scotia. Together with your new Vice Chair Hilary Paquet, members of the NS Trails Trans Canada Trail Committee, and the hundreds of dedicated trail volunteers across Nova Scotia, we will commit with spirited resolve to complete the Trans Canada Trail in our province.   

 

An accelerated schedule to complete the Trans Canada Trail in Nova Scotia by 2010 is an ambitious goal. We can indeed realize this challenge with the committed volunteers who believe in being part of this legacy project and want to make a difference. We must identify individual and local resources in our communities who can commit to help developing a section of TCT near them. I would challenge volunteer trail groups who have successfully completed TCT in their community to identify and adopt a TCT “gap” near them.  

 

It has never been a more opportune time for TCT development in NS with unprecedented support from Municipal, Provincial and Federal governments, TCT National, as well as numerous private financial and in kind endorsements. This visionary support of Nova Scotia Trans Canada Trail Project, will give our Province stronger communities, a healthier population and increased economic opportunities.