Peter Scherer for Municipal ​Councillor, Digby Neck & Islands

About Me

I live in East Ferry with my wife Wendy, our one-year-old son ​Pierre, and another little one on the way that we have yet to ​meet.

I work as the Production Manager at Acadian Seaplants in ​Cornwallis Park, and volunteer as a firefighter with the Digby ​Neck Fire Department.

We moved to the Neck to live among like-minded people, find peace and quiet, and ​raise sheep. The first two were a success. The third one ended with the sheep in a ​freezer, after they ate at Wendy’s vegetable garden...

Prior to this, I installed hydroelectric turbines in Sudan, sold chocolates in Brazil, and ​toiled as a Management Consultant advising economic policy, business ​development, and technology investment.

By training, I am an Industrial Engineer from the Grenoble Institute of Technology ​(France), and I hold an MBA from McGill University (right here in Canada).

All this might sound like a big deal until I spent a season aboard Mark Jeffrey’s Bay ​Star II, banding lobsters, baiting traps, and watching the beauty of the Digby Neck ​from St Mary’s Bay.

My Priorities

Talking with neighbours and fishermen, I became more familiar with our ​community’s big issues:

• our economy's backbone is threatened by lobster poaching and predatory ​practices across the bay;
  
• our healthcare continues to degrade;
• our schools must be permanently fought for;
  
• our public transportation is non-existent;
  
• our neighbors can’t access healthy food;
  
• our seniors are often isolated, and
  
• our young leave for opportunity elsewhere.
  

I was once told that our sense of community used to be stronger than it is today. ​I wish to change this. I wish to:

• leverage the beauty of our region to protect and develop the tourism ​vocation of the area, creating more economic opportunity;
  
• advocate for a sustainable fishing industry where the same rules apply to all;
  
• support a transportation service, private or public, that connects the route ​from Digby to Westport and back;
  
• advocate for our community's healthcare needs;
• maintain our schools and expand their scope to trades training, so that our ​youth can stay;
  
• work with churches and charitable organizations to continue expanding ​access to food and care for the community;
  
• back our existing community associations to provide grant resources and ​promote volunteer engagement.
  

We will count on our community again.

If you live in the area from Waterford to Westport, vote Peter Scherer for ​Municipal Councillor. Together, we can make the Digby Neck and Islands the best ​place to be.