Touring Minas Basin Pulp & Power - Nov. 20, 2011
NDP inaction could have resulted in disaster for local residents
SYDNEY, NS – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says he is pleased that after four months of advocating for the removal of the MV Miner, the efforts have finally paid off.
Reports earlier this week indicate Arvina Navigation has authorized two salvage companies to work with the federal and provincial governments to finally get rid of the abandoned ship. MacLeod says Premier Darrell Dexter should have been more...
Nova Scotia families deserve transparency on power rates from NDP
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie is calling on the NDP government to immediately commit to a proper, Nova Scotia cost-benefit analysis for the Muskrat Falls megaproject, which should have been done in the first place.
“Discussions have been extended so the NDP should use this opportunity to conduct an analysis on the megaproject, but they refuse,” said Baillie. “It is this government’s...
Courts must not grow distant from public, say PC’s
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Justice critic Allan MacMaster took issue with how the NDP government appoints judges today, noting that the NDP have gone back to the old days when women and minority candidates were seldom given appointments.
“In two and a half years, the NDP have appointed only one woman as a judge and she sits almost exclusively in Family Court,” said MacMaster. “The Provincial Court, which hears...
Benefits are touted by the NDP, but costs are ignored
HALIFAX, NS – The NDP are not looking out for Nova Scotia ratepayers’ best interests when it comes to the $6.2 billion Lower Churchill megaproject says Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie.
Premier Darrell Dexter told media today that the government will not do a cost-benefit analysis of the project. Dexter said “Newfoundland and Labrador have already done a cost-benefit analysis” and indicated the Nova Scotia...
SYDNEY, NS - Cape Breton Progressive Conservative MLAs will meet with District Health Authority CEO John Malcolm on Monday regarding the newest outbreak of C.difficile in the Cape Breton Regional Hospital.
"We want to hear from Mr. Malcolm if there is more that can be done to put an end to this persistent and serious matter," said Cape Breton North MLA Eddie Orrell. “It’s a very unfortunate situation when ‘exposure to the healthcare system’ is considered a risk factor for a deadly...
New nurses uniforms coming from New Brunswick
WINDSOR, NS – Hants West MLA Chuck Porter says the NDP’s high taxes and the special interests they support are costing jobs at Nova Scotia companies.
The Nova Scotia Nurses Union voted last year to adopt a common uniform at a cost to taxpayers of about $500,000. In the past, nurses sourced and paid for their own uniforms.
“Companies in Nova Scotia face an uphill battle as it is - they are over-taxed and over burdened and now...
New nurses uniforms coming from New Brunswick, home oxygen from Manitoba and Newfoundland
January 26, 2012
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HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Economic Development critic Eddie Orrell says the NDP’s high taxes and the special interests they support are costing jobs at Nova Scotia companies.
The Nova Scotia Nurses Union voted last year to adopt a common uniform at a cost to taxpayers of about $500,000. In the past, nurses sourced and paid...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative House Leader Chris d’Entremont says Premier Darrell Dexter should immediately remove Howard Epstein from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for his inappropriate comments yesterday to an officer of the House of Assembly.
Auditor General Jacques Lapointe’s winter 2012 report raised ethical questions about Nova Scotia’s deficit spending. The NDP’s immediate response, through NDP MLA Howard Epstein, was to...
Auditor General slams NDP’s deficit spending
HALIFAX, NS – PC Leader Jamie Baillie agrees with the Auditor General’s report today that the NDP government’s deficits raise “ethical questions”.
After promising to balance the budget in their first year of government, the NDP has instead presented three red ink budgets.
“In condemning the NDP’s deficits, the Auditor General has put the spotlight on this...
NDP’s deficits are unethical: Baillie
Auditor General slams NDP’s deficit spending
HALIFAX, NS – PC Leader Jamie Baillie agrees with the Auditor General’s report today that the NDP government’s deficits raise “ethical questions”.
After promising to balance the budget in their first year of government, the NDP has instead presented three red ink budgets.
“In condemning the NDP’s deficits, the Auditor General has put the spotlight on this government’s unethical...
