Windsor – Hants West MLA Chuck Porter has written to Minister of Health Maureen MacDonald asking for her department’s support on the purchase of a digital mammography unit in Western Nova Scotia.

Halifax – Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil’s decision to hire a fancy consultant to restructure staff in his caucus office is money well wasted says Hants West MLA Chuck Porter.

Windsor – Progressive Conservative Agriculture critic Chuck Porter is cautiously optimistic today on the announcement of a new government program that will aim to support young farmers who are eager to enter Nova Scotia’s commercial farming industry.

WINDSOR – Collaboration between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island poultry farmers and Maple Lodge Farms is resulting in a new and efficient, $46-million processing plant located in the Kentville Industrial Park.

WINDSOR – When in opposition, the NDP committed to transform the Industrial Expansion Fund, but over a year into their majority mandate Nova Scotians are still waiting for details.

WINDSOR – With more than $1 billion dollars added to the provincial debt in less than one year, and the HST poised to increase by two percentage points on July 1, Nova Scotia is headed in the wrong direction.

WINDSOR – Over $40,000 in funding is being invested in recreational facilities in Hants West.

WINDSOR – Some Nova Scotians are still waiting for access to high-speed Internet after the latest deadline of May 31, 2010 has come and passed.

WINDSOR – Twenty-two positions are available in Hants County for students through the Student Career Skills Development Program.

WINDSOR – If one thing was clear, it was that government needs to think outside the box when it comes to the sustainability of young farmers in Nova Scotia.

HALIFAX –  Hants West MLA Chuck Porter has confirmed tenders have been signed for the completion of much needed repairs to Route 236 and the Walton Woods Road.
 
On Wednesday, Porter said the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal will be starting the work within the next couple of weeks, and expects to have it completed by summer.
 

HALIFAX –  Hants West MLA Chuck Porter is pleased Transportation Minister Bill Estabrooks has made good on the previous government's commitment to pave a newly constructed stretch of Highway 101 between St. Croix and Garlands Crossing. But he is urging the minister to confirm when that paving will begin.
 

HALIFAX –  Hants West MLA Chuck Porter had some questions for Health Minister Maureen MacDonald this week concerning how much the province has allocated for health promotion facilities, and the possibility of a new hockey rink and athletic facility in Windsor.
 

HALIFAX – Hants West MLA Chuck Porter is calling on the Health Minister to add Lucentis to the Seniors’ Pharmacare Program formulary.

HALIFAX – The Progressive Conservative Caucus has introduced two Bills that will further acknowledge and assist community members who perform vital and honourable roles.