OTTAWA – Members of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Caucus began two days of federal meetings on the province’s infrastructure and economic sustainability with a presentation to the Atlantic Caucus this morning.

HALIFAX – Progressive Conservative Caucus members are headed to Ottawa next week in what may be a last-ditch effort to ensure there is ferry service between Yarmouth and Maine during the 2010 tourist season.
 

HALIFAX – Argyle MLA Chris d'Entremont says the fact that western Nova Scotia is willing to put up half the money needed to keep the CAT Ferry operating this year should make Premier Darrell Dexter reconsider his decision to quit subsidizing the service.
 

HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative caucus is calling for the resignation of Economic Development and Tourism Culture and Heritage Minister Percy Paris today, following comments he made on a transition clause in an existing service agreement between the province and Bay Ferries' CAT service without appropriate knowledge of the contract.
 

HALIFAX –  Members of the Progressive Conservative caucus say the NDP government's decision to keep millions of dollars in Pharmacare overpayments made by seniors during the past fiscal year shows the hypocrisy of Premier Darrell Dexter's leadership.
 

HALIFAX -- Progressive Conservative health critic Chris d'Entremont and poverty activists across the province are wondering how the Dexter government could saddle one of Nova Scotia's most vulnerable groups - its senior citizens - with the burden of compensating for its $500-million deficit, courtesy of the province's Pharmacare program.

YARMOUTH – Yarmouth County MLAs Richard Hurlburt and Chris d'Entremont say the construction of a much anticipated 79-bed care facility in Yarmouth is great news for the community.
 

Halifax – Efforts to contact and get a response from Lunenburg West MLA Gary Ramey and Premier Darrell Dexter on the status of a kidney dialysis machine have gone unanswered, according to local residents in Lunenburg County.

HALIFAX - Progressive Conservative health critic Chris d’Entremont is expressing growing concern over the government's handling of emergency room overcrowding, following news that five code census alerts have been issued at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre so far this week, and paramedics are being informed their patients will have to wait for a bed.

HALIFAX –  Yarmouth County MLAs Richard Hurlburt and Chris d'Entremont say they are extremely disappointed with today's meeting between the premier and municipal leaders on the fate of the international CAT ferry service between Nova Scotia and Maine.  The service has been discontinued following the rejection of a $6 million assistance proposal by owner Bay Ferri

YARMOUTH – Yarmouth County MLAs Richard Hurlburt and Chris d'Entremont say the elimination of the high-speed CAT ferry service between Yarmouth and Maine has devastated an area already reeling from the recent loss of the only airline offering regular flights out of southwestern Nova Scotia.
 

HALIFAX –  Progressive Conservative health critic Chris d'Entremont says the loss of a Digby Neck nurse practitioner to seek employment in Manitoba shows the minister has failed to live up to her promise of accountability.

TUSKET – After three months of silence from Health Minister Maureen MacDonald, the Municipality of the District of Argyle finally received word that Nakile should scale down their expansion plan.

TUSKET - Applications for the Heating Assistance Rebate 2009-2010 are now available at the office of Argyle MLA Chris d’Entremont.

HALIFAX – A resolution introduced today in the House of Assembly has been turned down by the NDP.
 
Chris d'Entremont, the Progressive Conservative critic responsible for Acadian Affairs, introduced the resolution calling on the government to support the $100,000 funding request made to the Department of Economic and Rural Development.