Halifax – Progressive Conservative Leader Karen Casey called on the government today to address the critical funding need for more than 70 public libraries throughout the province.

Halifax – Progressive Conservative leader Karen Casey believes it is time for the government to step up efforts and make funding for Lucentis a reality.
 
Wet age-related macular degeneration affects 4,000 Nova Scotians a year, and Lucentis, available to 95 per cent of Canadians who rely on public drug plans, is currently not an option for Nova Scotians.

HALIFAX – Residents living on Chebucto Head Road and Duncans Cove Road are still waiting for straight answers from the NDP government regarding road repairs.

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.
 

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today the Progressive Conservative caucus joins with all members of this House of Assembly and Canadians everywhere in remembering Petty Officer 2nd Class Craig Blake, who died this week while serving our country in Afghanistan.

HALIFAX –  While dozens of demonstrators stood outside of the Legislature today asking the province to fund an effective new Multiple Sclerosis treatment, the NDP voted down a resolution by Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod urging members to support their cause.
 

HALIFAX –  Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster has voted against a bill introduced by the NDP government that will allow accommodation proprietors in four Cape Breton municipalities to charge a levy in support of destination marketing.
 

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.
 

SYDNEY RIVER – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod received word today that the tenders have been signed for road work on Trunk 4. 

NORTH SYDNEY - The Cape Breton Regional Municipality committed $2-million in funding to the dredging of Sydney Harbour, sending a clear signal to the provincial and federal governments that this tops CBRM’s priority list.

HALIFAX – Of the nine Bills passed in the Legislature today, acting Progressive Conservative House Leader, Cecil Clarke, is calling attention to three in particular.

HALIFAX –  Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says he is pleased a contract has now been awarded for crucial repairs to the Louisbourg Highway announced by the previous government as part of a five-year restoration plan.
 

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.
 

INVERNESS - The harness racing industry will receive about $1 million in funding for 2010.

HALIFAX –  Cumberland South MLA Murray Scott says the Department of Transportation's call for tenders on a Trunk 4 repaving project announced by the former government last year is good news for county motorists.