NEWS

PC Caucus offers condolences to MLA Brian Skabar and family

communications — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:25:45 -0300

Halifax – Members of the Progressive Conservative Caucus expressed their deepest condolences to Cumberland North MLA Brian Skabar today on the passing of his wife Joyce.

Casey urges due diligence on convention centre file

communications — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:00:16 -0300

Truro – Progressive Conservative leader Karen Casey is urging the Dexter NDP government to weigh the consequences of not having a convention centre located in the heart of Halifax.

Tories stand firm on travel, expenses

communications — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:13:22 -0300

Halifax – The Progressive Conservative Caucus announced today that they will be standing firm on the position which they took last fall not to travel outside of

Old rules on constituency spending not acceptable

communications — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:14:33 -0300

Halifax – The Progressive Conservative Caucus is making its position clear on rules governing left over constituency spending allowances.

Minister should solicit wood-lot owner input

communications — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:44:44 -0300

TRURO – Colchester North MLA Karen Casey is calling on Natural Resources Minister John MacDonell to solicit input from wood-lot owners before any more major decisions are made about the future of natural resources in Nova Scotia.

Old rules on constituency spending not acceptable

communications — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:33:05 -0300

Halifax – The Progressive Conservative Caucus is making its position clear on rules governing left over constituency spending allowances.

Last week the House of Assembly management commission voted that money remaining in the January-March constituency budget could be used by the MLA for advertising following the old rules.

Tax Freedom Day pushed later into 2010

communications — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:23:48 -0300

TRURO – Nova Scotians experienced Tax Freedom Day seven days later in 2010 than they did in 2009 thanks to the new tax structures levied by the NDP government.

Nova Scotians brace for HST hike

communications — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:43:17 -0300

TRURO – 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.

Opinion-Editorial: One year later

communications — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:21:40 -0300

One year has passed since a New Democratic government was elected to lead our province. Darrell Dexter promised an era of change to Nova Scotians.

PC Caucus chastises Premier for lack of communication on public accounts

communications — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:02:43 -0300

Halifax – Members of the Progressive Conservative Public Accounts Committee are again disappointed at what appears to be a blatant attempt by the NDP to gerrymander the public accounts process.

Casey calling on Zann to support Convergys workers

communications — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:17:28 -0300

Truro - Colchester North MLA, Karen Casey, is calling on Truro-Bible Hill MLA, Lenore Zann, to address the news reported today that a local call centre in Millbrook is closing its doors this September.

Youth employment programs announced

communications — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:01:19 -0300

TRURO – Nine positions are available in Colchester North for students through the Student Career Skills Development Program.

Casey supports CBRM taking lead on dredging project

communications — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:09:00 -0300

Truro – Progressive Conservative leader, Karen Casey, is calling on Premier Darrell Dexter and Liberal leader Stephen McNeil to support Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor John Morgan’s request to be the official proponent of the Sydney Harbour dredge project.

Casey asking for consistency, calls Auditor General

communications — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:36:41 -0300

Halifax – Progressive Conservative Leader, Karen Casey, respects Auditor General Jacques LaPointe’s position on not making public the names of the four former Members and one current Member whose files were turned over to the RCMP on May 12.

“No more excuses”, Civic Centre should be funded now as promised: Casey

communications — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:19:43 -0300

Truro – Progressive Conservative Leader and Colchester North MLA, Karen Casey, is not buying the excuse from Truro-Bible Hill MLA Lenore Zann that there is not enough provincial money to fund the Truro Civic Centre now.