Alfie MacLeod
CAPE BRETON WEST
Deputy Speaker
Critic Portfolios:
Natural Resources
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Aboriginal Affairs
African Nova Scotia Affairs
Public Service Commission
Communications Nova Scotia
Sydney Tar Ponds Agency
Sydney Steel Corporation Act
Gaming Control Act, Part I & II
Committees:
Private and Local Bills
Community Services
Resources
Veterans Affairs
Constituency Office:
1990 Kings Road
Sydney River, NS B1L 1C4
Tel:(902) 564-8679
Fax:(902) 564-1204
E-mail: alfiemacleodmla@ns.aliantzinc.ca
Lobster price review needs to get it right the first time
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Fisheries and Aquaculture critic Alfie MacLeod says any panel that is charged with reviewing lobster prices must include all regions and sectors of the industry to make sure they get it right the first time.
In a letter to NDP Minister Sterling Belliveau, MacLeod says he’s pleased to see steps being taken to help lobster fishers but the composition of the panel...
HALIFAX, NS - Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod paid tribute to the life of Cape Breton music icon Rita MacNeil today in the Legislature with the following statement:
"Today, we pay tribute to a true icon of the music of Cape Breton and of all Nova Scotia.
Rita MacNeil grew up in Big Pond. She was always modest, she always remembered where she came from and she always remembered how she got there. When she sang, you could hear the passion in her heart for her community...
SYDNEY RIVER, NS – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod is renewing his call on the Dexter NDP to work with federal and municipal counterparts to move ahead to fix the deteriorating Gabruas Seawall.
“The Cape Breton Regional Municipality is committed to moving forward, and the federal government has committed to looking for the resources to get the work done if it’s cost-shared project between the three levels of government,” said MacLeod. “It’s time...
NDP and Liberals have no plan to turn around our struggling economy
SYDNEY, NS – Jobs in Cape Breton are getting harder to come by as the Dexter NDP continues to mismanage the economy, Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod said today.
“I hope while the NDP caucus and cabinet are having their meetings in Sydney they take the time to look around and see the impact of their economic mismanagement,” said MacLeod. “It’s time the Premier answered...
NDP making seniors wait in hospital beds
SYDNEY, NS – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says the Dexter NDP is ignoring the long-term care crisis in Cape Breton.
The Cape Breton Post reported on Friday that an average of 140 beds are lost daily in the Cape Breton Regional District Health Authority because of long-stay patients waiting to get into nursing homes.
“What the NDP is doing to seniors and their families in Cape Breton, and across Nova...
SYDNEY RIVER, NS – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod is calling on the Premier and his government to work with their federal and municipal counterparts to find a fix for the deteriorating Gabarus Seawall.
MacLeod and Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Cecil Clarke met with Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield in Fredericton Tuesday to discuss the status of the deteriorating Gabarus Seawall, and whether the federal government would be able to help with funding. The...
SYDNEY, NS – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says a PC government will provide insulin pumps for children under 19-years-old, who need one.
“There are many families in our community that simply can’t afford the luxury of an insulin pump for their child,” said MacLeod. “The NDP may not support a program that will ensure kids that need insulin pumps get them, but a PC government will make that investment.”
A PC government would provide...
SYDNEY, NS – Progressive Conservative Natural Resources critic Alfie MacLeod is calling on NDP government House Leader and Deputy Premier Frank Corbett to reassure Nova Scotians that NDP MLA Michele Raymond’s Bill 161 will not go any farther than it already has.
On the last day of the fall sitting, Raymond introduced a vague piece of legislation that is causing mounting public outrage in rural communities, and uncertainty about private property owners’...
SYDNEY, NS – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says the recent distinction from travel website vacay.ca ranking the Fortress of Louisbourg as a top travel destination in Canada couldn’t have come at a better time.
Louisbourg was named the Best Place to Visit in 2013 on the popular travel website. 2013 also marks the 300th anniversary of the founding of the settlement.
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MV Miner continues to pose risk
SYDNEY, NS – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says the federal and provincial governments need to start working together to get the MV Miner wreck out of the water before it’s too late.
It is being reported that a barge Bennington Group planned to use to remove the MV Miner from the wreck site has broken free from the ship in recent weather and has run aground on Scaterie Island. MacLeod says...
