Eddie Orrell
CAPE BRETON NORTH
Critic Portfolios:
Education
Economic and Rural Development & Tourism
Nova Scotia Business Inc.
Gateway Initiative
Innovation Corporation Act
Constituency Office:
309 Commercial Street
North Sydney,N.S.
B2A-1b9
902-794-4847
Fax 902-794-1815
eddieorrell@bellaliant.com
NDP failing Nova Scotia tourism operators
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Economic and Rural Development and Tourism critic Eddie Orrell says four years of mismanagement of the tourism industry by the Dexter NDP is adding to the crisis in rural Nova Scotia.
“The NDP is cherry picking winners and losers when it comes to handouts, while ignoring the larger problem – they failed to keep Nova Scotia a thriving tourist destination,” said Orrell....
CB ranks 6th in Canada for highest unemployment
SYDNEY, NS – Progressive Conservative Economic and Rural Development critic Eddie Orrell says the job scene in Cape Breton is getting bleaker as the Dexter NDP continues to mismanage the economy.
According to a Statistics Canada report released today, in the last year, Cape Breton has lost 4,200 full-time jobs, 1,500 in the last month alone, and 1,100 people have simply left the island in hopes to find work...
Orrell: More action needed to protect kids
SYDNEY, NS - Progressive Conservative Education critic Eddie Orrell says the Dexter NDP is moving too slowly to protect kids from bullying and cyberbullying.
“Our children deserve action now to protect them from bullying and cyberbullying but the NDP is too slow bringing forward real solutions, and programs to combat bullying,” said Orrell. “Education and awareness combined with real deterrents are what is...
Cape Breton health-care system under strain
NORTH SYDNEY, NS – Cape Breton North MLA Eddie Orrell says the NDP are ignoring the needs of seniors and their families by forcing them to wait in Cape Breton hospitals for long-term care placement.
The NDP have not built one, single new long-term care bed since taking office and to make it worse, the NDP cancelled the final 200 beds of the Continuing Care Strategy.
“It’s shameful that...
Refusal to answer question about failed jobs plan proof it’s not working
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Economic and Rural Development and Tourism critic Eddie Orrell is accusing the NDP of abusing their majority on the Standing Committee on Economic and Rural Development to hide from scrutiny and protect a failing Minister.
“This is another example of a trend emerging at the committee level to shield weak NDP Ministers, like Economic and...
Cape Bretoners forced to leave home to find work
SYDNEY, NS – Progressive Conservative Economic and Rural Development and Tourism critic Eddie Orrell says bad NDP policies are killing jobs, destroying the economy, and hurting prospects for raising a family in Cape Breton.
According to a Statistics Canada report released last week, the number of employed has decreased 2,100 since this time last year. Two thousand of those were full-time jobs. On top of that, 1,100...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative Economic and Rural Development and Tourism critic Eddie Orrell says even after two finance ministers, a broken election promise and four deficit budgets, the NDP spin machine continues to blame others for Dexter’s poor management of the province’s books.
“The NDP are driving Nova Scotia’s economy in reverse, and if they cannot balance the budget, they have no one to blame but themselves,” said Orrell. “...
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Education critic Eddie Orrell says public education is important but, once again, the NDP failed our kids by not taking real, substantive steps against cyberbullying.
“Our children deserve action now to protect them from bullying and cyberbullying but the NDP are long overdue in bringing forward real solutions,” said Orrell. “While education and awareness are important, it needs to be paired with real measures, as put...
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Education critic Eddie Orrell says improving literacy results released today are proof the NDP government was wrong to remove the class size cap from Primary to Grade 3, and cancel Reading Recovery, a widely-used, evidence-based program.
An international report says Nova Scotia was the only province whose children showed significant improvement from 2006 to 2011. Orrell says positive factors that contributed to this success have been...
Orrell: Economic Development Minister’s claims based in fantasy, not fact
HALIFAX, NS – Nova Scotia has fewer jobs now than during the depths of the recession but the Dexter government says their jobs plan is working.
There are 7,400 fewer full-time jobs in Nova Scotia today than there were three years ago. (October 2009 to October 2012)
This is in stark contrast to the average throughout the rest of Canada where full-time jobs has surpassed...
