Keith Bain
VICTORIA - THE LAKES
Caucus Chair
Critic Portfolios:
Labour and Advanced Education
Community Services
Communities, Culture and Heritage
Emergency Measures Organization
Workers Compensation Act, Part I and II
Voluntary Sector
Disabled Persons' Commission Act
Heritage Property Act
Apprenticeship and Trades Qualification Act
Committees:
Law Amendments
Private and Local Bills
Community Services
Constituency Office:
1551 Old Route 5
Big Bras d'Or, NS B1X 1B5
Tel:(902) 674-0089
Fax:(902) 674-0191
E-mail: keithbainmla@ns.sympatico.ca
Weak, meaningless NDP bill is “insulting to grandparents” says Bain
HALIFAX, NS – PC Caucus Chair Keith Bain says Nova Scotia grandparents are being let down by the NDP. Bain says the NDP’s Grandparents’ Rights Affirmation Act, at Law Amendments today, falls far short of what grandparents’ advocates are rightfully seeking.
This morning, advocates of grandparents’ rights will protest at the Legislature. Bain...
Peterson-Rafuse broke the law and should resign, or be fired by Premier
April 26, 2012
For immediate release
HALIFAX, NS – Today in the Legislature, Progressive Conservatives demanded the resignation of the NDP’s Minister of Community Services for breaking Nova Scotia’s privacy laws.
The NDP’s Community Services...
HALIFAX, NS – Daycare owners are no clearer about their future today after the NDP’s Community Services Minister failed to put their fears to rest in the House of Assembly. More than half of Nova Scotia’s 408 daycares are privately operated. They provide almost 9,000 child care spaces.
PC Community Services critic Keith Bain outlined the Minister’s confusing and contradictory statements on the matter since she held a joint press conference with CUPE in...
HALIFAX, NS – The Progressive Conservatives’ renewed their call today for the rights of grandparents to be enshrined in law.
Justice Minister Ross Landry introduced a bill today called the “Grandparents’ Rights Affirmation Act” that gives no additional rights to grandparents and does nothing more than insert the word “grandparents” in a clause where it adds no value. The Minister’s change grants grandparents...
Community Services Minister didn't show up for debate
HALIFAX, NS – The Community Service Minister didn't show up for yesterday's debate of a PC Bill aimed at the protection of children. The bill ensures that no excuses outweigh the Minister’s responsibility to act in a situation when a child, or children, could be in harm’s way.
The Progressive Conservatives' Child Protection Intervention Act states that if there is...
Inconsistencies and poor judgment follow Minister
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Community Services critic Keith Bain says the NDP’s Community Services Minister is lurching from one bad decision to another.
Today at the House of Assembly, when asked by media about her actions at Talbot House, the Minister said she received “a letter from a complainant and we went to the board.” She continued on to say, “It is our duty to...
HALIFAX, NS – Today, Progressive Conservative Caucus Chair Keith Bain re-introduced the Grandparents’ Rights Bill which puts the best interests of a child at the centre of any case of marital breakdown.
“I think we can all agree that the relationship between grandchild and grandparent benefits the family unit but the NDP are doing nothing to protect it,” said Bain. “If the safety and the well-being of the child aren’t at risk, then...
HALIFAX, NS - Justice Minister Ross Landry and Community Services Minister Denise Peterson-Rafuse need to account for their departments' actions concerning a potentially dangerous situation at the East Preston Daycare Centre.
The government is facing a class-action lawsuit over allegations of abuse at the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children. A man accused of abuse in affidavits was working at the East Preston Daycare up until last year.
"What did government...
SYDNEY, NS – All Progressive Conservative MLAs are all taking part in the 2012 Take your MLA to School Day, this Friday, March 2nd, making it clear that the PC Caucus has made education a priority.
Eleven NDP MLAs, including Premier Darrell Dexter, Education Minister Ramona Jennex and Finance Minister Graham Steele have, to date, refused to participate.
“Leadership comes from the top,” said Cape Breton North MLA and PC Education critic Eddie Orrell. “When I heard that neither...
SYDNEY, NS - Cape Breton Progressive Conservatives MLAs accepted the CBRM's invitation to meet regarding concerns about decreases in health-care services, says Caucus Chair and Victoria-The Lakes MLA Keith Bain.
"We don't need to wait for the official invite to arrive in the mail," said Bain. "This is an important issue on Cape Breton Island and we welcome any opportunity to bring our concerns to the table."
On February 21st, PC leader Jamie...
