Chuck Porter
HANTS WEST
E-mail: PCMLAS@gov.ns.ca
Constituency Office:
58 Gerrish Street, PO Box 3873
Windsor, NS B0N 2T0
Tel:(902) 798-5779
Fax:(902) 798-4093
E-mail: chuck@chuckporter.ca
Website: www.chuckporter.ca
New nurses uniforms coming from New Brunswick
WINDSOR, NS – Hants West MLA Chuck Porter says the NDP’s high taxes and the special interests they support are costing jobs at Nova Scotia companies.
The Nova Scotia Nurses Union voted last year to adopt a common uniform at a cost to taxpayers of about $500,000. In the past, nurses sourced and paid for their own uniforms.
“Companies in Nova Scotia face an uphill battle as it is - they are over-taxed and over burdened and now...
NDP continue to ignore job loss crisis in Annapolis Valley: Porter
WINDSOR, NS – Hants West MLA Chuck Porter says the decreasing number of jobs in the Annapolis Valley over the last two years is cause for concern but the NDP government isn’t doing anything about it.
Today’s Statistics Canada job numbers show no change in a distributing trend as rural Nova Scotia continues to suffer significant job losses. Every region of the province has recorded a decrease in jobs except for...
WINDSOR, NS – Hants West MLA Chuck Porter says Darrell Dexter and the NDP must act to get a handle on escalating health care administration costs in order to strengthen Nova Scotia’s hand in negotiations with the federal government.
“Escalating health care costs affect us all and with the federal health funding model changing, we need to get our house in order,” said Porter. “We have five years before the changes take place. Let’s start managing our own healthcare resources better...
Porter says ‘do the right thing’ and oppose the NDP’s harmful labour law
HALIFAX, NS – NDP Members of the Legislature, like Kings South MLA Ramona Jennex and Kings North MLA Jim Morton, are putting the NDP ahead of jobs by supporting a harmful new labour law in the face of widespread opposition from small business owners, major employers and organizations representing tens of thousands of job creators in Nova Scotia.
This comes on the heels...
HALIFAX, NS – Hants West MLA Chuck Porter presented a petition supporting the establishment of a renal dialysis unit at the Hants Community Hospital with over 1,500 signatures in the Legislature today.
The petition, “Calling upon the Minister of Health and Wellness to be more supportive to the concerns of the people of Hants West and establish a satellite dialysis unit at the Hants Community Hospital in Windsor as quickly as possible to alleviate some of the burden placed on dialysis...
Board said “having informed consumers is a worthwhile goal”
HALIFAX, NS – The NDP should show Nova Scotians how much their expensive electricity plan is costing and they should show it on people’s power bills. The PC Party has been calling for transparency for months and yesterday the UARB ruled that it is the responsibility of the NDP government to provide it.
The board’s decision reads, “The objective of having informed consumers is a worthwhile goal. However, the board...
HALIFAX, NS – Hants West MLA Chuck Porter is demanding the NDP government practice what they preach and allow the people of Hants County to have a renal dialysis site close to home.
“This NDP government is talking out of both sides of their mouth,” said Porter. “On one hand, they’re issuing press releases that say receiving care closer to home is better for Nova Scotians living with kidney disease. Then in the next breath, they deny our community its own dialysis unit, even though we...
Royal Canadian Sea, Air and Army Cadets deserve recognition for positive influence on today’s society
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative MLA Chuck Porter introduced a Bill in the Legislature today that would recognize the service cadets provide in their communities by granting them high school credit for hours served.
“We value the hard work these young men and women give to our society and we believe they deserve...
HALIFAX, NS – After a three-week shut down, Minas Basin Pulp and Power announced yesterday it will have to lay off about 13 employees, citing high energy costs as a factor in their decision.
Minas Basin has developed an energy solution which includes a biomass co-generation facility that would reduce energy costs and sustain mill operations and jobs.
Hants West MLA Chuck Porter says the NDP government must act quickly and review any proposal that may save jobs at Minas Basin...
Dexter's NDP cabinet puts the politics back into paving in a big way
Watch video of MLA Chuck Porter in Question Period here.
HALIFAX, NS - When the new provincial chip-sealing crew rolled out of the Department of Transportation's garages, the first stop was the road leading to the home of NDP MP and leadership candidate Robert Chisholm. Cove Road in...
