Baillie calls for true, independent review
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says more new evidence about the Muskrat Falls megaproject shows it is not the lowest-cost option.
Yesterday, the UARB’s own consultant, Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. filed evidence saying the Maritime Link Project “has not been demonstrated to be a...
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...
NDP and Liberal plans will cost ratepayers more
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says Nova Scotians need relief from the NDP’s skyrocketing electricity rates and has committed to freezing power rates.
Today, the Progressive Conservative Caucus will introduce five bills in the Legislature aimed at reducing the cost of electricity and making Nova Scotia Power more accountable to its customers.
“We will freeze power...
NDP mismanagement has put animals at risk
HALIFAX, NS - On behalf of concerned animal lovers from across Nova Scotia, Argyle MLA Chris d’Entremont will present a petition today in the Legislature calling on the Dexter NDP to take immediate steps to reduce the suffering of animals and ensure offenders are prosecuted.
“There has been much concern expressed over the last two months of how the NDP have mismanaged the Nova Scotia SPCA’s...
PC Bill caps Primary to Grade 3 classes at 25
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie introduced Legislation today to put the cap of 25 students back on Primary to Grade 3 classes.
“Large class sizes are a detriment to our youngest learners. We need to build a modern economy by ensuring kids get the education they deserve,” said Baillie. “We need to make classes smaller, give...
HALIFAX, NS – The Progressive Conservative Caucus reintroduced two important pieces of legislation from the last session of the Legislature today.
The first bill will ensure public transportation passengers who use accessible buses will not have service interrupted by labour disputes and is supported by the Nova Scotia Disability Strategy Partnership. Many Haligonians who are living with a disability were unable to attend medical appointments, get to and from work, purchase...
Calls on NDP to adopt all Cyberbullying Task Force recommendations
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie told the NDP government the PC Caucus is ready to work with them to find solutions to prevent cyberbullying. In addition, he called on the government to implement all recommendations of its own task force, including early intervention programs.
Rehtaeh Parsons tragic story highlights the need for stricter measures to protect our children and for...
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says patients should be protected during the bargaining process in hospitals.
Today, the PCs are calling on the NDP and the Liberals to put patients first and pass legislation to keep hospitals open in the event of a break down in the collective bargaining process. As Nova Scotians learned last spring, even the threat of a strike turns the system upside down.
“Last year, the NDP and the Liberals stood idly...
HALIFAX, NS – Today in Question Period, the new NDP Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development refused to assure parents about the future of funding to child care centres in Nova Scotia.
Progressive Conservative MLA Keith Bain says the NDP flip-flops are confusing parents and small business owners.
“The NDP government’s flip-flops regarding child care centres have created confusion and unrest for many parents who rely on privately-owned child care...
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HALIAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says there are at least six reasons not to believe the Dexter NDP budget tabled yesterday is truly balanced.
“The NDP is using smoke and mirrors and accounting tricks to estimate a razor-thin paper surplus that will be completely thrown out of balance in the first budget update,” said Baillie. “This is an expensive budget for Nova Scotia families and does nothing to create jobs or...
