Jamie Baillie
CUMBERLAND SOUTH
Leader
Critic Portfolios:
Office of the Premier
Finance
Treasury Board
Policy and Priorities
Intergovernmental Affairs
Immigration
Advisory Council on the Status of Women Act
Youth
Seniors and the Senior Citizens' Secretariat
Committees:
Internal Affairs
Constituency Office:
6 McFarlane Street,
Springhill, NS B0M 1X0
Tel:(902) 597-1998
E-mail: jamiebaillie@gov.ns.ca
Website: www.jamiebailliemla.ca
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the NDP Energy Minister’s Higher-Power-Rates tour is the latest example of the NDP’s sham consulting.
Today, the Minister of Energy was in Bridgewater touting the NDP plan that has increased power rates in Nova Scotia by 30 per cent, to the highest in the country
“The NDP and the Liberals are both pushing expensive electricity schemes that will continue to drive power rates up,” said...
PCs file objection with UARB on blacked out Maritime Link application
HALIFAX, NS – Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives filed a letter with the Utility and Review Board today, renewing their objection to the excessive blacking-out of information by an Emera affiliate. This time, the over-redacted document is the NSP Maritime Link application.
“The power company is, once again, trying to hide from scrutiny by greatly limiting how much information...
Baillie: Time to lower taxes and stop wasteful spending
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says there is no cut-off for telling the truth.
Baillie is responding to the NDP’s claim that it was too late to tell the truth, because the budget had gone to print.
“The NDP knew in plenty of time that there was a significant $27 million error in the budget. But regardless of when they knew, there is no cut-off for telling the truth,” said Baillie. “When the NDP government was faced with a...
PC leader once again calls for inquiry move forward
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie is once again calling on the NDP government to call a public inquiry into allegations of abuse at the Nova Scotia Home for Coloured Children (NSHCC).
Baillie’s comments are in response to news that the class action suit against the former orphanage was settled.
“The NDP has no more excuses to deny the former residents and their...
Baillie: NSP’s $100 million savings must turn into a real rate freeze
HALIFAX, NS – Today, Nova Scotia Power announced it is eliminating $100 million from its capital plan. This is the sort of cost-cutting Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie has been calling for in his plan to freeze power rates and stop the NDP’s unaffordable rate increases.
“This is just a start. More can be done to find savings for ratepayers. It’s time to...
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie is calling on the Dexter NDP to come clean about what his office knew about the $27 million gap, and when they knew it.
“When given the choice between fessing up or covering up, someone chose to cover-up,” said Baillie. “Ultimately, the responsibility is the Premier’s and he should be held accountable.”
PC MLAs will be looking for answers from the Auditor...
7,700 jobs disappear in last year as unemployment soars by 6,600
HALIFAX, NS – Once again, Nova Scotia has the worst jobs record in the country according to Statistics Canada’s jobs numbers released today. The same report also shows the amount of people unemployed has skyrocketed.
Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says it’s time to change direction in Nova Scotia before the Dexter NDP drives our economy completely into the ground.
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Baillie: Prepare for more NDP excuses
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says Premier Darrell Dexter must explain the $27 million dollar budget screw-up if he expects Nova Scotians to trust another NDP budget.
“It is now up to the Premier to explain what he and his office knew, and when they knew it,” said Baillie, reacting to the Nova Scotia Auditor General’s report which states that the 2012/13 budget contained a $27 million...
Baillie says protecting kids should come first
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie announced today he will take the $1.4 million the NDP is using to fund money-losing Tim Hortons in hospitals and use it to provide insulin pumps for children under 19-years-old, who need one.
“Kids are paying the price for a government that continues to use valuable healthcare dollars to subsidize Tim Hortons restaurants, while they go without a life-changing...
