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
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative Labour and Advanced Education critic Keith Bain is calling on the provincial government to immediately address recruitment and retention issues plaguing volunteer fire departments before it is too late.
The Fire Service Association of Nova Scotia has identified turnover as a major issue plaguing volunteer fire departments and struck a Recruitment and Retention Committee to help address it.
"The committee submitted a report well over a...
HALIFAX, NS – Victoria-The Lakes MLA Keith Bain says that the doctor shortages in the Cape Breton District Health Authority are leading to surgery wait times twice as long as the rest of Nova Scotia.
"Due to a lack of government support for our health authority, our surgeons are leaving Cape Breton for better opportunities elsewhere and it is putting Cape Bretoners at risk," said Bain. "The wait times to receive general surgery continue to grow and the...
HALIFAX, NS – Victoria-The Lakes MLA Keith Bain is looking for reassurance from the Minister of Education that a renovation project taking place at Baddeck Academy will proceed as originally planned.
In the Legislature today, Bain put the concerns of his constituents directly to Minister Ramona Jennex.
“I have had a number of calls from concerned parents and community residents about cutbacks to the project at Baddeck Academy,” said Bain. “Plans...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative Caucus Chair Keith Bain introduced the Grandparents’ Rights Bill today to enhance the rights of grandparents and protect family ties in the event of a marital breakdown.
“First and foremost, this legislation puts the best interests of the child at the centre of any case of family breakdown,” says Bain. “In most cases children benefit from maintaining relationships with both parents, as well as...
SYDNEY – After years of hard work from the St. Paul Island Historical Society and MLAs Keith Bain and Cecil Clarke, the St. Paul Island lighthouse has finally returned home to take its place at the St. Paul Island Museum.
“I am pleased to see the dedication and hard work of the St. Paul Island Historical Society to return the lighthouse to Cape Breton was finally recognized by the federal government and our historical treasure was brought home,” said Victoria-The...
Progressive Conservative Advanced Education critic Keith Bain is calling on the Dexter NDP to reaffirm the Nova Scotia government’s commitment to keeping Nova Scotia university tuition at the national average.
Today, the NDP added three per cent annually to the cost of a university education, putting at risk a decade of effort to lower Nova Scotia university tuition to the national average.
“Nova Scotia’s excellent universities are a great potential source of...
HALIFAX – The Progressive Conservative Caucus is holding their caucus meeting on Cape Breton Island from January 27th-29th, Caucus Chair Keith Bain said today.
“Nova Scotia is heading in the wrong direction with the NDP, and their high tax policies,” said Bain. “The Progressive Conservative Caucus is listening to these concerns, and we will continue to work for those who are working harder, and taking home less and less under this...
SYDNEY – A for sale sign is up in front of Holy Angels High School, and the Progressive Conservative Caucus is calling for the NDP government to immediately explain to Cape Bretoners what is going on at Sydney’s historic institution.
“I know the new Minister of Education, Ramona Jennex, has only been in her portfolio for a short time, but I just cannot believe that she would have brushed the concerns of the community aside and put the school up for sale,” said...
HALIFAX – Progressive Conservative Caucus Chair, Keith Bain, issued the following statement today:
BIG BRAS D’OR – Victoria-The Lakes MLA Keith Bain is suggesting government explore innovative partnership arrangements to secure ice making infrastructure for the Northern Victoria Community Centre.
Bain raised the issue today in the Legislature.
“The facility has been looking for this infrastructure and I have a couple of ideas I will be raising with the Minister of Health Promotion so we can reach a solution sooner rather than later,” said Bain....
