SPRINGHILL, NS – Cumberland South MLA and Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the NDP Minister of Education’s mismanagement of the construction project at River Hebert District High is unacceptable, and needs to be resolved.
Baillie is responding to news that the River Hebert District High renovation project is experiencing further delays.
“The news of further delays in the construction project at River Hebert District High is unacceptable,...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the Premier must answer for who was responsible for the $27 million budget cover-up.
“The NDP keep passing the buck about who is responsible, but the Premier has yet to hold anyone accountable for this budget cover-up,” said Baillie. “Why does the Premier continue to choose to cover-up the $27 million mistake rather than fess up?"
It’s been almost a month since the Auditor General...
PC leader talks with business leaders at Chamber luncheon in Truro
TRURO, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the Dexter NDP is recklessly mismanaging Nova Scotia’s finances and doing less with more.
“The NDP has taken a billion dollars from families in higher HST, put one billion dollars on the backs of our kids to pay off, and is receiving hundreds of millions more in federal transfer payments, but still cannot balance the budget...
Hardworking families forced to tighten their belts while NDP keep on borrowing and spending
HALIFAX, NS -- Hardworking Nova Scotians are being forced to do more with their money than anyone else in Canada, Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie said today.
The Statistics Canada cost of living report released today confirms that over the past three years, Nova Scotia has consistently been among the provinces with the highest yearly price increases.
“...
NDP making seniors wait in hospital beds
SYDNEY, NS – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says the Dexter NDP is ignoring the long-term care crisis in Cape Breton.
The Cape Breton Post reported on Friday that an average of 140 beds are lost daily in the Cape Breton Regional District Health Authority because of long-stay patients waiting to get into nursing homes.
“What the NDP is doing to seniors and their families in Cape Breton, and across Nova...
SYDNEY RIVER, NS – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod is calling on the Premier and his government to work with their federal and municipal counterparts to find a fix for the deteriorating Gabarus Seawall.
MacLeod and Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Cecil Clarke met with Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield in Fredericton Tuesday to discuss the status of the deteriorating Gabarus Seawall, and whether the federal government would be able to help with funding. The...
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says Deputy Premier Frank Corbett failed in his duties by choosing to cover up rather than correct the $27 million budget error.
Deputy Premier Corbett, chair of the powerful Treasury Board that is responsible for overseeing the budget, told reporters today he didn’t think it was his responsibility to tell the Premier about the $27 million error contained in the budget.
“It’s the Deputy Premier...
Questions about missing $27 million still unanswered
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie is calling on Deputy Premier and Treasury Board Chair Frank Corbett to come clean about why the NDP covered up a $27-million error in the budget.
“The Deputy Premier chaired the committee that approved a fictitious budget,” said Baillie. “Why did they choose to sweep this under the carpet?”
NDP claims that they couldn’t...
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...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative Agriculture critic Chuck Porter today expressed concern about the NDP’s management of the file for the Nova Scotia SPCA’s animal enforcement program.
Today, the SPCA of Nova Scotia informed the public it is suspending all investigations in to allegations of animal abuse, neglect and cruelty by April 1, 2013.
“Investigating instances of animal abuse and cruelty cannot be neglected by the NDP,...
