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
NDP, Liberals leave work behind in rush to flee
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the Liberals and the NDP are rushing out of the Legislature even though there is important work left to be done.
“Nova Scotians expect their MLAs to be at work, creating the conditions to kick-start our struggling economy but instead the Liberals and the NDP were in a hurry to end the sitting,” said Baillie. “Hard working Nova...
Report shows increase in families visiting food banks
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the Dexter NDP is forcing families to choose between healthy food options and keeping the power on in their homes.
A food costing report released today by FoodARC, Can Nova Scotians Afford to Eat Healthy, shows the number of families that visited food banks in the last year has risen 4.7 per cent.
...Long vacation last year raises question about McNeil’s excuses
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie is calling on Liberal leader Stephen McNeil to explain why he allowed a retiring MLA to take a month-long vacation during the spring legislative sitting, for two-years in a row.
McNeil looked the other way last year as Manning MacDonald, the Liberal MLA for Cape Breton South, took a month-long vacation during the legislative sitting in April...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the Dexter NDP is failing to ensure its Cyber Safety Act is as strong as it can be to truly combat cyberbullying.
The PC Caucus renewed their call for all of the recommendations of the NDP's own task force to be included in the Cyber Safety Act by introducing amendments to the NDP bill in the Legislature.
“We were the only Party to put forward strong measures that would help protect our kids. It's...
NS economy flatlines in 2012
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says kick-starting Nova Scotia's struggling economy must be the top priority of Premier Darrell Dexter at the meeting of Atlantic Premiers today.
“The Dexter NDP has driven our rural communities into recession and our economy is dangerously weak,” said Baillie. “The old way of expensive taxpayer-funded bailouts is not working.”
Alarming new...
PC bill will extend UARB time frame
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie is calling on the Dexter NDP to allow for more time to review the Muskrat Falls project.
Today in the Legislature, Baillie introduced a bill to amend the Maritime Link Act to give the Board more time to review the massive $1.5 billion megaproject.
Yesterday, the Consumer Advocate and the Small Business Advocate jointly wrote to the NDP Minister of Energy saying...
StatsCan shows Nova Scotians experiencing “income erosion”
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says new information from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business highlight how the Dexter NDP is taking our province in the wrong direction and squeezing the pocket books of families and businesses.
HALIFAX, NS – Today in the Legislature, Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie will be calling on the NDP Premier to update provincial laws to protect vulnerable Nova Scotians from bullying and cyberbullying.
"We've put forward meaningful solutions to allow for earlier intervention in cases of bullying," said Baillie referring to PC Caucus legislation. "I am committed to working together. That’s why I am calling on the Premier to keep the...
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the PC Caucus voted against the Dexter NDP’s budget because it does not include a plan to kick start Nova Scotia’s struggling economy.
“This NDP budget does not have a plan to truly create jobs, or lower taxes, yet it still increases our debt by $100 million,” said Baillie. “We voted against the accounting trickery of the NDP and a budget that’s not truly balanced.”
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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...
