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 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...
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...
Baillie: Nova Scotia’s economy off balance
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says months of parents’ frustration could have been avoided if NDP took action sooner to address rural schools closures.
Baillie has been adamant for months that the NDP government not close schools until the Nova Scotia Commission on Building...
NDP must explain why customers were not informed
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie is demanding the NDP do a full investigation into why Nova Scotians were incorrectly charged higher prices one business day in advance of the scheduled price increase without notice.
“The Dexter NDP must get to the bottom of the NSLC’s cash grab on Saturday when customers were overcharged during one of the busiest days of the year,...
HALIFAX, NS – Today, the Progressive Conservative Caucus released the Dexter NDP's top seven budget blunders.
SPRINGHILL, NS - Cumberland South MLA Jamie Baillie presented one thousand letters from residents of River Hebert to Minister of Education, Ramona Jennex, in the Legislature this afternoon.
The letters are the result of a petition started by Roger White demanding the NDP government finish the River Hebert District High School renovation project. Baillie has been pressing the government to finish the school and explain why the renovation project keeps getting put on hold.
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