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 leader Jamie Baillie called on the Dexter government today to make public the terms and conditions of the NDP government’s $304 million “loan” to Irving Shipbuilding.
$260 million of the loan will not be repaid to taxpayers.
As reported in the Chronicle-Herald, “Public Works and Government Services Canada notified Irving in September it plans to make public the umbrella agreement with the Halifax company”. Irving Shipbuilding is taking...
NDP put special interests ahead of jobs: Bain
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Labour critic Keith Bain is demanding answers from the NDP Labour Minister about the back-door union drive her department is supporting with changes to the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative Labour and Advanced Education critic Keith Bain released the following statement on the appointment of Harold Pothier as Provincial Fire Marshal:
"I am pleased to see Harold Pothier , who has been acting in the position of Fire Marshal for approximately two years, has finally received this permanent appointment. I've met with Fire Departments from across Nova Scotia, and one thing I hear from them all is how much respect they have...
HALIFAX, NS - PC Caucus Chair Keith Bain accused the NDP of abusing their majority on the Standing Committee on Community Services to hide from scrutiny and protect a weak Minister.
At the Standing Committee on Community Services meeting today, newly-appointed NDP Vice-Chair Becky Kent brought forward a motion that radically changes the process for selecting witnesses to appear in front of the committee. In the past, the custom has been for committee members to fairly and openly...
Premier’s gesture to Talbot House is “phony”: Bain
HALIFAX, NS- Premier Dexter’s olive branch to Talbot House is a sham says Progressive Conservative Community Services critic Keith Bain.
“Unless the Premier and his Minister change the Request for Proposals and clarify the requirements around methadone, they have really done nothing but delay the inevitable,” said Bain. “This is a dishonest and phony exercise unless they...
Request for Proposals was rigged to exclude Talbot House’s methadone-free treatment
HALIFAX, NS – The NDP’s Community Services Minister rigged the Request for Proposals for addiction treatment to exclude Talbot House. PC critic Keith Bain says the Minister was dishonest when she suggested Talbot House could apply for the Request for Proposals. The...
SYDNEY, NS – Supporters of Talbot House have begun an online petition encouraging the NDP government to correct their mistake and reinstate funding for the addiction recovery facility.
Victoria-The Lakes MLA Keith Bain is asking Nova Scotians to support their efforts.
“I’m hoping that if enough Nova Scotians sign their name to this petition, the NDP will realize this issue isn’t going away,” said Bain, also the PC...
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Community Services critic Keith Bain took the NDP’s incompetent Minister of Community Services to task today for going back on her word with the Board of Directors at Talbot House in Cape Breton.
“Even after the spectacle of her mud-slinging at the facility’s innocent executive director, the Minister continues to kick the organization when they are down,” charged Bain, the MLA for Victoria-The...
HALIFAX, NS – Victoria-The Lakes MLA Keith Bain is concerned about the fate of Sydney Academy’s International Baccalaureate Diploma and is urging the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board to reconsider a decision to discontinue the program after students currently enrolled graduate.
One of the first schools in Nova Scotia to offer the IB program, Sydney Academy is the only school in Cape Breton that has it as part of their curriculum.
“The IB...
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Community Services critic Keith Bain says he’s concerned that the NDP are going to use the discussion paper on early years programs and services to move forward with their plan to eliminate funding for private daycares.
The PC Caucus has been raising concerns about the NDP Community Services Minister’s stated plan to stop funding to Nova Scotia’s 228 private daycares. To date, the Minister...
