HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says his caucus will intervene on behalf of ratepayers in the Maritime Link hearing at the Utility and Review Board.
Today, Emera filed its application for approval of the mega-project with the UARB. The Board has six months to complete the hearing process.
“The Dexter NDP have mishandled Muskrat Falls from the start, endorsing the project without knowing how much it will cost,” said Baillie, who noted the...
Nova Scotia has highest energy cost increase in Canada
HALIFAX, NS - Nova Scotia families are stretching their budgets farther than people anywhere else in Canada due to NDP mismanagement, Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie said today.
A Statistics Canada cost of living report released today shows the cost of living in Nova Scotia is skyrocketing compared to the rest of the country and increases in the cost of energy are topping the charts. Over the last...
Baillie: Health Minister adds confusion to issue with comments
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says it's time for the NDP to stop saying one thing and doing the opposite with health care administration.
Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting yesterday, Health Minister Dave Wilson said, “We don’t need to have all the decisions being made in healthcare made out of Halifax… We...
Baillie to NDP: Release plan to realize cost savings
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says it is time for the NDP to get serious about finding cost savings in health administration by merging services between District Health Authorities and the IWK.
“The NDP government is dragging its feet on streamlining health administration and finding cost savings that can be directed to frontline care,” said...
Baillie: Cut taxes and put money back in people’s pockets
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the Dexter NDP is doing less with more of your tax dollars and it’s time to put it to an end.
In 2010, the NDP raised the HST by two per cent, to the highest in the country. The NDP’s billion-dollar tax grab has taken an extra thousand dollars from every Nova Scotian’s pocket. On top of that, the NDP added one billion...
Give job creators the tools to do what they do best
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the NDP are choking Nova Scotia employers with excessive government regulations and red tape, making it harder for them to create jobs.
Today marks the kick-off of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 4th Annual Red Tape Awareness Week. The CFIB estimates that unnecessary regulation costs the Canadian economy more than $31 billion every...
Hydro Quebec echo’s Nova Scotians concerns with NDP study
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the Dexter NDP’s mishandling of the Muskrat Falls report is creating more questions than answers for Nova Scotians and industry players.
According to the Chronicle Herald, a “Hydro-Quebec spokeswoman said the utility wondered...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie issued the following statement following the announcement that Wayne Gaudet, Liberal MLA for Clare, would not be re-offering in the next provincial election:
“Today, we learned the House of Assembly will be losing an advocate for Acadians and for Acadian rights with the retirement of Wayne Gaudet. Wayne twice served as interim leader of his Party, and was admired as being a great constituency MLA that fought for...
Baillie: Ratepayers deserve truth about Muskrat Falls
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the Dexter NDP botched the opportunity to tell Nova Scotians how much Muskrat Falls will cost.
“It’s the responsibility of the NDP government to protect ratepayers, to treat Nova Scotians like adults, and tell them honestly how much this mega-project will cost them. Dexter has not,” said Baillie.
Yesterday,...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says Premier Darrell Dexter and his NDP are the ones to blame driving power rates up.
"The NDP have no one to blame but themselves for skyrocketing power rates," said Baillie. "The NDP's secret study, released today, was not the independent analysis of Muskrat Falls mega-project that families and ratepayers deserve."
FACT: The Dexter NDP drove power rates up 30 per cent in three years,...
