HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie is calling on the Dexter NDP to require the UARB to reopen the contract for electricity from the newly purchased Brooklyn Power plant.
“Revisiting the price of electricity from Brooklyn Power should have been a requirement of the plant’s sale,” said Baillie. “Once again, Premier Dexter is failing to protect ratepayers from paying higher than necessary costs for electricity.”...
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Jan 04 2013
Jan 04 2013
6,300 full-time jobs disappear in 2012, 5,000 jobs in one month
HALIFAX, NS – Nova Scotia has the worst job record in the country and shed 5,000 jobs in December according to Statistics Canada’s jobs numbers released today. The rest of Canada gained 54,800 jobs in the same month.
Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the Dexter NDP’s bad economic management is killing jobs in Nova Scotia.
“Under the NDP, we have the worst job...
Jan 03 2013
NDP refuse to release cost of Bowater power penalties
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says it is time for the Dexter NDP to come clean about the true cost of the Bowater deal.
According to allnovascotia.com, Bowater received cheaper electricity because of legacy hydro assets it turned over to Nova Scotia Power. In return, Bowater had to give Nova Scotia Power 12 months’ notice before any change in how much electricity it needed....
Jan 02 2013
NDP wrong to dismiss impact of former ferry service on southwest economy
TUSKET, NS – Argyle MLA Chris d’Entremont says Premier Dexter’s dismissal of the importance of the ferry service in Yarmouth is not grounded in reality.
On CBC Radio this morning, Premier Dexter was asked about his decision to cancel the ferry service between Yarmouth and Maine, and the negative impact it has had on the economy of the region. The Premier belittled concerns,...
Dec 21 2012
Fine raises serious questions about NSP/NDP unholy alliance
HALIFAX, NS – Today, Nova Scotia Power was rapped by the Utility and Review Board for its secrecy and cover up of the Board's requested audit of its fuel practices. In its decision, the Board penalized the utility $2 million for its “unreasonable” and “inappropriate” conduct during the hearing.
“Nova Scotia Power’s reaction to the audit was outrageous and excessive...
Dec 21 2012
NDP Premier fails to protect electricity ratepayers
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says another six per cent increase in power rates is proof the Dexter NDP should rip up its unaffordable electricity plan.
"Make no mistake, these increases are being driven by the NDP," said Baillie.
Today, the Utility and Review Board approved Nova Scotia Power’s request for a three per cent power rate increase in 2013 and again...
Dec 19 2012
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative Economic and Rural Development and Tourism critic Eddie Orrell says even after two finance ministers, a broken election promise and four deficit budgets, the NDP spin machine continues to blame others for Dexter’s poor management of the province’s books.
“The NDP are driving Nova Scotia’s economy in reverse, and if they cannot balance the budget, they have no one to blame but themselves,” said Orrell. “...
Dec 18 2012
NDP failing rural Nova Scotia
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative MLA Chris d’Entremont says record high job losses and skyrocketing food bank usage in Southern Nova Scotia is a sign of the Dexter NDP’s failure to make life better for families.
“The NDP have driven rural Nova Scotia into recession and people’s standard of living is going in reverse,” said d’Entremont. “Families and businesses...
Dec 18 2012
Dexter fails to provide proof Muskrat Falls deal is good for Nova Scotians
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says the NDP failed to protect ratepayers by allowing EMERA to sanction the Muskrat Falls project before doing an independent cost benefit analysis.
“The Premier has not done his job to prove the Muskrat Falls deal he signed is a good one for ratepayers,” said MacLeod. “The costs of Muskrat Falls continue...
Dec 17 2012
Premier’s refusal to build new long-term care beds taking its toll
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative health critic Chris d’Entremont says today’s announcement by the NDP to put a Collaborative Emergency Centre in Lunenburg is a far cry from the 24/7 emergency service families were promised by Darrell Dexter in the 2009 election.
Fisherman’s Memorial Hospital ER was closed 3,553.5 hours between April...