Allan MacMaster
INVERNESS
Caucus Whip
Critic Portfolios:
Attorney General and Justice
Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
Treasury Board
Gaelic Affairs
Residential Tenancies Act
Securities Act
Insurance Act
Credit Union Act
Committees:
Public Accounts
Human Resources
Constituency Office:
15759 Central Avenue
Inverness, Nova Scotia
B0E 1N0
Tel:(902) 258-2216
Fax:(902) 258-3231
HALIFAX, NS – In the Legislature today, Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster tabled a petition from 11-year-old Erica Wright, and asked the Minister of Health to explain to Erica and the people of Inverness why emergency surgery was cut at Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital.
Today, the NDP released their fourth deficit budget that further grew the bureaucracy in Halifax while reducing frontline services, like those at ICMH.
“People are upset. This is a serious...
INVERNESS, NS – The NDP government has grown so out of touch with the reality for families in Nova Scotia that they consider taking $743 in higher HST from every person to be “making life more affordable.”
“Life is not more affordable for families in Inverness County and the Strait Area,” said Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster. “The NDP, thanks to their HST hike, are taking an additional $743 from every man, woman and child, but we have nothing to...
INVERNESS, NS – Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster says all PC MLAs are taking part in the 2012 Take your MLA to School Day, this Friday, March 2nd, making it clear that the PC Caucus has made education a priority.
MacMaster will be spending Take your MLA to School Day at the Inverness Education Centre. However, 11 NDP MLAs, including Premier Darrell Dexter and Education Minister Ramona Jennex have, to date, refused to participate.
“The NDP claim that making to school boards do...
NDP says PC MLA ‘out of order’ for raising questions about aquaculture
HALIFAX, NS – NDP committee chair Sid Prest, the Eastern Shore MLA, would not allow Allan MacMaster to proceed with questions related to the aquaculture industry during a Legislative Committee meeting about the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture’s coastal strategy.
“The NDP is shutting down debate around aquaculture and not fulfilling their responsibility to...
SYDNEY, NS – Cape Breton’s Progressive Conservative MLAs are applauding the federal Conservative government's decision to scrap the wasteful and inefficient long-gun registry.
“Rural Nova Scotia has been waiting a long time for this,” said Victoria-The Lakes MLA Keith Bain. “I'm pleased our Conservative government did what was right and thanks to the hard work of the Nova Scotia Conservative team, this failed registry will soon be behind us.”
“The long-gun registry has been...
PC critic says slow road clearing raises questions
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal critic Allan MacMaster is calling on the NDP to explain why 100-Series highways are being left in treacherous condition during major weather events, when our neighbours, New Brunswick, roads are much clearer.
“Anyone travelling between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick this weekend could clearly see the difference between the two government snow...
Courts must not grow distant from public, say PC’s
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Justice critic Allan MacMaster took issue with how the NDP government appoints judges today, noting that the NDP have gone back to the old days when women and minority candidates were seldom given appointments.
“In two and a half years, the NDP have appointed only one woman as a judge and she sits almost exclusively in Family Court,” said MacMaster. “The Provincial Court, which hears...
Fire safety on the backburner as changes move slowly at Fire Marshal's office
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative MLA Allan MacMaster says the NDP are moving too slowly to ensure public safety is protected in public buildings. Government representatives were before the Public Accounts Committee today to provide an update on compliance to 25 recommendations regarding the Office of Fire Marshal from the Auditor General's report eight months ago.
Port Hawkesbury, NS - Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster says local farmers and fishermen could expect an expansion made in the services offered by the province at the Agriculture and Fisheries office in Mabou.
“I am very pleased to hear that both Ministers are committed to bettering the services for the farming and fishing industries in Inverness County.” said MacMaster, “These industries are vital to the livelihoods of many residents in the area.”
In a letter to MacMaster on...
HALIFAX, NS – Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster took the concerns of Whycocomagh area residents to the Legislature today in an effort to get a new, Department of Natural Resources policy review.
"Earlier this year, DNR has issued an order to stop mowing the grass in Whycocomagh Provincial Park, which has resulted in the park becoming overrun with weeds," said MacMaster. "The park was once something to be proud of and that is a tourism draw. But now it's unsightly and residents are...
