Chuck Porter
HANTS WEST
E-mail: PCMLAS@gov.ns.ca
Constituency Office:
58 Gerrish Street, PO Box 3873
Windsor, NS B0N 2T0
Tel:(902) 798-5779
Fax:(902) 798-4093
E-mail: chuck@chuckporter.ca
Website: www.chuckporter.ca
98 percent of survey respondents say shareholders, not ratepayers, should cover pension shortfall
HALIFAX, NS - After only one week, almost 500 Nova Scotians have taken part in the PC Caucus' 'Let's Talk Rates' online survey and an overwhelming majority of respondents reject Nova Scotia Power's request for ratepayers to bailout their troubled pension plan.
When asked whether ratepayers should be forced to pay more to cover the power company...
Porter, PCs still demand full and independent review
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Energy critic Chuck Porter says the NDP still don’t know how much the Muskrat Falls energy megaproject will cost when it reaches our homes and businesses, but they’re stubbornly pushing forward with it anyway.
Porter says the NDP offered no proof of the megaproject’s cost, that we can afford electricity coming from it, or that it was the best option for Nova...
HALIFAX, NS – Schools in Hants West are the latest facing reductions in services for students as the NDP continue to cut education funding.
Windsor Elementary School librarians will have their hours cut from four hours to 1.5 per day. Newport Station District Elementary School librarians will have their hours cut from three to 1.5 per day.
"The NDP are forcing school boards to make cuts to front line services in our schools and it's going to have a definite...
HALIFAX, NS - Hants West MLA Chuck Porter introduced three bills today in the Legislature aimed at reducing the cost of electricity and bringing more transparency to the true cost of the NDP's electricity plan that calls on Nova Scotians to "bite the bullet" and pay more for power.
"The power company will surely be back at the UARB this spring looking for more money from ratepayers to finance capital projects," said Porter. "Families and...
HALIFAX, NS – The NDP’s approach to electricity is causing hardship for Nova Scotia families and costing jobs, says Hants West MLA Chuck Porter.
Today in the Legislature, the Speaker approved the Progressive Conservative's call for an emergency debate on power rates. Porter spoke up for Hants West families, demanding the Premier take into consideration affordability before proceeding with the Muskrat Falls project.
"Premier Dexter has no idea what the...
WINDSOR, NS – Hants West MLA Chuck Porter re-introduced two Bills from the spring 2011 sitting of the Legislature yesterday that would protect Nova Scotia kids, if the NDP would put politics aside and adopt them.
The Concussion Awareness Act would increase education surrounding youth concussions in sports, ensuring everyone involved is aware of the importance of avoiding concussions and the long term effects of such an injury.
“We’re all becoming more...
WINDSOR, 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.
“The Throne Speech does nothing to make life more affordable for families in Hants County,” said Hants West MLA Chuck Porter. “The NDP are telling Nova Scotians that they are putting money back in their pockets when, in fact, they have taken $743 from each of...
WINDSOR, NS – Hants West MLA Chuck Porter is applauding the federal Conservative government's decision to scrap the wasteful and inefficient long-gun registry.
“The time had come to stop making farmers and recreational hunters feel like criminals by forcing them to register their long-guns,” said Porter. “I'm pleased the federal Conservative government stepped up and got rid of the federal Liberals’ billion-dollar bureaucratic boondoggle.”
The vote to scrap the long-gun...
