Alfie MacLeod
CAPE BRETON WEST
Deputy Speaker
Critic Portfolios:
Natural Resources
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Aboriginal Affairs
African Nova Scotia Affairs
Public Service Commission
Communications Nova Scotia
Sydney Tar Ponds Agency
Sydney Steel Corporation Act
Gaming Control Act, Part I & II
Committees:
Private and Local Bills
Community Services
Resources
Veterans Affairs
Constituency Office:
1990 Kings Road
Sydney River, NS B1L 1C4
Tel:(902) 564-8679
Fax:(902) 564-1204
E-mail: alfiemacleodmla@ns.aliantzinc.ca
HALIFAX, NS - Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says Premier Darrell Dexter's refusal to address the potential threat of the abandoned MV Miner off Scaterie Island could impact the health and safety of area residents and the environment.
Today in Question Period, MacLeod asked the Premier for an update on the removal of the ship.
"The Premier's integrity is disintegrating faster than the MV Miner," said MacLeod. "He committed to make sure the ship was removed but there has...
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative MLA Alfie MacLeod will call on the Law Amendments Committee to refer the conduct of NDP backroom supporter Rick Clarke to the full House of Assembly for a finding of contempt.
“Mr. Clarke testified one thing in committee but had said very much the opposite in public previously,” said MacLeod. “It is very serious to mislead a committee of the House of Assembly.”
During a November 30th appearance before the House of Assembly’s Law...
HALIFAX, NS - Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says silence from the NDP on when Liberation Therapy clinical trials will begin in Nova Scotia means patients will continue to suffer.
In the Legislature today, MacLeod asked Health Minister Maureen MacDonald for an update on when MS patients can expect clinical trials to start in Nova Scotia.
"As recently as November 22nd, the Minister was supporting Nova Scotia's involvement in clinical trials but when I asked for details today...
Tories say ‘do the right thing’ and oppose the NDP’s harmful labour law
HALIFAX, NS – NDP Members of the Legislature, like Shelburne MLA Sterling Belliveau, are putting the NDP ahead of jobs by supporting a harmful new labour law in the face of widespread opposition from small business owners, major employers and organizations representing tens of thousands of job creators in Nova Scotia.
“The fishing industry represents hundreds of...
HALIFAX, NS – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says with federal, provincial and territorial Health Ministers meeting in Halifax this week, he hopes Health Minister Maureen MacDonald will step up to the plate and take a leadership role in moving clinical trials of Liberation Therapy forward.
“With all of her colleagues here this week, I think now is the time for this Minister to take a leadership role in advancing clinical trials for Multiple Sclerosis patients here in Nova Scotia...
HALIFAX, NS – Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod is heading to Ottawa as part of a delegation to ensure the federal government has up to date information about the situation of the MV Miner, abandoned off Scaterie Island.
The all-party delegation will meet with federal Minister of State for Transport Steven Fletcher.
“There was a lot of talk about what was and was not going to happen at the site to ensure the MV Miner was not damaging the health and safety of people or local...
HALIFAX, NS - Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod says the Premier needs to act to make sure the MV Miner, abandoned off Scaterie Island, is not damaging the health and safety of people and our environment.
In Question Period today, MacLeod asked Premier Dexter to commit to removing the ship as soon as it is practical if it's found to be a health and safety risk.
"The Premier claims he wants to make sure the people who caused this pay for it but that other than big talk, he has...
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative MLA Alfie MacLeod says it’s shameful that the Minister of Health led the NDP Caucus in a vote against pursing clinical trials of Liberation Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis.
In April, Minister Maureen MacDonald stated, “We've said as a province we certainly will participate in clinical trials when the scientific panel recommends that clinical trials proceed.”
In June, the federal government gave the go-ahead for clinical trials after the...
Spending grows in other departments while NDP cut frontline health services
SYDNEY, NS – Progressive Conservative Cape Breton Regional Municipality MLAs say Premier Dexter is dangerously wrong on healthcare cuts.
“A one-time cut of that size will impact patients and the delivery of services and everyone knows it except the NDP,” said Cape Breton West MLA Alfie MacLeod.
MacLeod and the other CBRM PC MLAs point to statements in...
PC’s say any assistance program shouldn’t create a government monopoly in a struggling industry
SYDNEY RIVER, NS – Progressive Conservative Natural Resources critic Alfie MacLeod says the NDP plan to help forestry contractors must include private woodlot owners or the government risks losing more jobs.
Premier Darrell Dexter said a program would be in place by September 10th to help forestry contractors continue operation after NewPage announced an indefinite closure last...
