Chris d'Entremont
ARGYLE
House Leader
Critic Portfolios:
Health and Wellness
Information Management
Acadian Affairs
Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation
Liquor Control Act
Elections Act
Committees:
Internal Affairs
Law Amendments
Economic Development
Human Resources
Committee on Assembly Matters
Constituency Office:
PO Box 94
Tusket, NS B0W 3M0
Tel:(902) 648-2020
Fax:(902) 648-2001
E-mail: info@chrisdentremont.com
Website: www.chrisdentremont.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ChrisMLA
Nova Scotians’ trust tested by jet-setting Premier
PC amendments shot down by NDP
HALIFAX, NS – On a day that Nova Scotians learned about the Premier’s mile-high adventures on the Emera corporate jet, the NDP shot down amendments to ensure the Muskrat Falls project is properly vetted.
“Nova Scotians are being kept in the dark about the cost of this deal and we now know that the deal was done with no paper trail, just a jet trail,...
HALIFAX, NS – PC House Leader Chris d’Entremont is calling on the NDP today to quit stalling on important Freedom of Information requests.
“It’s painfully obvious that the NDP are dragging their feet intentionally,” he said, suggesting the NDP want to make sure the session of the House of Assembly ends before the documents are turned over. “It’s clear the NDP government doesn’t want Nova Scotians to get into the details...
HALIFAX, NS – PC House Leader Chris d'Entremont says the NDP's decision to move ahead with a new law that would allow them to send political messages to Nova Scotians’ cell phones proves the government is more interested in partisan advertising than protecting consumers.
“If the NDP were really interested in consumer protection, they would have adopted our party's amendments and restricted their ability to broadcast cell phone messages to...
HALIFAX, NS – Clear evidence shows the Premier's Office had a direct hand in breaking the rules to fast track an ad campaign, but the NDP government is avoiding accountability and refusing to do the right thing.
A motion put forward by Progressive Conservative House Leader d'Entremont to call Premier's Office officials Paul Black and David MacKenzie to the Public Accounts Committee was again rejected by today the NDP...
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative House Leader Chris d'Entremont says it is shameful that the NDP once again put off an opportunity to clear the air surrounding their decision to break spending rules to run an advertising campaign.
A motion put forward by d'Entremont today to call Premier's Office officials Paul Black and David MacKenzie to the Legislature’s Public Accounts Committee was blocked, again, by the NDP member of the sub-committee. The NDP forced the motion to be...
Dexter misled Nova Scotians when he said his office wasn’t involved in decision to break tendering rules
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative MLA Chris d’Entremont says the Premier has misled Nova Scotians about his office’s involvement in the tainted ‘Ships Start Here’ advertising campaign and the untendered contract awarded to Halifax public relations firm MT&L.
On Wednesday, Premier Darrell Dexter was questioned by...
Pharmacy closure 'due to financial losses created by the passage of Bill 17'
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Health and Wellness critic Chris d’Entremont says the NDP is to blame for the closure of the only pharmacy in the Village of Lawrencetown. The Lawrencetown Pharmasave's owner reported to the Annapolis County Spectator that costs have kept increasing while the introduction of provincial drug reform has reduced the pharmacy’s...
“They raised taxes and spent it all, and then some”: d’Entremont
Nova Scotians pay the highest taxes in Canada and the NDP still can’t balance the budget
Feburary 29, 2012
For immediate release
HALIFAX, NS – The NDP are borrowing money to pay for increased government spending and adding to the debt that will be passed on to Nova Scotian children. Progressive Conservative House Leader Chris d’...
NDP reject calls to bring Premier’s Office official before Public Accounts Committee
HALIFAX, NS – NDP MLAs used their majority on the Legislature’s Public Accounts Committee to reject a PC Party request to call key Premier’s Office official, Paul Black, before the committee. The Progressive Conservatives wanted Mr. Black to explain the NDP’s untendered spending on the now tainted ‘Ships Start Here’ ad campaign.
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