Baillie: Nova Scotia’s economy off balance
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says months of parents’ frustration could have been avoided if NDP took action sooner to address rural schools closures.
Baillie has been adamant for months that the NDP government not close schools until the Nova Scotia Commission on Building...
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HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie introduced a bill today that would make sure the NDP tell Nova Scotians the truth about the province's finances and do not use changes to the national accounting rules to artificially overstate revenues.
The PC bill, the Full Disclosure of Accounting Changes Act, would require the budget estimates be presented using the new accounting rules and the old accounting rules before the election so Nova...
NDP must explain why customers were not informed
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie is demanding the NDP do a full investigation into why Nova Scotians were incorrectly charged higher prices one business day in advance of the scheduled price increase without notice.
“The Dexter NDP must get to the bottom of the NSLC’s cash grab on Saturday when customers were overcharged during one of the busiest days of the year,...
HALIFAX, NS – Today, the Progressive Conservative Caucus released the Dexter NDP's top seven budget blunders.
INVERNESS, NS – In the Legislature today, Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster honoured the memory of Whitney Pier musician Jay Smith after receiving news of his passing.
MacMaster read a resolution in recognition of the award-winning songwriter.
“Jay’s musical talent garnered recognition from his peers all over Canada and earned him both East Coast Music Awards and Juno Award nominations,” said MacMaster. “He will be missed. Our prayers and thoughts will...
If she won’t resign, Dexter should remove her from cabinet
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HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative House Leader Chris d’Entremont is demanding the resignation of the NDP Minister of Community Services for breaking Nova Scotia’s privacy laws in the Legislature, again.
Yesterday, the NDP’s Community Services Minister, Denise Peterson-Rafuse, revealed confidential...
Porter calls on Minister to produce strike contingency plan
HALIFAX, NS - Hants West MLA and former paramedic Chuck Porter is calling on the Dexter NDP to put patients first and ensure Nova Scotians are protected in the event collective bargaining fails and paramedics vote to strike.
Paramedics have been engaged in contract negotiations for some time. In late February, they voted 98 per cent in favour of rejecting their employer’s offer and could be off the job...
SPRINGHILL, NS - Cumberland South MLA Jamie Baillie presented one thousand letters from residents of River Hebert to Minister of Education, Ramona Jennex, in the Legislature this afternoon.
The letters are the result of a petition started by Roger White demanding the NDP government finish the River Hebert District High School renovation project. Baillie has been pressing the government to finish the school and explain why the renovation project keeps getting put on hold.
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