Baillie says wages are down, life is harder under the NDP
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says Darrell Dexter must change direction as rising costs and decreasing wages are hurting Nova Scotia families.
Today, Statistics Canada released the average weekly earnings for October 2011 which shows Nova Scotia had lower wages now than in October 2010. Earlier this week, StatsCan also announced that Nova Scotia’s inflation has gone up 3.7 per cent in the...
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 – PC Party leader Jamie Baillie says it’s time for Premier Dexter to get a handle on Nova Scotia’s escalating healthcare administration costs in order to strengthen the province’s hand in upcoming negotiations with the federal government.
“We know that federal healthcare funding model is changing.” said Baillie. “Essentially, Nova Scotia and the other provinces have been given five years notice that growth in federal transfers for health will eventually moderate to match...
Statistics show Dexter in denial about serious issues
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says it’s time Darrell Dexter acknowledges that the rising costs and stagnant wages hurting Nova Scotia families are made worse due to the NDP government's misguided policies.
According to Statistics Canada today, Nova Scotia’s...
HALIFAX, NS – Argyle MLA Chris d’Entremont says the $1 million investment in the Rodd Grand Yarmouth Hotel and Convention Centre is a welcome development, but the money wouldn’t have been needed in the first place if the NDP had not made the short-sighted decision to end ferry service between Yarmouth and the United States.
“I’m glad to see this kind of investment is being made in the Rodd Grand and it will help,” said d’Entremont. “But the NDP are just bad at making spending...
Baillie says this session highlighted by the NDP “showing their true colours”
HALIFAX, NS - PC leader Jamie Baillie says the 2011 fall session of the Legislature is most notable as the session where the NDP showed their true colours.
"Instead of working on new jobs, the economy and more affordable electricity pricing, they used their majority to force through a labour law which only serves the interests of their backroom friends," said...
HALIFAX , NS – Today in Question Period PC MLA Chris d’Entremont called on Community Services Minister Denise Peterson-Rafuse to clarify the NDP government’s position on private childcare services in Nova Scotia, but she cast a dark shadow over the future of private day care.
Earlier this morning, the Minister joined Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) officials at a press conference where CUPE called for the end of funding for private...
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...
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...
NDP rejected PC amendments that would have banned dealing in heating oil pipes
HALIFAX, NS – The Progressive Conservative Justice critic says the NDP’s new scrap metal law doesn’t go far enough when it comes to the theft of copper pipes from oil tanks.
Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster says the NDP majority rejected his amendment that would ensure only valid oil tank installers can sell oil tank copper pipes as scrap....
