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...
New $3.6 million paving plant “throwing good money after bad”
HALIFAX, NS - The NDP's claims that their government-run paving operations saved money simply aren't true.
By the government's own admission, they were doing chip-sealing work for $50,000 per kilometre while the private sector was doing the same work for just under $40,000 per kilometre. The government only completed 10 per cent of the work they promised last season but for the...
NDP MLAs vote for controversial Bill 102
HALIFAX, NS – Pictou NDP MLAs Ross Landry, Clarrie MacKinnon and Charlie Parker have cast their vote in favour of NDP special interests instead of jobs in their communities.
“The Pictou County NDP MLAs made it clear that their allegiance is with the NDP's special interest friends when they voted to support this harmful bill instead of standing up for jobs and the people of Pictou,” said PC leader Jamie...
NDP MLAs vote for controversial Bill 102
HALIFAX, NS – Kings County NDP MLAs Jim Morton and Ramona Jennex have cast their vote in favour of NDP special interests instead of jobs in their communities.
“The Kings County NDP MLAs made it clear that their allegiance is with the NDP's special interest friends when they voted to support this harmful bill instead of standing up for jobs and the people of Kings,” said PC leader Jamie Baillie.
Morton and Jennex ignored...
HALIFAX, NS - Premier Darrell Dexter has put the special interests behind the NDP ahead of jobs in Nova Scotia by passing legislation that imposes first contracts.
Dexter led his MLAs in casting their votes for the controversial legislation in the face of widespread opposition from major Nova Scotia employers like Michelin, Sobeys and Clearwater and many smaller employers who presented at the government’s Law Amendments Committee.
"The Premier has chosen to stand alongside...
HALIFAX, NS – Cumberland North NDP MLA Brian Skabar put the special interests behind the NDP ahead of jobs in Cumberland County by voting in favour of the NDP’s harmful labour bill.
"Mr. Skabar has chosen to stand alongside special interests instead of standing up for jobs and investment in Cumberland County," said PC leader and Cumberland South MLA Jamie Baillie.
Skabar cast his vote in the face of widespread opposition from Cumberland County employers like Oxford Frozen...
HALIFAX, NS – The $610 million worth of spending announcements in the NDP capital plan is an “expensive pre-election spending spree” says PC Party leader Jamie Baillie.
“As long as the government continues to run a deficit, all of this spending is being done with borrowed money,” said Baillie.
“If the government was serious about jobs, on the same day that the NDP announces this spending they wouldn’t be ramming through First Contract Arbitration which every employer group in...
Labour market monthly survey shows all regions outside Halifax have job losses in past year
HALIFAX, NS - A Statistics Canada labour market survey examining jobs in Nova Scotia over the past year shows significant jobs losses in the same areas where major employers are warning the NDP government about their controversial first contract arbitration legislation.
Large employers like Michelin, Sobeys and Clearwater as well as thousands of smaller employers, have...
HALIFAX, NS - Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster says he's shocked at the NDP's refusal to support and protect NewPage pensioners.
MacMaster brought forward amendments to the Pension Benefits Act that would have provided more options for Nova Scotians whose pension plans wind up.
"While we all hope our pensioners have a chance to maintain their pension plan under a new owner, we need to give them options should their plan end. That has to be done now while the Legislature is...
