The PC Party is firmly opposed to First Contract Arbitration (FCA) and does not believe compromising with the NDP and their special interest friends, as the Liberals want to do, is the right thing to do.
There is a time for compromise and a time to stand on principle. FCA is a threat to jobs and future opportunity, and we oppose it on principle. A bad piece of legislation is precisely that and no amendments can fix it.
PC Leader Jamie Baillie is disappointed to see the member for Queens misrepresenting the PC position on Bowater deal in a press release since it has been public since Tuesday.
“Given the fact that I made the PC position public and very clear on Tuesday, I invite her to retract her misleading statements and ensure she has her facts correct in the future,” said Jamie Baillie.
Fact: PC Party position has been clear and consistent:
• To scrutinize the...
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...
December 6, 2011
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HALIFAX, NS - Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster will introduce amendments to the Pension Benefits Act that would give more options for Nova Scotians whose pension plans wind up.
"The economy of the Strait Area stands to permanently lose over $7-million annually in spending activity if the bill goes ahead without these amendments," said MacMaster.
Under current legislation, pensioners whose plans face wind up must accept an annuity...
Halifax, NS – Premier Dexter should immediately remove one of his key economic advisors from his government-appointed positions for misleading a legislative committee and Nova Scotians.
“One of Darrell Dexter’s key economic advisors has misled the Law Amendments Committee and such actions should have consequences,” said PC MLA Chris d’Entremont. “The people the Premier has chosen for important economic advisory roles must be held to a high standard, but that standard has not been...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative House Leader Chris d'Entremont says it was low, even for the NDP, to try and stop French debate on Bill 102 in the Legislature last night.
During debate on an amendment to Bill 102, Acadian Affairs Minister Graham Steele rose and tried to tell the Chair of the Committee how to do her job and then proceeded to chastise the member for Richmond for exercising his constitutional right to speak in his native French language.
"Not only are the...
Baillie hopes for honesty in Premier's State of the Province address
HALIFAX – PC Leader Jamie Baillie says he hopes the Premier gives an honest assessment in the State of the Province address today.
“The true state of the province is that we have the highest tax burden in the country. We have skyrocketing power rates. The cost of living is rising at the second highest rate in Canada and wages have flat-lined,” said Baillie.
Baillie...
HALIFAX, NS - Today in the Legislature, the NDP will have to explain to Nova Scotians why they are standing on the sidelines while the price of power skyrockets and families are forced to pay more. Power rates for residential customers are expected to increase by about 10 per cent next month.
"The NDP's expensive, 'bite the bullet' electricity plan could not come at a worse time for our economy and...
Do the right thing’ and oppose the NDP’s harmful labour law
HALIFAX - NDP Members of the Legislature, like Cape Breton Centre’s Frank Corbett, 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.
“Elected NDP members of the legislature have a choice this week,...
‘Do the right thing’ and oppose the NDP’s harmful labour law
HALIFAX, NS - NDP Members of the Legislature, like Guysborough-Sheet Harbour’s Jim Boudreau, are toeing the party line on the Dexter government’s 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.
“Elected NDP members of the legislature have a...
