WINDSOR, NS – Hants West MLA Chuck Porter says a PC government will provide insulin pumps for children under 19-years-old, who need one.
“I’ve been working on behalf of many Hants County families, trying to get the NDP to support a program that will ensure kids that need insulin pumps, get them,” said Porter. “The health of our kids is important, and an insulin pump can make a world of difference to the health of a child suffering with Type 1 diabetes....
Baillie: Prepare for more NDP excuses
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says Premier Darrell Dexter must explain the $27 million dollar budget screw-up if he expects Nova Scotians to trust another NDP budget.
“It is now up to the Premier to explain what he and his office knew, and when they knew it,” said Baillie, reacting to the Nova Scotia Auditor General’s report which states that the 2012/13 budget contained a $27 million...
Baillie says protecting kids should come first
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie announced today he will take the $1.4 million the NDP is using to fund money-losing Tim Hortons in hospitals and use it to provide insulin pumps for children under 19-years-old, who need one.
“Kids are paying the price for a government that continues to use valuable healthcare dollars to subsidize Tim Hortons restaurants, while they go without a life-changing...
HALIFAX, NS – The Dexter NDP will make a home care announcement today, but Progressive Conservative Health critic Chris d’Entremont says they’re ignoring a large part of the problem.
“The NDP is failing to address a serious problem plaguing our health care system – no new long-term care beds are being created, and seniors who cannot live at home are left to suffer, waiting,” said d’Entremont.
FACT: The wait list for a long...
Bain: NDP flip-flopping its way to the polls
SYDNEY, NS – Progressive Conservative Community Services critic Keith Bain says the Dexter NDP’s year-long attack on Talbot House highlights its backwards priorities.
Parker Donham, who has been following the NDP’s Talbot House saga since the beginning, wrote a piece yesterday suggesting the NDP will reinstate funding to Talbot House on Friday. http://contrarian.ca/
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NDP flip-flop on decision to squash ferment-on-premise businesses
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says home-brewing hobbyists and the small businesses that serve them deserve an apology from the Dexter NDP.
"NDP incompetence caused unnecessary hardship and expense for many small business owners and their families. They have been treated as criminals and deserve an apology from the NDP Premier,” said Baillie. "This is no way to...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative Justice critic Allan MacMaster says the Dexter NDP must stop the expensive taxpayer-funded pets for prisoners experiment in its tracks.
Allnovascotia.com reported today the NDP is spending $26,000 of taxpayers’ money on five pet dogs for inmates at the Burnside jail. The NDP Minister admits he does not know if such programs are proven effective.
“Only the NDP could find a way to spend over $5,000 for a pet dog,” said...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie is answering NDP Finance Minister’s call to share ideas for moving Nova Scotia forward.
“Lower taxes. Stop wasteful spending. More jobs,” says Baillie. “That is the formula for success for our economy but the NDP does not have the political will or the plan in place to change direction for our province. ”
Baillie said the NDP need to get on with the job of balancing the books, noting...
Strait Area Women's Place to close April 1st
INVERNESS, NS – Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster says the NDP’s refusal to fund a local women’s resource centre hurts efforts being made to help Strait area families already suffering from a bad provincial economy.
In November 2012, MacMaster wrote to the Minister of Community Services in support of a stand-alone women’s resource centre, to allow for more effective community outreach. Minister...
HALIFAX, NS - Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says his caucus will intervene on behalf of ratepayers in the Maritime Link hearing at the Utility and Review Board.
Today, Emera filed its application for approval of the mega-project with the UARB. The Board has six months to complete the hearing process.
“The Dexter NDP have mishandled Muskrat Falls from the start, endorsing the project without knowing how much it will cost,” said Baillie, who noted the...
