MacFarlane challenges McNeil Liberals to prove they’re serious about...
PC MLA wants to know why McNeil Liberals are afraid of taking real action, wants PC bills passed HALIFAX, NS – Stephen McNeil’s Liberals don’t have to wait until next spring to take steps toward...
View ArticleCape Breton patients asked to wait longer for doctors
Patients asked to wait even longer for solutions to doctors shortage SYDNEY, NS – Cape Breton Progressive Conservative MLAs Alfie MacLeod and Eddie Orrell want to know why Premier Stephen McNeil thinks...
View Articled’Entremont pressures Glavine to provide update on Seniors’ Pharmacare...
HALIFAX, NS – Liberal Health Minister Leo Glavine said consultations regarding possible changes to the Seniors’ Pharmacare Program would happen in October, but the month has come and gone without any...
View ArticleMcNeil Liberals reject more transparency for Halifax Water Commission meetings
HALIFAX, NS – Today, the McNeil Liberals voted against greater transparency at the Halifax Regional Water Commission. Progressive Conservative MLA and Municipal Affairs critic Karla MacFarlane...
View ArticleLohr fights for expansion of mental health courts
PCs introduce Mental Health Court Expansion Act HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative MLA for Kings North, John Lohr is fighting for an expansion of Mental Health Courts to rural Nova Scotia. Lohr has...
View ArticleMacFarlane presses Minister Casey on fate of Pictou Academy
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative MLA for Pictou West, Karla MacFarlane, is asking the Minister of Education if she will do everything in her power to ensure Pictou Academy remains open. The...
View ArticlePC legislation would cut fees for Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary
Pictou East MLA Karla MacFarlane has reintroduced a bill that would see active volunteer members of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary exempted from vehicle registration fees along with license plate...
View ArticleDunn questions Premier McNeil on money for advertising campaign
HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Pictou Centre MLA Pat Dunn is shocked at Premier Stephen McNeil’s decision to spend taxpayer money on an ad campaign in his ongoing labour dispute with Nova...
View ArticleMacLeod demands answers for Thanksgiving flood victims
HALIFAX, NS – Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg MLA Alfie MacLeod pressured the McNeil Liberals to help the homeowners who lost their homes in the Thanksgiving flood in the House of Assembly this week....
View ArticleBaillie calls on Premier McNeil to stop stonewalling craft beer industry
Cut red tape to support entrepreneurs and create jobs HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says it’s time for the McNeil Liberals to stop pick-pocketing the growing craft beer...
View ArticlePCs want to see motive fuel tax rebate for mining industry
McNeil’s broken promise to industry damaging to our economy HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative Natural Resources critic and MLA for Pictou Centre, Pat Dunn, is condemning the McNeil government for...
View ArticleBaillie infuriated over sneaky Cobequid Pass toll extension
McNeil Liberals force Cumberland residents to pay tolls for eight extra years HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader and MLA for Cumberland South Jamie Baillie wants to know why the McNeil...
View ArticleRay Mattie to carry PC banner in Antigonish
Baillie says Mattie’s entrepreneurial experience a great asset ANTIGONISH, NS – Ray Mattie has been acclaimed the PC candidate for Antigonish. Mattie, a musician and entrepreneur, says his roots in...
View ArticleOrrell presses McNeil government on funding for victims of Thanksgiving floods
HALIFAX, NS – Today in the Legislature, Northside-Westmount MLA Eddie Orrell pressed the Minister responsible for the Emergency Management Office, Zach Churchill, on when money from the disaster...
View ArticleFALL SITTING: McNeil Liberals rushing out of the Legislature
McNeil government mired in Richmond expense scandal and overwhelmed by teacher impasse HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says the McNeil Liberals are rushing out of the...
View Articled’Entremont calls for better cell coverage for Woods Harbour residents
MLA helps launch community petition WOODS HARBOUR, NS – Argyle-Barrington MLA Chris d’Entremont is joining Woods Harbour area residents in their pleas for better cellular coverage. The local MLA has...
View ArticleBaillie calls on Premier to get back to the negotiating table
Countdown to Teachers’ Strike Underway HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie says with just over two weeks left before a possible teachers’ strike, Stephen McNeil needs to stop...
View ArticlePremier McNeil’s carbon pricing will increase costs dramatically for Nova...
Steepest tax increase in Nova Scotia history, says Archie Stewart HALIFAX, NS – Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie is deeply concerned by the impact of Premier McNeil’s carbon pricing scheme...
View ArticleMacLeod pressures McNeil government on doctor shortage in Cape Breton
HALIFAX, NS – Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg MLA Alfie MacLeod is frustrated that the McNeil Liberals are delaying the opening of the collaborative-care clinic in Sydney once again. The clinic that was...
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