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NDP Leader Gary Burrill visited Shelburne today to meet with the Shelburne Town Council to discuss health care and other matters, to tour the aging Roseway Manor long-term care facility and to meet with Grade 9 SRHS students and other community members concerned about clearcutting, and to meet with local arts organizations.
In question period Wednesday, NDP leader Gary Burrill sought answers from the McNeil government about the large numbers of elderly dying in the province while waiting for long-term care placement over the past five years. Burrill says in a news release that, according to information received from the government, 1877 people have died in the last five years.
This week, Stephen McNeil has muddied the waters again on the question of fracking. During a speech to the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. McNeil said he would be open to conversations with communities around fracking, even while his Liberal government says they support a ban on fracking.
On Oct. 26, the last day of the fall sitting of the legislature, reporters asked Premier Stephen McNeil if he had accomplished everything he wanted in this session.
“Instead of taking real action to ensure that regular people can make ends meet, Stephen McNeil has given millions of dollars to banks and corporations.” NDP leader Gary Burrill
$62,000 in cuts in Shelburne County, $3.4M in province Govt says Health Association knew of planned cuts in spring Expects facilities to find "administrative efficiencies"
NDP Leader Gary Burrill and PC leader Jamies Baillie are calling on premier Stephen McNeil to provide evidence that appropriate policies were followed in the recent hiring of former journalist Marilla Stephenson as managing director of corporate and external affairs.
Saying that lowest paid workers left behind as premier McNeil provides his inner circle with generous salaries and appointments, NDP Leader Gary Burrill has raised concerns about high level staff appointments given that Stephen McNeil is unwilling to discuss increasing the province’s minimum wage to $15 per hour.
The P3 schools program in Nova Scotia was a failure that cost Nova Scotians tens of millions more than the traditional procurement system, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS).
Farmers who donate to food banks in Nova Scotia will qualify for a new tax credit to encourage fresh produce donations, according to a government news release Thursday.
Agriculture Minister Keith Colwell outlined the tax credit today, May 19, at Feed Nova Scotia in Halifax.