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Liberals willing to balance budget at any cost?

Saying in a Friday news release that the McNeil government "should focus on bargaining, not advertising", the NDO caucus took shots at the what they describe as "partisan ads to undermine teachers, along with a coordinated government media blitz..." as part of a government attempt to "force a teachers’ strike."

“If Stephen McNeil has something to say to teachers, he should say it at the bargaining table,” said NDP Leader Gary Burrill.

The past two years under the McNeil government have been a trying time for workers in our province.

The Premier and his Liberal government placed thousands of good jobs in our screen industry at risk by slashing the film tax credit. New graduates have lost a program that helped them pay down education debt when the McNeil Liberal government eliminated the Graduate Retention Rebate. 

NDP MLA and education critic Lenore Zann says in a news release Tuesday that Education minister Karen Casey must ensure that the needs of rural schools are being met and she is calling on the minister to take action to prevent elementary school library cuts in the Tri-County Regional school district.