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NS: Liberals pan NDP with harsh report card
[HALIFAX, NS] — The Liberals assumed the role of schoolmarm yesterday, releasing an unforgiving report card on the NDP’s first year in office. The report card gives the “grade one” government the final mark of a D (slyly wedged between an N and P). More
NS: NDP makes it official and passes budget into law
[HALIFAX, NS] — CBC News is reporting that the NDP’s provincial budget was passed yesterday, despite the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives uniting to vote against it. For more information, read the story at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/04/26/ns-deficit-budget-passes.html More
NB: MLA pension review possibly on horizon
[FREDERICTON, NB] — CBC News is reporting that opposition Conservatives are now backing a review of the contentious MLA pension plan, with the Liberals saying they may also throw their support behind it. For more information, read the story at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/03/17/nb-mla-pension-review.html More
NB: Tory leader blamed for Ganong boycott
[FREDERICTON, NB] — The Telegraph-Journal is reporting that a boycott against Ganong Bros. continues after its chairman David Ganong led an advisory panel on the proposed NB Power/Hydro-Québec deal. The Liberals are pointing fingers at Conservative leader David Alward for inciting the backlash. For more information, read the story at: http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/942997 More
NB: N.B. budget set for Dec. 1
[FREDERICTON, NB] CBC News is reporting Premier Shawn Graham’s Liberals will release its full budget on December 1. For more information, read the story at http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/09/02/nb-early-budget-graham-1109.html. More
NS Election 2009: Stephen McNeil basks in Opposition glow
[HALIFAX, NS] - Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil was seeing red last night, and that’s not a bad thing, since it means his Grits got enough votes to move up from the third place party to become the province’s Official Opposition. In total, the Liberals walked away with 11 seats in the provincial legislature, up from [...] More
NS Politics: Poll places Dexter in majority territory
[HALIFAX, NS] - It was really no surprise to see the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals targeting the NDP at Thursday night’s roundtable debate on CTV considering the poll released just moments before it began. An Angus Reid/CTV poll places Darrell Dexter well into majority territory with 47 per cent support. The Liberals were in second [...] More
NS Politics: Union’s NDP donation scheme breached Elections Act
[HALIFAX, NS] - The NDP gave back $45,000 of union election contributions yesterday over fears the donations may have violated the province’s Elections Act. Organizations can donate a maximum of $5,000 to a political party. Nine unions, all members of the Mainland Nova Scotia Building Trades Council, donated the maximum. However, the NDP learned the council [...] More
NS Politics: Polls don’t faze premier
[AMHERST, NS] - Polls don’t scare Premier Rodney MacDonald. “This is my fourth campaign. The first three went into Game 7. I expect this one to not only go that far, but to go into overtime,” the premier said Wednesday after touring the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre with Cumberland North PC candidate Keith Hunter. “This [...] More
