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NS: Major power play generating big buzz
[HALIFAX, NS] — Tomorrow, Fredericton will be the site of a major announcement by Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter and New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham concerning More
NS: Members named to new Industrial Expansion Fund Advisory Committee
An advisory committee on the Industrial Expansion Fund has been established to increase transparency and accountability. Five Nova Scotians with a range of business and investment leadership experience have been appointed to the new committee. The appointments were announced today by Premier Darrell Dexter. More
NS: Province prepares to woo Ottawa for Gateway funding
[HALIFAX, NS] — As reported yesterday, the province is creating a new six-figure position in a late game attempt to make the Atlantic Gateway dream a reality. There’s federal money up for grabs, but so far the province only has a list of projects rather than a coherent plan. More
NS: Parties attempt to take high road and resolve dispute
[HALIFAX, NS] — The leaders of the province’s three political parties will meet to try to solve a dispute that has one party boycotting committee meetings. Tory Cecil Clarke announced he and his party would refuse to attend future meetings after storming out of a Public Accounts meeting Wednesday. More
NS: Furious Tories boycott all committees
[HALIFAX, NS] — The Progressive Conservative party has pulled the trigger on a boycott of all government committees in protest of what one member is calling a “parliamentary dictatorship.” Tory MLA Cecil Clarke walked out of a Public Accounts Committee meeting on Wednesday after the NDP majority voted to strike an appearance by Nova Scotia Gaming [...] More
NS: Premier defends decision to withhold documents from auditor
[HALIFAX, NS] — On Thursday, Premier Darrell Dexter stood by his government’s decision to temporarily withhold documents from the province’s auditor general. Dexter told reporters the government made the right decision by withholding documents required by auditor general Jacques Lapointe to complete his review on Nova Scotia Business Inc. and the Industrial Expansion Fund. More
NS: Dexter pressures feds about harbour dredging support
[SYDNEY, NS] — CBC News is reporting that Premier Darrell Dexter is pressing Ottawa to decide whether or not it will help fund the proposed Sydney Harbour dredging project before his government reveals its financial support. For more information, read the story at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/05/29/ns-sydney-harbour-dredging-deadline.html More
NS: Province won’t foot development agency’s bills
[HALIFAX, NS] — The Canadian Press is reporting that the provincial government has no intention of paying South West Shore Development Authority’s debts relating to unpaid contractors, according to Premier Darrell Dexter. For more information, read the story at Metro News: http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/local/article/536377–n-s-gov-t-not-responsible-for-bills-of-development-agency-premier More
NS: Parties claim their MLAs are in the clear
[HALIFAX, NS] — All three political parties insist no one in their caucus is the sitting MLA police are investigating for alleged illegal acts. Premier Darrell Dexter and both opposition leaders say they’ve spoken to their members and no one has reported being asked any extra questions by the auditor general’s staff. More
NS: Georges Bank drilling debate just beginning
[HALIFAX, NS] — Oil and gas drilling is banned on Georges Bank for another three years, but the debate is far from over. Premier Darrell Dexter announced on Thursday his government is extending the moratorium in the waters south of Nova Scotia from 2012 to 2015. More
NS: NDP refuses to unlock vault of old expenses
[HALIFAX, NS] — Premier Darrell Dexter is refusing to release more than a decade of secret MLA expense claims to the public, but Tory Leader Karen Casey says people will see this as concealing information. Currently journalists and the public cannot see the 12 years of MLA expenses filed between 2006 and the last expense audit [...] More
NS: Opposition blasts Dexter over board picks
[HALIFAX, NS] – Opposition parties are up in arms after three controversial union members were appointed to a premier’s advisory board. More
Atlantic NewsMakers: Premier unveils new economic council appointees
[HALIFAX, NS] – Premier unveils new economic council appointees: Premier Darrell Dexter has appointed 19 prominent members from Nova Scotia’s business, labour and voluntary sectors to serve on the Premier’s Council on the Economy. Joining co-chairs Robert Patzelt and Rick Clarke on the council are Suki Starnes, Second Story Women’s Center in Lunenburg; Joe Shannon, [...] More
Atlantic NewsMakers: Premier to launch renewable electricity strategy
[HALIFAX, NS] – Premier to launch renewable electricity strategy: Premier Darrell Dexter will announce a new provincial electricity strategy tomorrow. Energy Minister Bill Estabrooks and Reuben Burge, president of RMS Energy, will join him. The new strategy is expected to lay out the next steps in fulfilling Nova Scotia’s commitments under the Environmental Goals and [...] More
NS: Expensing mileage was a “mistake”, says Dexter
[HALIFAX, NS] — Premier Darrell Dexter had to make an embarrassing repayment to the public purse yesterday after the Liberals pointed out he expensed over 1,000 kilometres of mileage driven by his wife. During the process of budget estimates, opposition parties elected to focus on the premier’s office to pick apart expenses. The Liberals discovered one [...] More
