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Written by NS Liberal Party
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Tuesday, 17 January 2006 |
Liberal Leader Francis MacKenzie would like to ask the premier why there was no open competition for the position of what amounts to as a provincial diplomat in Ottawa. Long-time Tory Ian Thompson has been chosen to represent the province in the nation's
capital at Nova Scotia's "office" at a salary of $130,000 per year.
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Written by NDP
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Tuesday, 17 January 2006 |
NDP Leader Jack Layton called on Liberals disappointed in the record of Paul Martin’s government and campaign to lend their vote to the NDP, and laid out some bottom lines for the NDP in the next Parliament.
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Written by NS Liberal Party
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Monday, 16 January 2006 |
Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Francis MacKenzie is shocked by the Health Minister Angus MacIsaacs' refusal to meet with a taxpayer who has a legitimate issue.
Dave White of Halifax has been caring for his bed-ridden daughter since she was in a serious car accident in 2001. She was hospitalized for 11 months. Upon leaving, Mr. White was given no information about home-care or physiotherapy follow-up.
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Written by Liberal Party of Canada
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Monday, 16 January 2006 |
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper’s proposed capital gains tax cut creates a massive tax loophole that will deliver in the order of $6 billion over 5 years in federal tax cuts to the richest one per cent of Canadians, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale and Revenue Minister John McCallum said today.
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Written by Conservative Party of Canada
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Monday, 16 January 2006 |
Conservative leader Stephen Harper today promoted the benefits of his platform for Atlantic Canada. He outlined the values of a Conservative government, including integrity, family, respect for work, achievement and a commitment to a strong and free Canada.
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Written by NDP
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Monday, 16 January 2006 |
CIA rendition flights that fly in Canadian air space or land at Canadian airports are doing so with Ottawa's permission, says James Risen, the Washington-based journalist for the New York Times and author who uncovered the controversial wiretapping program approved by U.S. President George W. Bush.
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Written by NDP
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Saturday, 14 January 2006 |
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NDP Leader Jack Layton launched an aggressive attack on the Conservative platform, and asked people who have voted Liberal in the past to vote NDP to get real results for working women and working men. Layton was speaking to a large rally in Toronto. |
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Written by NDP
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Friday, 13 January 2006 |
The NDP has written to Elections Canada requesting an investigation into allegations that the Liberal candidate in Abbotsford, B.C., offered the NDP candidate in that riding a bribe in exchange for dropping out of the race, NDP Federal Secretary Éric Hébert said today.
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Written by NDP News Release
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Friday, 13 January 2006 |
NDP MLAs Gordie Gosse and Jerry Pye, members of the Standing Committee on Community Services, are appalled that none of the Conservative members of the committee showed up for the second day of a two-day forum on poverty, wrapping up today in Halifax.
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Written by Wire Services
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Friday, 13 January 2006 |
The Canadian Union of Public Employees is calling on Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper to reverse his party's position on bulk water exports after a Conservative candidate on Vancouver Island showed enthusiastic support for the idea at an all-candidates meeting.
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