|
Mancini to Martin: “Thanks for Dropping By” |
|
|
|
Written by NDP News Release
|
|
Wednesday, 21 December 2005 |
Dartmouth - Peter Mancini, NDP candidate in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, thanked Paul Martin for finally coming to Nova Scotia - twenty-three days into the federal election campaign.
“The fact that Paul Martin did not come to Nova Scotia until over three weeks into the federal election campaign, is yet another example of Liberal arrogance”, said Mancini, “And to add insult to injury, he simply re-announced a program that was announced months ago”.
“Jack Layton came to Dartmouth two weeks ago to make a significant policy announcement about our plan to help seniors. Paul Martin simply came here for a photo-op”, said Mancini.
On December 8, Jack Layton was at the Oakwood Terrace long term care facility in Dartmouth to announce the NDP’s commitment to a $1 billion annual transfer for improvements in home care and a $500 million annual transfer to the provinces to create new long-term-care spaces. The improvements to home care and long-term care will allow seniors to live in dignity, provide respite and assistance to family members and release hospital beds for acute-care cases.
“During his speech, Martin praised the post-secondary education institutions in our province”, said Mancini, “But what he failed to mention was that Nova Scotia has the highest tuition fees in the country as a result of years of Liberal cuts - cuts that were implemented by Paul Martin when he was Minister of Finance.”
In June, the first NDP federal budget was passed that will see an extra $1.5 billion dollars allocated to post-secondary education. This increased funding is the result of the NDP forcing the Liberals to cancel a planned corporate tax cut and instead invest that money in things that help families.
|
