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Who Will Stand Up For Nova Scotia? |
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Written by HalifaxLive
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
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June 12, 2007 - The third reading of the budget bill has just passed with a vote of 157 to 103. In an effort to assist Premier Rodney MacDonald in his request to every Nova Scotia Member of Parliament to vote against a federal budget which cancels the legal contract known and signed into law as The Atlantic Accord, Halifax Live has compiled a list of current NS MPs, their constituencies and their political party affiliation. Each time another MP vows to vote against the federal budget's third reading this week, we will acknowledge their decision here. Bill Casey who now sits as an Independent was the first to vote against his party and his party's budget but more important, he was the first to stand up for Nova Scotia.
Who is next to stand up for Nova Scotia? Two NS MPs did not stand up for Nova Scotia today - Peter MacKay and Gerald Keddy.
- Casey, Bill - Cumberland/Colchester/Musquodoboit Valley - Independent
 - Brison, Scott - Kings/Hants - Liberal
- Cuzner, Rodger - Cape Breton/Canso - Liberal
- Eyking, Mark - Sydney/Victoria - Liberal
Keddy, Gerald - South Shore/St. Margaret's - Conservative -  MacKay, Peter - Central Nova - Conservative - McDonough, Alexa - Halifax - NDP
- Regan, Geoff - Halifax West - Liberal
- Savage, Michael - Dartmouth/Cole Harbour - Liberal
- Stoffer, Peter - Sackville/Eastern Shore Nova Scotia - NDP
- Thibault, Robert - West Nova - Liberal
Premier MacDonald has also requested that Nova Scotia Senators delay passage of that bill through the Senate until they've had a chance to understand the position of the government of Nova Scotia and fully comprehend the impact of the Budget on Equalization.
Which Senators will stand up for Nova Scotia?
- Gerald J. Comeau - Conservative
- Jane Marie Cordy - Liberal
- Jim Cowan - Liberal
- Terry M. Mercer - Liberal
- Wilfred P. Moore - Liberal
- Donald H. Oliver - Conservative
- Gerard Phalen - Liberal
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