Madam Speaker, the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Auxiliary have a long history in my electoral district of Dartmouth South and in Dartmouth North, where we are very lucky to have a huge amount of our district run along the coast of…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. Almost a year ago, the minister told us that he accepted the broad objectives of the recommendations made by the Commission on Inclusive Education. However…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I rise today to take one last opportunity to thank and say farewell to the former NDP House Leader Dave Wilson. We had a robust celebration of his…
Read MoreMy question is for the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. When the minister eliminated democratically elected school boards in March, he offered up an expanded role for school advisory councils as reassurance. Parents, teachers, students, and administrators who make up SACs have been…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the International Day of the Girl Child. As I stand here in 2018, we know that a girl born today anywhere in the world has fewer opportunities and faces many more obstacles than her male counterparts…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I rise to echo the congratulations that have been given and to offer my thanks and congratulations to the interim Leader of the Official Opposition…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I rise today to mark World Mental Health Awareness Day. I stand as someone whose life has been profoundly impacted by the mental health struggles and triumphs of some of those nearest and dearest to me. I've watched family, friends, colleagues, and so many others struggle…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, when this bill came to the Law Amendments Committee, on which I am privileged to sit, we came forward to the chairman before the committee even began and I said to the chairman, I think there must have been a mistake…
Read MoreMr Speaker I rise today to celebrate World Teachers Day. I am here in no small part because of the teachers I had along the way. Mrs. Ohm, who taught me how to write numbers (I still remember her showing me that the year was changing from 1-9-7-9 to 1-9-8-0). Mr. Visser, the kind principal who…
Read MoreMS. CLAUDIA CHENDER « » : Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to present a petition, the operative clause being: "We, the undersigned, petition the Government of Nova Scotia to take immediate action to resolve the health care crisis . . . ." It is signed by a number of people from Dartmouth, and I have affixed my own name as per the Rules of the House.
Read MoreMr. Speaker, we agree that this government does go some way to protecting public safety. We support the bill. As to the presenter about bailiffs, the presenter in Law Amendments Committee was in fact a provincial civil constable, but I think he was making a point about his staff. Now, presumably most of them could also apply for that designation, but he did mention his…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Justice. For months now, I've been raising concerns about the use of solitary confinement in our provincial correctional facilities. Earlier in this sitting, I asked the minister if he had concerns about the province's vulnerability to a class-action lawsuit related to solitary confinement as we've seen …
Read MoreOn this very busy day in the House, I would like to draw the members' attention to the West Gallery, where it's my privilege to introduce some of the medalists of the Pan American Canoe Championships and Olympic Hopes regatta held on Lake Banook last month…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. Today the 12 individuals who form the Provincial Advisory Council on Education were appointed. The advisory body of political appointees is replacing…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate owner and Executive Chef Mark Gray and the entire team at the Watch That Ends the Night. In less than a year since Mark took over as owner, it has garnered the accolade of Best New Bar in Canada by EnRoute magazine.
Read MoreExplanatory Notes: Clauses 1 and 2 require that health cards not indicate the sex, gender identity or gender expression of their holder. Clause 3 provides an option for an "X" on driver's licenses in place of the indicator of sex.
Read MoreThis is a housekeeping bill; the changes are relatively small. As I said previously, I do appreciate the importance and the significance for the sector in changing the language to…
Read MoreMadam Speaker, I am pleased to rise and say a few words about the Corporations Act. This bill is fine, on its face. As we said before, there's no problem in making it cheaper for businesses to incorporate in Nova Scotia, to streamline that process, but we are of the opinion that incorporation fees are…
Read MoreI'm pleased to rise and say a few words about the Develop Nova Scotia Bill. As I said at third reading, I am interested and glad to see the place-making approach to economic development named and, at least to some extent, adopted by this government. That word is a bit of a…
Read MoreMr. Speaker, I also look forward to hopefully hearing from some members of the public on this at Law Amendments. This is substantially publicly-owned and so I think they certainly have a say. To that end, while some of these…
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