Houston says internal strife 'nonsense' and Nova Scotia's cabinet shuffle ‘about getting the right people in the right place’

Opposition and NDP Leader Claudia Chender questioned if the government is “having a challenge managing its cabinet.”

“This has created a lot of chaos,” Chender said Thursday. “It raises a lot of questions when a senior cabinet minister decides to leave.

“Clearly there was a difference of opinion. I wouldn’t speculate on what that difference of opinion is. But if it was strong enough for a senior cabinet minister, the only lawyer in the PC caucus elected, to leave, then that’s a big issue. And that’s something that I would hope we would hear a little bit more about because if it was an issue of principle that was worth losing a senior cabinet minister over, then maybe it’s something that we should understand more about.”