N.S. spring legislative session ends, opposition parties express disappointment at ‘missed opportunities’

Official Opposition and NDP Leader Claudia Chender scolded the government for failing to introduce a program to help lower income households with power rates set to rise another 3.1% at the end of this month. 

Chender had a question for the premier (who is also the energy minister), but Houston is in Calgary this week. In his absence, ministerial assistant Marco MacLeod (PC MLA for Pictou West) stood in for his boss.

Chender: By January of next year, the average Nova Scotian will be spending $600 more a year for power than they did when this government was elected. 

Yet the energy minister has offered no help to people to manage their even higher bills. When can Nova Scotians expect the energy minister to do more than just talk about helping people meet energy?

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