Houston’s cruel budget cuts mean job loses, program cuts for African Nova Scotian communities

HALIFAX– Today, Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender urged the Houston government to meet with communities affected by their budget and reconsider the cuts made this spring that disproportionately affect...

Lowering Nova Scotians’ bills should be top priority for Energy Minister: Chender

HALIFAX – Today, Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender wrote to the Premier, as Energy Minister, calling on him to meet with the Affordable Energy Coalition and create a timeline to implement affordability measures to...

Nova Scotians deserve protections from higher energy costs: NDP

HALIFAX – Today Opposition Leader Claudia Chender is urging the Energy Minister to step in and make sure consumers are protected from Nova Scotia Power’s (NSP) increasing costs and billing changes.

This...

Gynaecology wait times are years long with no solutions in sight: NDP

HALIFAX – Today, Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender urged the Houston government to reconsider their refusal to immediately create a Women’s Health Strategy following last week’s Health Committee. The Head of Obstetrics and...

NSNDP Leader’s statement on the 6th anniversary of the Nova Scotia mass casualty

HALIFAX –Today, NSNDP Leader Claudia Chender made the following statement:

“This weekend marks six years since we lost 22 Nova Scotians in the mass casualty that began in Portapique. We pause to...

REALITY CHECK: Gaps in care show need for women’s health strategy

HALIFAX – Following Tuesday’s Health Committee, it’s more clear than ever that women and gender-diverse Nova Scotians are being let down by the Houston government on health care.

MLAs heard from both Nova Scotia...

NDP push for women’s health strategy at legislative committee

HALIFAX— On Tuesday, the NSNDP will bring witnesses before the Health Committee of the legislature to get more information about the current state of women’s health care and how a provincial women’s health strategy would improve the...

Houston government wasted budget sitting, failed to help Nova Scotians with soaring costs: NDP

HALIFAX – Today, the Houston government ended the spring budget session without taking meaningful action to lower people’s bills.

The Premier missed nearly half of the spring sitting, travelling to Texas,...

NDP bills would lower grocery prices, increase consumer protections for Nova Scotians

HALIFAX – Today, the Nova Scotia NDP will force debate on two bills aimed at lowering grocery prices in Nova Scotia and increasing consumer protections.

The Increasing Grocer Competition Act would stop big grocery...

Tim Houston must show up and answer for budget decisions: NDP

HALIFAX – Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender is calling on Premier Tim Houston to answer to Nova Scotians about his government’s disastrous budget. This week, the NDP will table legislation requiring both the Premier and the Finance...

Nova Scotians paying the price for Houston’s bad budget: NDP

HALIFAX –Tim Houston’s disastrous budget will cost thousands of jobs across Nova Scotia, including in arts and culture education. Today, Official Opposition leader Claudia Chender called on the Houston government to listen to the Nova Scotians...

REALITY CHECK: Tim Houston doesn’t want Nova Scotians to know how he’s spending taxpayer dollars

HALIFAX – The Auditor General just revealed that the Houston government awarded Shannex a $2.7 billion contract to run Hogan Court without even considering other service providers, but only told the public...