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Key Dates for Leadership Contest
If you want to vote for the next leader of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia you need to be aware of these key dates:
January 7th is the deadline to register as a member to vote for Leader
January 12thDeadline to register as a delegate to vote for Leader
Do both today, click here
Twenty-one Nova Scotia paramedics have been awarded the Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal for their dedication to the health and safety of all Nova Scotians.
Read the full press release here: https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20200924003
Government Announces Largest Increase to Minimum Wage in a Decade
The minimum wage goes to $12.55, read the full release.
Our Commitment to Education
Since being elected to govern Nova Scotia in 2013, our Liberal government has expanded spending on Education by about 30%.
This new funding has allowed us to put new resources into the classroom. We have added over 900 new teachers and added new non-teaching positions to improve education for the kids by lowering the size of classes.
Our Liberal Government has done all of these things while balancing the provincial budget!
Increased Dental Coverage for Children Announced
As parents know, MSI includes dental coverage for children. The Liberal Government has announced changes to expand the coverage provided for free to children in Nova Scotia.
Details can be found online: Expanded Dental Care for Young Nova Scotians
Budget investments in safe and connected communities
Did you know the 2018 Provincial Budget includes the following provisions?
Budget investments in safe and connected communities include:
$16.2 million increase in Disability Support program to help more people move out of institutions, to improve respite care, and to fund more complex client cases
$2.1 million to help create eight small options homes and two community options homes
$3 million to double poverty reduction credit to $500
$4 million for initiatives under the Blueprint to End Poverty as part of a four-year, $20-million commitment
$3.4 million to fully exempt child-support payments from income assistance calculations
$2 million to help prevent domestic violence, the first year of a four-year commitment
$12.4 million more to improve public housing buildings
$3 million to offer 400 more rent supplements to low income Nova Scotians
$60 million more for a total of $285 million in capital spending on highways, bridges, and roads, which includes $10 million more to improve gravel roads for total of $20 million
Work on three significant twinning projects and four new interchanges on 100-series highways as part of a multi-year plan
$2.4 million more to expand and support community transportation under SHIFT for older Nova Scotians
Liberals announce partnership on Transit Passes
The Liberal Government has partnered with the City of Halifax to assist in providing bus passes and increased mobility to income assistance recipients.
A Great Community Initiative
Earlier this month, MLAs Ben Jessome and Brendan Maguire teamed up with Sportwheels Sports Excellence in Lower Sackville to run a hockey equipment drive. They’re collecting new and lightly-used hockey equipment to help low-income youth in their communities get in the game.
Read the full story here and let’s give some thought to how we might do the same sort of thing here in Dartmouth North in the future.