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NDP Leader Gary Burrill visited Shelburne today to meet with the Shelburne Town Council to discuss health care and other matters, to tour the aging Roseway Manor long-term care facility and to meet with Grade 9 SRHS students and other community members concerned about clearcutting, and to meet with local arts organizations.

“Students are walking out of class to make a point about government inaction on climate change. Inspired by a 16-year old Swedish high school student who sparked this movement against global warming, they see their future in jeopardy, and I don’t blame them," says NDP environment critic Lenore Zann in a news release Tuesday.

In question period Wednesday, NDP leader Gary Burrill sought answers from the McNeil government about the large numbers of elderly dying in the province while waiting for long-term care placement over the past five years. Burrill says in a news release that, according to information received from the government, 1877 people have died in the last five years.

Slacking off on environmental stewardship is a political choice. There are interests that stand to benefit from government turning a blind eye while ignoring the impact of industrial activity on our province’s natural ecosystems.

"So far it doesn’t look like the government is listening to what people said during the election.”

In two separate news releases on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Nova Scotia NDP Party announced that there were only one qualified NDP candidate in each of four Southwest Nova provicial ridings in anticipation of an election which might be called by the McNeil Liberal government. 

John Davis will be acclaimed March 8 for the Queens-Shelburne riding. David Olie is running in Yarmouth, Harold Neil in Clare-Digby and Greg Foster in Argyle-Barrington. All three will be nominated by acclaimation at a single meeting in Yarmouth on March 6.

Cuts to seven South Coast nursing homes more than double initial numbers

To prepare for the upcoming fall session of the House of Assembly, NDP Leader Gary Burrill has announced new legislative roles and critic portfolios for the NDP Caucus, according to a news release Tuesday.

A news reelase from the NDP Caucus Wednesday says, "Auditor General’s report shows Liberals considering hospital closures."

Income security issues at top of leader's agenda

The weekend before last year's Oct. 19 election, before voting began, all three parties believed they knew what the results would be. They had the latest public opinion polls plus their own internal surveys. The Liberals understood that a last-minute movement of voters to them from the NDP plus the enthusiasm of younger voters for Justin Trudeau meant a majority was theirs.