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Doctors’ deal within government’s public sector wage guidelines? Not really

When the government announces its new contract with the province's physicians, expect it to claim the deal fits within the guidelines it intends to impose on less powerful, more vulnerable public sector workers. It isn't. Not even close. But that's the McNeil smoke and mirrors.

November 24, 2019 By Stephen Kimber

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We won’t know for certain until Wednesday (Nov. 27) whether Nova Scotia’s 3,100 doctors have agreed to a new four-year contract with the provincial government. But we can guess. And that guess would be yes. Doctors Nova Scotia has been officially lips-zipped silent about the terms of the deal during the past month while its…

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Filed Under: Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Doctors Nova Scotia, Premier Stephen McNeil

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