Jennifer Henderson has updated her ongoing scorecard of pre-election spending by the McNeil government.
| Date | Place | Riding | Initiative |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 26 | Halifax | Province-wide | $390-million over 7 years to twin 70 kms of Highway 101, Highway 103, and Highway 104 and build Burnside 4-laner to ease congestion on Magazine Hill. Province has asked Ottawa to pay 50 per cent of this cost through its New Build Canada Fund. |
| April 26 | Halifax | Province-wide | Nova Scotia drivers to get a break in 2019 when Province removes tolls on 90 kms of divided highway through the Cobequid Pass. The province will lose $20 million a year with no immediate plan for replacing the money to maintain the highway and pay interest on the bonds running at $12 million a year. |
| April 26 | Halifax | Province-wide | $30 million for improved passing lanes, ramps, interchanges on non-twinned highways. |
| April 26 | Halifax | Province-wide | Housing Nova Scotia will provide interest-free loans up to $14,000 for eligible first-time home buyers in Metro and up to $7,500 in rural areas. Total of $1.3 million cost-shared between the province and Ottawa to benefit about 125 households. |
| April 26 | Halifax | Hants West (LIB), Sydney (LIB), King’s North (PC), Lunenburg West (LIB) | Province announces $243,000 for flood risk planning and mitigation for four communities. |
| April 25 | Halifax | Province-wide | Department of Energy announces $700,000 for seven renewable energy businesses to expand. |
| April 25 | Halifax | Nova Scotia Business Inc. announces $1.55 million payroll rebate for MUFG Fund Services (a Mitubishi Financial company) if it creates 100 jobs in the next five years | |
| April 24 | Annapolis Royal | Province-wide | $630,000 in grants to 24 community groups to run prevention programs to combat sexual violence. |
| April 24 | Cape Breton-Richmond (LIB) | Minister Michel Samson announces $25,000 for Richmond County Literacy Network to hire a community outreach worker. | |
| April 24 | Halifax | Victoria-The-Lakes (LIB) | $286,000 to establish a Gladue (Wellness Court) and Provincial Court on the Wagmatcook First Nation, Cape Breton for aboriginal adults and youth. |
| April 23 | Liverpool | Shelburne (NDP) | Premier Stephen McNeil announces estimated $1.5 million for repairs and renovations to Perkins House, a museum and 250-year-old heritage home of merchant and diarist Simeon Perkins. Closed to the public two years ago for fear walls would collapse, repairs estimated to begin late in 2017. |
| April 23 | Shelburne | Shelburne (NDP) | Premier announces tender is being let to design and build a Collaborative Health Care Clinic promised 18 months ago by Liberals and six years ago by NDP. Completion date: Fall 2018. Earlier estimated cost $3.4 million. |
| April 23 | Dartmouth | Dartmouth North (LIB) | Housing Nova Scotia announces $3,000 in grants for landlords and eligible homeowners in Tufts Cove area to fix up the exterior of their homes, properties. |
| April 21 | Inverness | Inverness (PC) | Province announces a $225,000 contribution for L’Arche Cape Breton for a new building where persons with disabilities can sell crafts and produce. Ottawa and L’Arche are funding partners. |
| April 21 | Whycocomah | Inverness (PC) | Minister Samson announces $50,000 for new snow groomer for recreational trails in Inverness County Cape Breton. |
| April 21 | Amherst | Cumberland North(LIB) | MLA Terry Farrell announces $292,100 in mostly federal funding to build a duplex to provide second-stage housing for survivors of domestic violence. |
| April 21 | Halifax | Metro Halifax | Health Minister Leo Glavine announces a tender to design a total of 12 new dialysis chairs at the Halifax Infirmary and Dartmouth General Hospitals that will serve 60 additional kidney patients. Construction is expected to begin in mid-to-late 2018. No cost estimate. |
| April 20 | Clayton Park | Halifax Clayton Park (Lib) | $7.5 million for a new Community Outpatient Centre. |
| April 19 | 12 communities | Various, represented by all three parties | Twenty-three new nurses hired, at a cost of $3.6 million |
| April 18 | Halifax | McNeil govt announces $18.08 million to supplement rent for 440 low-income seniors and families in HRM and around the Province this year and next year. Half the money will come from NS and half from Canada Mortgage & Housing, Ottawa. | |
| April 18 | Halifax | Province announces it will double the payroll rebate to $1.67 million to the Bank of N.T.Butterfield (Bermuda) if it creates 100 jobs over the next six years. The first agreement in 2015 offered $840,000. to create 50 jobs. | |
| April 13 | River John, Port Mouton, Springhill, Gore | Province announces $1.6 million to add four radio towers to assist emergency First Responders (Fire, Search & Rescue, RCMP). Expansion of radio network in ridings held by 2 PCs, 1 Lib and 1 NDP . | |
| April 12 | Province wide | Develop strategies to support more than 1,100 social enterprises, including a portal to share information training tips and establish a short-term Equity Fund to provide financing Price: N/A | |
| April 12 | Province-wide | Approximately $30,000 to expand dispatch system for Ground, Search and Rescue Teams | |
| April 12 | Halifax and 10 other ports | Department of Community, Heritage and Culture announces free concerts, ship tours, food, fireworks during Tall Ships, Rendez-Vous 2017, July 29-Aug.1 Price: N/A | |
| April 11 | Bridgewater | Lunenburg West | Province issues Request For Proposal for a design to renovate the ER and add a dialysis unit to South Shore Regional Hospital. Construction: Fall 2018. Price: N/A. |
| April 11 | Pugwash | Cumberland North (Lib) | Province issues Request For Proposal for a design to replace four-bed hospital delivering Emergency and Primary health care. Construction: Fall 2018. Price: N/A. |
| April 10 | Port Hawkesbury | Cape Breton–Richmond (Lib) | A $50,000 increase for the Regional Occupational Centre in Port Hawkesbury, which already receives $1 million a year to provide vocational training for people with disabilities. |
| April 8 | Cheticamp | Inverness (PC) | $400,000 to create cultural hub |
| April 8 | Lake Echo | Preston-Dartmouth (Lib) | $608,000. to expand Orenda canoe club |
| April 7 | Province wide | $10 million to create "Gravel Roads Capital Program,” a new fund to repair and rebuild gravel roads | |
| April 7 | Province wide | $974,000. to triage the backlog of 300 students for psychological assessments (Grades P-12) | |
| April 6 | Province wide | $6.9 million added to Film/TV Production Fund (2017-18) | |
| April 5 | New Waterford | Cape Breton Centre (Lib) | Design planning begins for new Community Healthcare Centre (Price N/A) |
| April 5 | Glace Bay | Glace Bay (Lib) | Planning begins for new dialysis unit (Price N/A) |
| April 5 | Province wide | Provincial Policy to support creation of Palliative Care Hospices | |
| April 4 | Sydney | Sydney-Whitney Pier (Lib) | $3.2 million to transform Holy Angels Convent to Cape Breton Centre for Arts,Culture & Innovation |
I’ll have more to say about the Butterfield Bank announcement in tomorrow’s Morning File.