Is Nova Scotia Canada’s most secretive jurisdiction? Or does it just act that way? Consider a few especially egregious, not-at-all-transparent episodes from just the last week. Let’s start with the latest on plans to build a new 126,000-sq. ft. community outpatient healthcare facility in Bayers Lake Business Park. Though the facility is ostensibly going to...
How the Washmill underpass fiasco led to the Community Outpatient Centre fiasco: Morning File, Friday, May 5, 2017
News 1. Queen’s Marque Queen’s Marque construction is hitting nearby businesses hard. And, recognizing the problem, Waterfront Development is spending big money to help out the Murphy’s businesses, and the city is being asked to pitch in with even more financial help. Meanwhile, however, the crown corporation is ignoring the plight of a business right […]
The Spoon in the Coffee Cup Conspiracy: Morning File, Friday, April 21, 2017
News 1. Community Outpatient Centre “The province’s purchase of 15 acres in the Bayers Lake Business Park to build a new Community Outpatient Centre was supposed to be a good news announcement for the McNeil government,” reports Jennifer Henderson for the Examiner: [Premier Stephen] McNeil was quick to point out that the Centre’s Bayers Lake location — behind Home […]