News 1. Stephen McNeil’s assault on democracy Reports Jean Laroche for the CBC: The committee at Nova Scotia’s Province House that’s been most effective at holding governments to account and squeezing information out of high-ranking officials will no longer be as freewheeling or topical as it has traditionally been. The Liberal members on the powerful public accounts […]
Quick hits: the parties on the environment
Close to 150 people turned out for a rapid-fire political debate on environmental issues Tuesday at the University of King’s College. The forum was hosted and co-ordinated by East Coast Environmental Law, the Sierra Club Atlantic chapter, and the Ecology Action Centre. The four parties were represented by Iain Rankin, Liberal candidate for Timberlea-Prospect; Lisa...