HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's NDP and Liberal leaders attacked Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston's claims of reviving the province's ailing health-care system, citing patient horror stories during a televised debate Thursday.
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's NDP and Liberal leaders attacked Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston's claims of reviving the province's ailing health-care system, citing patient horror stories during a televised debate Thursday.
Houston countered by saying the system had crumbled under 12 years of NDP and Liberal governments, arguing."We were taking over from parties that were inactive in health care." However, NDP Leader Claudia Chender responded by telling the story of a young mother who waited for 14 hours with her feverish child in an emergency room, saying this is"completely unacceptable and it's because of a lack of primary care." The NDP is promising to create 15 collaborative care clinics in its first year of government.
The debate hosted by CBC grew lively over Houston's argument that his government would be the most effective in reducing inflation because he has opposed implementing carbon pricing on fuel. Churchill, meanwhile, noted the"carbon tax is still here …. We will end the carbon tax by bringing in a cap-and-trade system that will do our part to reduce emissions, give money back to you so you can pay for your heat pumps, get rebates for your electric vehicles and it will also take 10 to 15 cents off at the pump."
"I’m the only leader on this stage that is only looking out for the interests of Nova Scotians and not beholden to a political party. The NDP are beholden to Jagmeet Singh in Ottawa, the Liberals are beholden to Justin Trudeau in Ottawa. I am only beholden to Nova Scotians," he said.
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