In a year-end interview, Stephen McNeil said ‘we need to continue to make sure that we listen to one another’
Premier Stephen McNeil answers questions during a year-end interview at the Office of the Premier in Halifax on Dec. 18, 2019.Canada’s politicians have to listen to one another to address economic rifts that could hinder national unity, Nova Scotia’s premier says, as he adds his voice to calls for changes to the federal government’s fiscal stabilization program.
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has said his department is examining ways to change how Ottawa distributes money to cash-starved provinces and hinted that the details would be worked out in 2020. “We need to listen to this,” McNeil said. “That doesn’t mean there isn’t going to be tough conversations, but these are real feelings in Alberta. Some of them are well founded and some of them aren’t, but you have to be mindful of that.”
“We are signing these big trade agreements with countries and yet we are having challenges internally,” he said. “We want to work on a national level on how we share our resources.” He said modernizing the regional electrical grid is key to helping move renewable energy across Atlantic Canada and beyond.
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