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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
"N.S. government attacks Ottawa's arts cuts." This seems to be another installment of Rodney MacDonald looking around the neighbourhood and deciding he better get off his butt and look like he's doing something too. Must be tough being a Premier down in that neck of the woods these days...:)Another illustration in how the Conservative strategy of buying electoral support across the nation, as they've...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Premier Rodney MacDonald is urging the prime minister to reconsider cuts to arts programs, a move widely denounced by groups in Nova Scotia last month.
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald is marking the 10th anniversary of the Swissair plane crash near Peggys Cove by remembering the assistance of Nova Scotians after the crash.On Sept. 2, 1998, Flight 111 crashed off the coast of Peggys Cove, killing all 229 people on board.
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Stand Your Ground (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald adds his voice in opposition to the proposed tax grab. Looks like Scott Brison didn't have much success in his attempts to sugarcoat Dion's tax trick : HALIFAX — Premier Rodney MacDonald ramped up his fight against the carbon tax plan proposed by the federal Liberals on Thursday, saying Nova Scotia would be hurt by it because the province relies heavily on fossil...
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Far and Wide (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald's inclusion of the carbon tax calculator on his party's website, is actually a testament to the wisdom of the Green Shift. Huh? This is simple logic, and a clear example of the Conservatives inability to present an honest argument. IF, as Premier MacDonald argues, the Green Shift will place a heavy burden on Nova Scotians, then he should have no problem demonstrating...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald has taken his campaign against the federal Liberals' proposed carbon tax to the internet.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald agreed Tuesday to meet with a group of residents in Cape Breton fighting the high lease rates and access fees charged to property owners by a U.S.-based railway company.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
The province will help Nova Scotians struggling to heat their homes next winter in the face of rising energy costs, Premier Rodney MacDonald said Wednesday.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Premier Rodney MacDonald says he has no plan to bring in rules requiring motorists to pay for gas before fuelling up.
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Dispatches from the Socialist Gulag (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
While I am happy that Rodney had the good sense to reverse the decision to buy child size ATV's to train younger riders, he acted like a true weasel when he hung the minister responsible for the decision, Barry Barnet, out the dry: Premier Rodney MacDonald emerged from cabinet Thursday to say it should never have happened. "The issue was handled very poorly," he said, adding that he wasn't made aware...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Premier Rodney MacDonald is demanding the $230,000 back his government spent on 66 ATVs for children as young as six.
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Dispatches from the Socialist Gulag (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
The latest poll results from the Bluenose political scene is not good news for the Tories, as they are now mired in 3rd place: Premier Rodney MacDonald and his Conservatives have both dropped to third place in the eyes of decided voters, a new poll says. The survey by Corporate Research Associates says the NDP was the top pick of decided voters with 38 per cent (up from 37 per cent in February), followed...
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Nova Scotia has struck a deal with Trinidad and Tobago to help the Caribbean country develop a waste-management system.Premier Rodney MacDonald signed an agreement yesterday with Senator Hazel Manning of Trinidad and Tobago that will see the province export its expertise in handling and recycling waste.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Premier Rodney MacDonald's minority government has survived a budget vote.
