Provincial Campaign Highlights, Day 19

On Day 19 of the provincial election, NDP Leader Gary Burrill is promising to immediately add seven doctors’ assistants in areas of most need at a cost of $700,000 in the first year.

PC Leader Tim Houston is pledging to increase Tourism Nova Scotia’s marketing budget by $2 million.

Meanwhile, Liberal leader Iain Rankin released his party’s fully-costed election platform in Dartmouth this afternoon.

Rankin says the platform promises will cost a total of $451.7 million over four years.  

All three major party leaders took part in a debate sponsored by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce this morning.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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