Sunday’s N.S. election campaign summary
Posted Sep 23, 2013 07:01:49 AM.
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HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative party says it would pass legislation to keep hospitals operating during labour disputes in health care.
Tory leader Jamie Baillie says disputes would be settled through arbitration rather than strikes or lockouts.
Baillie noted an anticipated strike last year at the Capital District Health Authority, when 530 diagnostic imaging appointments were postponed and 430 surgeries delayed.
Earlier Sunday, NDP Premier Darrell Dexter announced that he would offer a new loan program to fruit and organic farmers if elected Oct. 8.
Dexter says the program would allow farmers to deter a portion of their loan payments until after their crop is harvested and sold.
Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil spent Sunday campaigning in the province’s Annapolis County in Clementsport and in Middleton.
