Posted: Dec 17, 2020 4:17 PM AT | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
Premier Stephen McNeil attended the opening of the COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Wednesday at Dalhousie University.(Communications Nova Scotia)
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil lashed out at opposition parties on Thursday for not allowing him and the Speaker of the House to be the only MLAs at Province House on Friday when the session is prorogued.
The House leaders for the Liberals, Tories and NDP worked for months on an arrangement that would allow 29 MLAs, based on party representation, to be in Province House to conduct legislative business while also adhering to public health guidelines.
HALIFAX It’s been 282 days since MLAs last sat in the Nova Scotia legislature. A one-day sitting is scheduled for Friday just long enough for the House of Assembly to be prorogued until the spring. Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston said a plan had been previously agreed upon amongst house leaders as to how a sitting of the legislature would look. That plan involved some members of each party attending the legislature. It was in our mind that would still carry through to proroguing of the legislature on Friday morning, just like what was agreed with the premier s team,” said Houston.
Long-standing calls from patients and health-care providers were addressed at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic when the province approved fee codes that allow doctors to be paid for treating patients using the phone or video conferencing services.