HALIFAX: N.S. NDP Leader Claudia Chender presented her party’s argument against Nova Scotia Power’s rate application, on Jan. 7, which would see rates increase another eight per cent over the…
HALIFAX: On Tuesday afternoon Nov. 25, the PC members of the Natural Resources Committee voted against the NDP’s request to have department officials answer Nova Scotians’ questions about the government’s…
LOWER SACKVILLE: Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender, Sackville-Cobequid MLA Paul Wozney and NDP Health Critic Rod Wilson called on the Houston government Nov. 19 to address the dire situation at…
HALIFAX: Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender raised questions Nov. 12 about the Houston government’s housing record. Last March, Minister Colton LeBlanc admitted that half of the 16,200 new affordable homes…
HALIFAX/EAST HANTS: A new report from Dalhousie Legal Aid shows how the Houston government’s failure to act is leaving renters across Nova Scotia vulnerable and afraid of losing their homes.…
From a release: HALIFAX: After almost a year with no dedicated Department or Minister of Housing, the Houston government has finally re-appointed a minister – but has yet to re-establish…
NOVA SCOTIA: On Tuesday, the Leader of the Official Opposition, Claudia Chender, presented New Democrats’ plans to protect renters and increase housing supply. The NDP’s legislation would deliver real rent…
HALIFAX: The Houston government ended the fall sitting Oct. 3 with no action on lowering people’s bills and a last minute press release which mentioned making housing more affordable, the…
HALIFAX: The Leader of the Official Opposition, Claudia Chender called on the PC government Wednesday Oct. 1 to reverse its decision to drop 46,000 people from the Home Heating Rebate…
HALIFAX: Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender demanded that Premier Tim Houston finally take housing affordability seriously, restore a Department of Housing and appoint a dedicated minister to tackle Nova Scotia’s…