{"id":22802,"date":"2021-08-03T01:14:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T04:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=22802"},"modified":"2021-08-03T01:14:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T04:14:13","slug":"election21-rankin-talks-speeding-key-to-winning-hants-east-wfrbb-healthcare-during-local-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=22802","title":{"rendered":"ELECTION21: Rankin talks speeding; key to winning Hants East, WFRBB; healthcare during local stops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;131&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER\/ENFIELD:<\/strong> The Premier of N.S. addressed questions regarding speeding on Hwy 2 in the Waverley\/Fall River\/Wellington area; the Corridor of East Hants; and residential subdivision streets; the keys to keeping the two ridings Liberal red; and healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The questions were ones posed during a one-on-one interview The Laker News had with Rankin as the campaign bus travelled from a stop with Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank candidate Marni Tuttle to Enfield, where he was going door knocking with Hants East Liberal candidate Michael Blois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3034-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22789\"\/><figcaption>Premier Iain Rankin and Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank Liberal candidate Marni Tuttle walk towards the wave on Hwy 2 in Fall River. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADDRESSING SPEEDING ON HWY 2, SUBDIVISIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rankin, also an HRM MLA, has heard plenty about speeding, noting there are many that in various ridings in HRM that are a mixture of municipal and provincially owned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we need to do is, first of all, give them the authority to make the decisions on subdivision roads and on our own stretches of highway,\u201d said Rankin. \u201cWe do have a process where it goes through the engineers at the Department of Transportation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Tuttle has brought up the concerns of Highway 2, where there are different areas that go up to 70 and 80.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe would be, if re-elected, looking at if we could bring that down to around 60, if that&#8217;s what transportation can agree to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3088-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22806\"\/><figcaption>Liberal candidate Marni Tuttle and Premier Iain Rankin talk about the speeding on Hwy 2. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rankin was asked if the<strong> <\/strong>mental health clinics announced this week would help serve youth who can&#8217;t access mental health supports in schools. It was also mentioned how several youth had taken their own lives recently due to mental health issues and not being able to get the help they needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, it&#8217;s always very sad when people can&#8217;t access help, but there is help out there through our crisis line that I want to make sure people are aware of,\u201d he said. \u201cDuring the pandemic we also had the mental health supports available through text and we need to make sure we&#8217;re providing multiple avenues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said at the walk in clinics, they\u2019re introducing around the province\u2019s regional hospitals, so if people visit a hospital and they more appropriately need to see mental health supports that will be made available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rankin then spoke briefly on more needing to be done in schools through SchoolsPlus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur school system needs to continuously provide more opportunities through what we introduce with Schools Plus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VIDEO by Dagley Media:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Premier Iain Rankin&#039;s bus in Enfield\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EsHLF58DDdE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KEY TO KEEPING RIDINGS RED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rankin said both Tuttle, running in Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank and Blois, the Hants East candidate, are outstanding candidates .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are entrenched in their communities and have been involved in multiple organizations,\u201d he said. \u201dI was just at the doors with Marni and almost everyone knew her from something that she&#8217;s involved in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMichael Blois is also involved a lot in from having been the president of the Chambers of Commerce, the farming community, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is confident both will remain in the Liberal hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m very optimistic that because of the calibre of candidates that we have in both ridings, that we will be successful,\u201d said Rankin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3124-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22813\"\/><figcaption>Premier Iain Rankin and Hants East Liberal candidate Michael Blois give each other an elbow as Rankin departs his campaign bus in Enfield. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DOCTOR SHORTAGE IN EAST HANTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With word that several more doctors are expected to retire that look after East Hants patients, Rankin was asked what Blois, if elected as MLA, and his party would be able to do to fix that situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have a number of doctors that are coming into our province that should be here by the fall,\u2019 said Rankin. \u201cI know Michael Blois will be advocating for his community to make sure that any replacements are prioritized.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said efforts also are being done to make sure Nova Scotians have access to primary care through virtual care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m optimistic that we&#8217;ll be able to replace the positions that are retiring fairly swiftly,\u201d said Rankin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_3046-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22804\"\/><figcaption>Barry Dalrymple welcomes Premier Iain Rankin to the Fall River area with candidate Marni Tuttle. 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