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MILFORD:<\/strong> The leader of the NDP spoke about a safe return to school; speeding on Hwy 2 in the Corridor and Fall River\/Wellington areas; affordable housing; and East Hants healthcare during questioning from The Laker News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gary Burrill was campaigning with Hants East NDP candidate Abby Cameron on Aug. 6 in Milford and Shubenacadie. During a supper break at The Full Nelson in Milford, Burrill took some time to chat with The Laker News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN WITH COVID LINGERING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With education and a safe return-to-school plan having not been discussed by any of the leaders, we asked Burrill if elected as premier, what would an NDP plan look like for a safe back to school return with COVID-19 still in our midst and if he would mandate that school staff get vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe first thing to say about this is that we have in Nova Scotia been very well served by our public health authorities, and this is a matter where we need to take guidance from them,\u201d said Burrill. \u201cSo that’s where we have our epidemiologists and immunologists and virologists. These are people who have a proven track record over a year-and-a-half of understanding what’s needed in Nova Scotia and the kind of guidance that we should be given.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said an NDP government would rely on the guidance of public health, but he does think parents and educators need time to know what is taking place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI would also say I think that it would be very important to make sure that whatever path is going to be followed, that both parents and students have lots of lead time and lots of information ahead of time,\u201d said Burrill. \u201cThis is an area where the Liberal Party has fallen some short through Covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLots of information, lots of lead time, no last-minute turns, but relying completely on public health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”111″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”2″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n LOWERING SPEED LIMITS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Burrill said the NDP have introduced legislation that would give municipalities across the province the right to regulate speed limits for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe think that that’s something that municipalities shouldn’t have to turn to the provincial government to do every time they want to do that,\u201d he said. \u201cThat if a municipality wants to, for example, bring in a 40 or 45, 35 speed limit, that they ought to have that authority to make that kind of a decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s how we look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n VIDEO interview edited by DAGLEY MEDIA.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n