{"id":60868,"date":"2025-12-08T12:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=60868"},"modified":"2025-12-08T12:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:30:47","slug":"rankin-takes-over-interim-leadership-role-with-n-s-liberals-calls-for-stronger-economic-direction-for-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=60868","title":{"rendered":"Rankin takes over Interim Leadership role with N.S. Liberals; calls for stronger economic direction for province"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX: <\/strong> Effective Dec. 8, Iain Rankin will take over as Interim Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As planned following last year\u02bcs election, Rankin and Derek Mombourquette have been sharing the responsibility of rebuilding the Party, and it is now Rankin\u02bcs turn to assume the leadership role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mombourquette will take on the duties of House Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past year, both Liberal MLAs have worked to renew the Party and offer Nova Scotians<br>a centrist, solutions-focused alternative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56514&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rankin says he\u02bcs looking forward to carrying that momentum into the months ahead and being constructive in opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNova Scotians need to see public money spent more responsibly, with legislative oversight,\u02ee said Rankin in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his first act as Interim Leader, Rankin is calling for a comprehensive economic strategy in response to the Houston government\u02bcs record $1.2 billion deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis government has been spending without any coherent plan, and it\u02bcs put us in a vulnerable economic position that will affect Nova Scotians for generations,\u02ee said Rankin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need a long-term, disciplined economic plan that must include reviewing departmental over spending, so we can both scale traditional sectors and help launch emerging industries to keep government programs sustainable.\u02ee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next year, the Liberal caucus will stay focused on pragmatic, forward-looking solutions and continuing the work of rebuilding and offering Nova Scotians a balanced path ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX: Effective Dec. 8, Iain Rankin will take over as Interim Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. As planned following last year\u02bcs election, Rankin and Derek Mombourquette have been sharing the responsibility of rebuilding the Party, and it is now Rankin\u02bcs turn to assume the leadership role. Mombourquette will take on the duties of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[2520,1866,1867,1210],"class_list":["post-60868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-economy","tag-iain-rankin","tag-n-s-liberals","tag-provincial-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}