All Nova Scotians have been shocked and moved by the terrible destruction and suffering on the Gulf Coast of the United States, ... The victims have been in our thoughts and prayers all week. |
As premier, I am proud of our record, |
By coming here collectively, is to generate an enthusiasm that individually we could not generate. |
Had I not been sensitive to the perceived conflict, I would have been far more aggressive in promoting the file. |
He mentioned the file to me and I said minister on this file I can't tell you what to do. Do what you think is right. |
I am prepared to sit down and listen to their concerns. Where that leads at this point I wouldn't want to fathom a guess, |
I know nothing about a bid system, |
I've done a lot of thinking, and as I said earlier: it's time, |
In one declaration prior to the last election, the prime minister named a figure of $8 billion, |
It's extremely distressing when signed agreements are not adhered to, ... We have a philosophy in Nova Scotia as a government, and I think the philosophy is shared by most Nova Scotians: If you have a contractual commitment, you keep it. |
Putting our numbers together with his number, I think there should be a framework in which we can all nicely work. |
That was the way it was presented to me and to my (police) chief, |
The people of Nova Scotia voted against Sunday shopping and we have a responsibility to make sure that there are not loopholes in the legislation and regulation that would allow activities that are contrary to the spirit of the plebiscite, |
The people of the province want the government to be focused on energy. It is something that is very troubling to many, many Nova Scotians, and we are going to focus on energy. |
We can do what we can do to make sure people aren't being gouged; that the price is fair and is being determined by demand and not gouging, |