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NDP Leader Lorraine Michael (MHA, Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi) says the increasing number of objections to and questions about the feasibility of the Maritime Link raises a billion-dollar question for her: Will the provincial government still insist on proceeding with the controversial Muskrat Falls project if the federal loan guarantee for the project is cancelled?

 
NDP Forestry & Agrifoods Critic Christopher Mitchelmore

NDP Forestry and Agrifoods critic Christopher Mitchelmore (MHA, The Straits-White Bay North) says it’s time for government to come clean with the people of the province on what’s happening with the forest industry.

 
NDP Leader Lorraine Michael

NDP Leader Lorraine Michael (MHA, Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi) says she is deeply sorry to hear of the death of Dorothy Inglis. The long-time feminist and social activist in St. John’s died yesterday in Vancouver, her childhood home, where she had returned a few years ago.

 
NDP AES Critic Dale Kirby

NDP Advanced Education and Skills critic Dale Kirby (MHA, St. John’s North) says the department’ s minister has failed to address concerns about how AES calculated success rates for adult basic education programs. She has also made contradictory statements about whether AES tracked ABE outcomes at all.

 

NDP MHA for The Straits-White Bay North Christopher Mitchelmore says while the CEO of Labrador-Grenfell Health is offering some reassurances about the staffing situation at Curtis Memorial Hospital, he shares the concerns of St. Anthony’s Town Council.

 
NDP Leader Lorraine Michael

NDP Leader Lorraine Michael (MHA, Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi) says the session of the legislature which has just ended was one of the least productive she has experienced, and that what little was accomplished was not to the benefit of the people of Newfoundland and Labrador.

 
NDP Justice Critic Gerry Rogers

NDP Justice Critic Gerry Rogers (MHA, St. John’s Centre) says while the justice minister was revisiting cuts made in his department, he should also have looked at the devastating effect Budget 2013 had on the Human Rights Commission.

 
NDP ITRD Critic Christopher Mitchelmore

NDP Innovation, Business & Rural Development critic Christopher Mitchelmore (MHA, The Straits-White Bay North) says government’s lack of vision is contributing to low employment rates in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. Mitchelmore brought his concerns to the House of Assembly today.

 
NDP Leader Lorraine Michael

NDP Leader Lorraine Michael (MHA, Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi) says international economic reports and news stories would seem to provide mounting evidence that developing the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project will be hazardous to this province’s future financial health.

 
NDP Transportation & Works Critic George Murphy

NDP Transportation and Works critic George Murphy (MHA, St. John’s East) says the province’s ferry system continues to be plagued with problems which the government appears unwilling, or unable, to fix. At this time of the year, in particular, people in remote communities face transport issues unimaginable to other residents of the province.

 

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