
Tories say Nova Scotia’s health-care ‘crisis’ will decide the election
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Tory leader is framing the provincial election as a referendum on health care, but his main opponents say his party’s policies lack the substance to win on that terrain.
Jamie Baillie was greeted by cheers as he took the stage at an event in Halifax on Monday morning surrounded by candidates, supporters and children waving signs reading “More Doctors.”
Baillie relayed stories he picked up from voters on the campaign trail about family doctor shortages, emergency room closures and prolonged wait times for mental health care. He accused Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil of sticking his head the sand while the province’s health system devolved into a state of “crisis.”
“Take a cold hard look at the McNeil government record in health care, and decide whether we’re doomed to worse,” Baillie told the crowd. “Only a change in government would lead to better health care.”