Spring session of N.S. legislature offered no major health-care fixes
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“Power bills are rising, and a 10 per cent increase is simply unaffordable for the people and families already struggling to keep up with rising costs," said MLA Claudia Chender, the NDP's natural resources and renewables critic. "To that end, nothing has been done this sitting to help people with their bills.
“And, the Houston government closes this sitting having done nothing to rein in corporate and shareholder profits or make sure that sustainability and people’s ability to pay are a legislated part of the (Utility and Review Board's) mandate when regulating NSP.”
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