N.S. government readies legislation to block pending MLA pay increase
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender said her caucus would also support the blocking of the raise.
She told reporters in Halifax that the real emergency that should be debated in the legislature is what's happening with health care and cost of living.
"I just got off the phone with a friend who was at the IWK for seven hours last night with her eight year old and left without being seen," she said.
"And then had to go to three pharmacies to find Advil because there's some kind of supply shortage. We have people who are very concerned that they cannot access health care in this province."
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Chender said politics remains a place where it is "simplest to run if you are older, if you are whiter and if you are richer" and MLAs need to find a way to make the legislature more reflective of society.
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