Nova Scotia MLAs pass legislation blocking pending pay raise
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Churchill, NDP Leader Claudia Chender and their respective caucus colleagues made the case throughout the sitting that the real emergencies the government should have recalled the House to discuss include the rising cost of living and ongoing challenges in the health-care system.
During third reading debate, Chender said the premier did not need to recall the legislature to deal with the pay raise.
"When the parties were briefed on the report of the independent panel, we were told — explicitly — that if there was agreement between the three parties on what to do with this legislation, there would be no need to recall the legislature until the fall.
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