PM's health-care funding stance 'political tact,' Nova Scotia premier says
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender said every aspect of Nova Scotia’s health-care system is “groaning under strain right now, it’s worse than when they came into office.” On Wednesday the province announced that 65 continuing care assistants from refugee camps in Kenya have been offered jobs in Nova Scotia’s long-term care system. Chender welcomed moves to tap worker potential outside of the country and encourage immigration but she echoed concerns that supports such as housing aren’t in place to support people already living in the province let alone newcomers. “It’s the biggest dissonance in the government’s approach these last couple of years is the single-minded focus on immigration while we see housing and public services erode. So I think particularly if we’re going to bring vulnerable people into Nova Scotia, and that would include probably people coming from refugee camps presumably who’ve been displaced … we need to ensure they have housing and services.”
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