A motion by Richmond MLA Trevor Boudreau would have tied the selection of meeting topics to a party's standing in the legislature. The Tories rescinded the motion after opposition MLAs spoke out against it.
The head of the Nova Scotia health authority says a plan is in the works to cut into the backlog of 27,000 people awaiting surgeries, but Karen Oldfield says that plan is limited by available staff.
With the Nova Scotia government just weeks away from delivering a budget that promises to have millions of dollars in new health-care spending, the NDP is drawing attention to the provincial wait-list for surgical procedures and suggesting ways to cut into the backlog.
If you need surgery, it could be two years before you get a call to have the procedure booked. Nearly 30,000 people are on the provincial waitlist - a.