A busy weekend of campaigning for the three main party leaders with a focus on healthcare and dog adoptions.
Liberal Leader Iain Rankin highlighting a $4 billion plan on Sunday to upgrade health-care facilities through new hospitals, emergency care centers, and community health clinics.
He says the upgrades would improve patient safety with new operating rooms and enhance infection controls as well as help to attract more doctors to the region.
Rankin spent the afternoon canvassing throughout the Halifax area.
Tory Leader Tim Houston vowed to introduce a $500 tax credit for people who adopt a dog from a recognized shelter, saying animals provide companionship along with mental and physical health benefits.
He says the aim of the tax break would be to encourage more people to develop healthy routines after the pandemic.
Houston also made stops on the South Shore, campaigning in Lunenburg, Lunenburg West, Queens, and Shelburne.
NDP Leader Gary Burrill delivered a speech at the Owls Head Rally over the weekend, saying his government would stop the sale of the park.
He also campaigned in the Halifax area and pounded the pavement with Lisa Lachance in Halifax Citadel.
The following includes the leaders’ schedules for Monday, August 9th.
Liberal Leader Iain Rankin’s Schedule:
Event: Announcement – COVID-19 and Vaccines
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: 5151 George St., Halifax, NS 15th Floor
Event: Mainstreeting on the South Shore
Time: 11 AM – 1 P.M.
Location: Lunenburg
Event: Parks Infrastructure Announcement
Time: 2 PM
Location: Graves Island Provincial Park, 230 Graves Island Rd., Chester
Event: Mainstreeting in the Annapolis Valley
Time: 4 PM – 7 PM
Location: Kings West
NDP Leader Gary Burrill’s Schedule:
Event: Housing Announcement 7 Media Availability with NDP candidate Susan Leblanc
Time: 9 AM
Location: Victoria Park, 10 Pelzant St., Dartmouth
Burrill will campaign in Dartmouth North and Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley. The costing for the NDP’s fiscal framework will also be made available Monday.
PC Leader Tim Houston’s Schedule:
Event: Media availability
Time: 10 AM
Location: 1660 Hollis Street, 2nd floor suite 202, Centennial Building, Halifax
- Campaigning with Tim Halman, PC candidate for Dartmouth East
Time: 11 AM - Campaigning with Barbara Adams, PC candidate for Eastern Passage
Time: 12:30 PM - Campaigning with Kent Smith, PC candidate for Eastern Shore
Time: 2 PM - Campaigning with Darryl Johnson, PC candidate for Cole Harbour
Time: 3:30 PM - Campaigning with Sura Hadad, PC candidate for Bedford South
Time: 6:00 PM
