7 key commitments to make life
better for today's families
- Create the secure jobs Nova Scotia’s economy needs
- Keep emergency rooms open and reduce health care waits
- Ensure more young people stay and build a life here in Nova Scotia
- Take the HST off home energy to make life more affordable
- Fix rural roads and keep communities strong
- Give seniors the option to stay in their homes and communities longer
- Live within our means
Tough times call for genuine leadership. Rodney MacDonald’s Conservatives delayed the budget. Instead of a plan for the Nova Scotia economy, Rodney MacDonald is making billions of dollars worth of last-minute election promises. 
Too often Nova Scotians are turned away from closed emergency rooms, or forced to wait too long for the care they need. You just can’t count on Rodney MacDonald’s Conservatives when it comes to health care. If anything, waits have gotten worse. .gif)
Nova Scotia’s population is aging, and in the coming years we’ll have fewer people entering the workforce. 
Today’s families already pay a lot for the essentials of life, and worry about making ends meet in these uncertain times. That burden is even heavier thanks to Rodney MacDonald’s 8% tax on basic home electricity - a promise he broke soon after he made it. 
Rural roads keep most Nova Scotians connected to jobs, to markets, to health care and education, to family and to businesses. But after 10 years of Conservative governments, many secondary roads are in terrible condition, and rural communities are facing major challenges. 
Too many seniors are forced to travel hundreds of kilometres for care,
or left to languish in hospital beds awaiting more appropriate care,
when their first and healthiest choice would be to stay in their own
home and community. 
Rodney MacDonald’s Conservatives have mismanaged the province’s finances. They brought in legislation to cover up a deficit of at least $260 million. They’ve wasted money on things like ATVs for children and salary increases for senior political staff.
