Premier Stephen McNeil made a motion for the debate as one of his first orders of business at the legislature on Thursday afternoon. A handful of concerned citizens even turned out early, chanting outside Province House for an end to the use of “dirty coal” while legislators debated within. But he had some misgivings about the province’s consultation on the expected environmental strategy. Sign Up NowBurrill’s party has been calling for a reduction to Nova Scotia’s greenhouse gas emissions to 50 per cent below 1990 levels by 2030. He said he suspected the McNeil government called the emergency debate, in part, to avoid talking about health care.

Source: thestar September 26, 2019 21:35 UTC