CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
... office said his government wouldn't be commenting on a constitutional issue.Opposition Leader Yvonne Jones said she would like to see at least one Liberal from this province in a coalition cabinet, and Williams's silence is not surprising."If you look at how things unfold with them, they usually sit back, they take a day, they take a couple of days, they see which way the wind is...
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Government House leader Joan Burke raised a question of privilege in the legislature on Tuesday over comments made by opposition leader Yvonne Jones after the chair of the House management committee - Provincial Conservative member and Speaker - Roger Fitzgerald voted with the other Conservative members of the commission to vote money for the two other parties but deny the Liberals. Fitzgerald...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... Medicine in helping us retain medical graduates," Wiseman told the legislature.But Liberal Leader Yvonne Jones said the governing Progressive Conservatives shouldn't blow their own horn just yet."We are always pleased when we hear of some new people being recruited into our province [but] the reality is that we are still short about 125 family physicians in this province," Jones...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
... schools."Government officials declined to comment on the issue, but opposition Liberal Leader Yvonne Jones said she believes the government is playing a game at the bargaining table." I honestly believe that government is doing this as a negotiation tactic moreso than anything else," Jones said. "It's not unusual for them to implement regressive policies in the middle of negotiations."The...
