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Opinion Home-grown shipbuilding bound to be a boondoggle By MICHAEL WHALEN The ongoing controversy regarding the cost of Canada’s planned Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) points out two serious problems with the government’s shipbuilding program. First, it is clear from the defence minister’s own... Read More Friday, May 24, 2013 - 2:32pm	Editorials EDITORIAL: Preventing job deaths an ongoing battle By The Chronicle Herald When 11 people have died on the job from traumatic injuries in Nova Scotia, not even five full months into 2013, there’s clearly an urgent need for a closer examination of worker safety practices in this province. This year’s tragic total — which... Read More Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 5:14pm
Opinion McILVEEN: Unfair hirings erode public confidence in ACOA CLAIRE McILVEEN When public scrutiny of institutions like the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is at an all-time high, it’s discouraging to read how senior staff at ACOA bent the rules to hire Shawn Masterson and Kevin MacAdam, two of Peter MacKay’s... Read More Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 5:22pm	Editorials EDITORIAL: Lapointe pinpoints lack of follow-through By THE CHRONICLE HERALD Two things stand out in Nova Scotia Auditor General Jacques Lapointe’s spring report to the legislature released Wednesday in Halifax. Read More Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 5:34pm