Leonard Preyra - MLA for Halifax Citadel – Sable Island

Leonard spoke with Chronicle Herald columnist Marilla Stephenson about the terms of reference for the Electoral Boundaries Commission, including the allowable seat variance of 25%.
Chronicle Herald, January 4, 2011, by Marilla Stephenson http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/48640-minority-seat-debate-distracts-bigger-issue
Minority-Seat Debate Distracts From Bigger Issue
The debate over chopping minority seats from Nova Scotia’s legislature is a brilliant political smokescreen aimed at taking taxpayers’ [...]

Having each vote carry roughly the same weight is a “cardinal principle” of representative democracy, says Leonard Preyra, Vice-Chairman of the Select Committee on Establishing an Electoral Boundaries Commission. Read Leonard’s comments in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Metro, and the Cape Breton Post.
The Chronicle-Herald December 31, 2011, p. A1, David Jackson Provincial Reporter
Acadian, black seats [...]

The province is investing $4.3 million to renovate Nova Scotia’s Court of Appeal and Supreme Court building, work that will extend the building’s life by decades and save money for taxpayers. This work starts a four-year, $22.5-million renovation project to upgrade the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and electrical services at The Law Courts on Upper Water Street in Halifax.

The province is preserving a landmark pre-Confederation building in downtown Halifax by investing $2.25 million in repairs to the exterior of the Dominion Building, home of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
MLA Leonard Preyra made the announcement on behalf of Communities, Culture and Heritage Minister David Wilson today, Nov. 16, as part of the province’s [...]

To protect students and make roads safer, the province is introducing legislation today, Nov. 2, to reduce speed limits in school areas. The speed limit would be reduced from 50 km/h to 30 km/h when children are present in school areas where the surrounding speed zone is 50 km/hr. In school areas where the surrounding speed zone [...]

Today, October 17, 20011, the Federal Government and Province of Nova Scotia signed a landmark agreement that protects Sable Island as a national park reserve of Canada.
Read the full story below or at http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20111017001
Sable Island Gets national Park Reserve Designation
Nova Scotia’s historic Sable Island will be protected forever as one of Canada’s national parks.
Premier [...]

Leonard was quoted in the September 27 issue of the Chronicle Herald: “The Parks Canada model offers a whole range of protections, and a whole range of access that might be allowed, so (in creating) the management plan, they’ll (sic) be a whole series of discussions around that.” Read the full article here