MR. LEONARD PREYRA: Thank you, Madam Chair. I am the MLA for Halifax Citadel, I came in late. I’m filling in for Graham Steele.
I do have a couple of questions, mostly relating to sins of omission on the part of the government and how those are dealt with. I’m thinking in particular about two cases [...]
On April 27, the Minister of Community Services announced that an Executive Director has been appointed to lead the province’s new interdepartmental youth strategy. Deputy Ministers and senior staff from the departments of Community Services, Health, Justice, Education and Health Promotion and Protection have been working on the preliminary strategy since January. The government’s articulation [...]
MR. LEONARD PREYRA: Mr. Speaker, I hereby give notice that on a future day I shall move the adoption of the following resolution:Whereas the launch of the Nova Scotia Cultural Action Network, or Nova Scotia CAN, took place on February 22, 2007, at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; and
Whereas Nova Scotia CAN is a [...]
HALIFAX, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2007
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MR. LEONARD PREYRA: Mr. Chairman, yes, I am the member for Halifax Citadel, I’m also the Youth Critic. I have a number of questions relating to that area. In particular, I wanted to look at the McEvoy inquiry and its implications for youth criminal justice. [...]
HALIFAX, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2007
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MR. LEONARD PREYRA: Mr. Chairman, it’s a pleasure to rise again here to talk with the minister. We had a very brief exchange – she didn’t think of it as brief, perhaps, but a too-brief exchange last time. I want to follow up by asking [...]
HALIFAX, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2007
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MR. PREYRA: I have another set of questions related more to my critic area and more specifically the McEvoy inquiry. I have a letter here and I won’t table it because I see that the minister was copied on it. It’s from the Halifax Peninsula [...]
MR. LEONARD PREYRA: Mr. Speaker, I have to commend the member for Clare for bringing this bill forward. We support it without any reservations. We think it is high time we started to pay more attention to recognizing the good things the youth do in [...]