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Quote of the year from Nova Scotia premier
by Scott Gilbreath ~ January 4th, 2009
Last April, when gasoline prices were sky high, Premier Rodney MacDonald said this to reporters outside the provincial legislature.
“I think the most important thing we as a government can do, and all Nova Scotians can do, is to purchase more fuel-efficient vehicles, to take up the opportunity for transit.”
The premier later objected to this headline in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald:
Premier to drivers: Take the bus
Premier MacDonald was so upset that he sent a letter to 24 Nova Scotia newspapers, maintaining that he did not say that. The Chronicle-Herald was not among the 24.
A few months before, the premier had travelled from Halifax to his home in Mabou in a government helicopter at a cost of $2200.
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