A formal bargaining complaint has been made to the Labour Board against the Nova Scotia Health Authority and IWK. Bargaining between them and the Nova Scotia Council of Health Care Unions has stalled, as the council says the latter refuse to table proposals for three benefits in the new collective agreement: sick leave; health and life benefit plans; and pay plan maintenance.
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Military suspension update
There’s still no word from Ottawa on why Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, the number 2 officer in the military, has been suspended.
Some media reports say RCMP have been called in to investigate allegations that sensitive documents about the massive shipbuilding plan were leaked. That has cast a cloud over the $35 billion program.