The Alward government is coming
under fire for taking money out of 911 services to pay for the Emergency
Measures Organization. Liberal MLA Rick Doucet tells Tide News the 911 charges
on everyone's phone bill has been paying the salaries of EMO
workers.
Doucet claims the government has misled the people by changing
the definition of the telephone service to include co-ordinating emergencies --
in turn -- paying EMO workers while volunteers like the Fire Departments are
still giving their time.
On the other side of things,
Conservative MLA Curtis Malloch tells Tide News the government has to find
places to find money to deal with emergencies.
Malloch says he doesn't
understand why Doucet is acting like this is a surprise because the Minister
stood in the house and clearly said the amendment was taking place. He accuses
Doucet of politically grand-standing during an election year.