N.S. premier admits to ‘level of frustration,’ decries tone of online critics
HALIFAX — After more than three years in office, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says he still loves his job. But he also admits to some frustration as he deals with day-to-day problems, and the often personal and sometimes abusive tone of some public criticism directed his way.
McNeil, who could call an election in 2017, recently reflected on a past year marked by public sector labour strife and several policy setbacks for his Liberal government.
“There is a level of frustration at times,” McNeil said in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press.
He acknowledged that frustration sometimes strained his relations with the press, including one scrum in which he snapped at a reporter asking about the province’s negotiations with Ottawa over carbon emissions.