N.S. ministers lose wheels

Published Friday May 9th, 2008

The Canadian Press

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia cabinet ministers will no longer have the option of driving a government-leased vehicle.

The change is part of the government's review of its vehicle policy following the weekend crash involving the son of Community Services Minister Judy Streatch.

The 17-year-old was on his way to a store in New Ross, N.S., when he crashed the 2008 Ford Escape hybrid into a ditch.

Streatch wrongly believed her son was permitted to drive the vehicle.

Premier Rodney MacDonald says all ministers will now be expected to get their own vehicles, although they will have the option of either claiming mileage or taking a monthly vehicle allowance.

He says all leased vehicles that remain for use in other areas of the government fleet must be used for government business only.

MacDonald says the steps are being taken to make things clear for cabinet ministers and the public.

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