Premier says he prefers phone to do business

HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s premier says he doesn’t see the need to document every issue the government discusses because he doesn’t want to publicly defend things that don’t become policy. Stephen McNeil said that’s why he prefers to do most of his government business over the telephone and not through his government email account. He said that’s part of running government and not an attempt to circumvent freedom of information laws. McNeil said he needs to be able to discuss things that need to be reviewed but may never become public. McNeil said the government does make all information available around issues that eventually become public policy.