"Wayne Fraser" is a Canadian politician. He represented the Electoral district (Canada)/electoral district of Pictou East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

Fraser first attempted to enter politics in the Nova Scotia general election, 1988/1988 provincial election, losing the Pictou East race to Progressive Conservative Donald William Cameron/Donald Cameron. He tried a second time to unseat Cameron in the Nova Scotia general election, 1993/1993 election, but was defeated by over 700 votes. At the time of the 1993 election, Cameron had been serving as the provinces premier, and following his parties defeat also resigned as MLA. A by-election was held on August 3, 1993, and Fraser was elected in his third attempt to win the seat. In the Nova Scotia general election, 1998/1998 election, Fraser was defeated in his re-election bid by Progressive Conservative candidate James DeWolfe/Jim DeWolfe.

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You can't run a steel company like a cash machine.

Algoma employees and pensioners, the company's suppliers, the City of Sault Ste. Marie and the government of Ontario contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to the effort to making this company viable.

It's not that we're trying to fill the town with seniors. It's helping to balance our residential housing. Over the last five years, we've had a loss of seniors. As people retired and taxes increased for schools, they moved away. We've started to see an increase, but it's not keeping pace with a lot of family subdivisions going up.

Steel companies need cash to operate. Steel prices fluctuate and steel companies need cash to manage the ups and downs of the historically cyclical market. Raiding cash during good times is short sighted and counter to the long-term interest of the company.

We are looking for a good contract that reflects good market conditions.

This plant makes money. They told us that they were making more tires than they ever did before and productivity's been the highest it's been at that plant for as long as they can remember . . . and today they dumped the bomb on those workers and their families.

We've got to put our anger beside us and we've got to find a way to save this plant.

We have been in contact with the company and have requested a meeting as soon as possible to discuss the details of this prospective purchase. We want to ensure that all of the two companies' facilities remain open and operating.

It is outrageous that the company has never discussed alternatives with the union and simply dropped a bomb on the whole city. It is a mean-spirited terrible way to treat workers, their families and the whole community.