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The New Democrat MP held a press conference today to call on the Conservatives to reconsider what the party said was “dangerous cuts to the DND Ammunition Depot in Bedford.”

But the office of Defence Minister Jason Kenney denied such cuts were being considered. “Canadian Forces Fire Marshal (CCFM) staff are conducting a routine Fire Risk Assessment of CFAD Bedford,” stated Lauren Armstrong, spokeswoman for Defence Minister Jason Kenney. “Any claims about a pre-conceived intent to eliminate or reduce emergency services are patently false.”

Stoffer was joined at the conference by Chris Wager, President of Local F-65 of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), the NDP noted in their news release.

“As of January 2014, the federal Conservative government began an aggressive and reckless campaign to cut back emergency services that provide critical protection to both the uninsured infrastructure of the federal government and the citizens of the Halifax Regional Municipality,” Wagner said in a statement. “This reckless campaign continues and is now at a critical juncture where the Conservatives are trying to deny the residents of HRM the necessary level of protection at its Ammunition Depot, located at Magazine Hill in Bedford.”

To counter Armstrong’s statement defence union officials released a 2014 email from the base construction engineering officer which indicated that 24/7 operations at CFAD would be stopped.