NDP Proposes Option To Payday Advances. Susan Leblanc, MLA, Dartmouth North Susan Leblanc, the NDP MLA for Dartmouth North, has introduced a bill that could begin to see the government that is provincial individual, short-term, “micro-loans” for amounts as much as $2,000 from credit unions. We talked to Leblanc shortly, by phone, on and she told me the guarantee would be similar to the one the province now provides for small business loans from credit unions friday. The theory, she…