Tories plan to make Nova Scotia’s relationship with Ottawa an issue. The Liberals and NDP say Tories are trying to divert public attention from their inaction on climate issue.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston fields a question at a meeting of the Council of Atlantic Premiers in Halifax in 2022.Here are five key issues that leaders and candidates for the Progressive Conservatives, Liberals and NDP are expected to highlight during the campaign:The Tories say they have made inroads in recruiting doctors and nurses and in providing more resources for emergency medical care.
The Liberals and NDP say the use of fixed-term leases undermines the rent cap and the government has only scratched the surface of what’s needed to create affordable homes.The Tories are promising to lower the province’s harmonized sales tax by one percentage point to 14 per cent from 15 on April 1, while they have also brought in a province-wide school lunch program.The Liberals have advocated for a two-percentage point cut in the HST and free public transit.
The NDP says it would establish rent control and provide a tax credit for renters from low- and middle-income households.Woman found dead in oven at Halifax Walmart located by her mother, organization says The province has endured a number of severe weather events that damaged infrastructure and claimed lives over the last three years.The Tories have pledged to get the province off coal-fired electrical generation by 2030 and to kickstart an offshore wind industry.The Liberals and NDP will highlight the government’s controversial decision to scrap the Coastal Protection Act, which was passed in the legislature with all-party support in 2019, but was never proclaimed as law.
However, the Liberals and NDP say the Tories are simply trying to divert the public’s attention away from their own lack of action in tackling climate-related issues.Quebec Liberals seek probe of closing of newcomers’ French-language classesHow a paper bag contract at the LCBO sent the Ford government scrambling
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