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N.S. MLAs hit the brakes on rebates for new Teslas
Nova Scotia MLAs voted unanimously on Friday to scrap the province’s electric vehicle rebate for new Tesla products.
N.S. government trade bill to be amended following public safety concerns
The Nova Scotia government is amending its interprovincial trade legislation after professional regulators identified unintended consequences that they say risked public safety.
Human rights lawyer blasts N.S. government's efforts on poverty reduction
Vince Calderhead says it is a 'borderline human rights violation' for the provincial government not to do more to help lift income assistance recipients out of poverty.
Opposition leaders question N.S. cabinet minister's trip to Trump inauguration
Nova Scotia’s minister of opportunities and social development says it was important to attend the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump in January, but opposition leaders are questioning why the trip was not previously announced and what benefit taxpayers actually received.
Families of men who died outside Halifax bars blast government for 'lack of accountability'
A government bill that’s been presented as a housekeeping measure risks repealing legislation that could prevent future tragedy, two women told MLAs on Monday night.
Public pushes back against government bill that would lift N.S. ban on uranium mining, fracking
Multiple presenters to the legislature’s committee on public bills said the government’s plan to lift the ban on uranium exploration and mining and the moratorium on fracking for onshore gas, as proposed in Bill 6, should not happen without robust public consultation — if it happens at all.
Contentious bill casts chill over job protection, access to information in N.S., committee hears
Members of the public lined up Monday to express concerns about an omnibus government bill they say risks placing a chill over public servants' ability to do their jobs and weakens people's access to information in Nova Scotia.
N.S. government awaiting news on feasibility study for new pulp mill in Liverpool
Nine months after officials with Northern Pulp started examining the viability of a new mill in Queens County, Premier Tim Houston says it is his understanding the work continues.
N.S. Mi'kmaw chiefs say they should have been consulted on natural resources legislation
The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs is again calling out Premier Tim Houston for a lack of consultation as the provincial government pushes a new emphasis on natural resource development.
Proposed changes to Civil Service Act raise job security questions
Recent emails from the premier and his top deputy minister to members of the public service, coupled with legislation being debated at Province House, have some bureaucrats wondering about job security.