“It’s only been a few months since the election, but today’s budget shows us just how out of touch Tim Houston has become with the struggles people are facing to make ends meet,” said NDP Leader Gary Burrill. “It is simply alarming that there is nothing to help families deal with the rising cost of […]
NS budget: big spending on health care, new taxes on non-residents
The PCs got elected on a promise to “fix health care” and they warned it would be expensive. The operating budget for 2022-2023 predicts a deficit or shortfall of $506.2 million. Spending on health care has increased $413.4 million from last year to reach $5.7 billion. During last summer’s election campaign, Tim Houston said it […]
Provincial deficit smaller than forecast
Nova Scotia finds itself $444.5 million in the hole despite a spring budget that anticipated a deficit of $585 million.
Instead of a deficit of $585 million dollars predicted in the spring budget introduced by the previous Liberal government, the province is now forecasting a shortfall of $444.5 million. Finance Minister Allan MacMaster gave an update on the province’s financial position on Wednesday. The improvement comes despite $397 million in increased spending by government departments. […]
Halifax police board approves $5.5 million budget cut
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The city’s board of police commissioners is recommending in favour of a $5.5 million cut to the Halifax Regional Police budget. Chief Dan Kinsella told the board this week that there will be no impact on public safety from the reduced spending, about $4 million […]
Halifax councillors look at extra risk to save cuts, scrap weekly green bin pick-up
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax councillors are looking at taking on more financial risk to offset a third of the cuts proposed to the city’s budget due to COVID-19. Finance staff estimate the permanent impact of the pandemic on the municipality’s finances will be $85.4 million from lost revenue […]
Bulding A Better Nova Scotia Through Poetry: Examineradio, episode #109
Rebecca Thomas, Halifax’s poet laureate, woke City Council with an electrifying poem she read in Chambers titled “Not Perfect.” The subsequent meeting saw a resolution passed to revisit the idea of renaming Cornwallis Street and removing the Cornwallis statue in, uh, Cornwallis Park. Also, the Liberal government released a meaningless budget designed to buld on a stronger […]
Civil Rights and Social Justice: The Lynn Jones interview: Examineradio, episode #108
This week we chat with noted historian and labour activist Lynn Jones, who recently donated an incredibly thorough archive of material focusing on African Nova Scotian history to Saint Mary’s University. Also, we dig into the Liberal government’s ongoing spending spree across the province as the likelihood of an election looms, and more damning criticism is aimed […]