News 1. Advocates: access to gender-affirming health care in Nova Scotia is getting worse “Nova Scotia may have the highest proportion of trans and gender diverse individuals in Canada,” writes Yvette d’Entremont, “but advocates say those who need to access gender-affirming health care are facing increased barriers and lives are at risk.” As d’Entremont reports, […]
Northern Pulp says it is ‘insolvent’ and can’t pay its pension obligations, but it’s got plenty of cash to bankroll legal assaults on Nova Scotia’s government and laws
At the end of this month, Northern Pulp and six of its affiliates will be back in the British Columbia Supreme Court, and odds are they will ask for and get yet another extension — the seventh to date — of the creditor relief they’ve been afforded under the federal Companies Creditor Arrangement Act. Northern […]
Critics say PC government’s Nova Scotia Power accountability bill lacks teeth
The Houston government’s bill aimed at making Nova Scotia Power (NSP) more accountable to ratepayers and establish a program to help low-income ratepayers is poorly drafted and does not have the teeth to deliver on those promises. That’s the assessment of three speakers who appeared before the Law Amendments Committee Wednesday after the Progressive Conservatives […]
Missteps, Mistakes, and Miscommunications
Morning File, Monday, April 4, 2022
News 1. How a series of failures likely led to murders on the morning of April 19, 2020 In the days following the murders of April 18 and 19, 2020, we saw people outraged at what seemed like police inaction or incompetence, and those who had no patience for that view, arguing that it was […]
Nova Scotia Power one of three companies facing charges in Andrew Gnazdowsky’s workplace death
Nicole Gnazdowsky’s emotions were mixed Tuesday when she learned that Nova Scotia Power was one of three companies facing charges in connection with her brother’s 2020 workplace death. “I’m happy that we’re finally getting somewhere, but we’re not there yet,” Gnazdowsky said in an interview. “I’m super glad that all three companies are now charged […]
What would you do with Emera CEO Scott Balfour’s $8.28 million compensation package?
Emera's board decided to give it to its CEO. But at the same time, Emera's subsidiary, Nova Scotia Power, is asking the rest of us to pay a 10% rate hike so it can run what it calls a 'reliable business.' Something does not compute.
On Thursday, March 17 — a day that is all about the green and the blarney — we learned that Scott Balfour, the president and chief executive officer of Emera, took home $8.28 million last year in salary, bonuses, and other benefits. For comparative purposes, as a CBC report helpfully noted, that’s nearly $500,000 more...
Accidents don’t happen by accident
Morning File, Wednesday, February 23, 2022
News 1. Bullshitter of the week: Mass Casualty Commission “Effects on Wellness” panel Tim Bousquet reports on the first day of the Mass Casualty Commission hearings, which included an “inexcusably condescending” panel on “Human Impact — Broad Reach and Effects on Wellness.” Keith Dobson, a Psychology prof at the University of Calgary, gave us advice […]
10,000 steps and other persistent bullshit
Morning File, Tuesday, February 15, 2022
News 1. Seven more Nova Scotians have died of COVID-19 Yesterday, Nova Scotia reported seven COVID-19 deaths over three days. More than a third of Nova Scotia’s COVID deaths have occurred since December 3. Welcome to the next phase of our re-opening plan. In his roundup, Tim Bousquet writes: The 68 people now hospitalized because […]
Nova Scotia Power: the Houston government says ‘no option is off the table’
The best option would be to make the private utility public again. But don't bet that will be on the table.
Blame Donnie Cameron. During the early 1990s, Donald William Cameron became the unelected, less than one-term premier of Nova Scotia. In 1991, Cameron replaced disgraced Progressive Conservative Premier John Buchanan, who abruptly quit in the middle of more simultaneous scandals than I can even remember to take a Senate sinecure in Ottawa. In his first […]
Breaking out of the algorithmic box
Morning File, Thursday, February 3, 2022
News 1. Is a “climate action tax” different from any other tax? Halifax has a climate action plan that Zane Woodford has previously described as “woefully underfunded.” Council is thinking of changing that, by earmarking a special tax of 0.023 cents on every $100 of taxable assessed residential property value for climate-related capital projects. But, […]
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