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The leaders of tomorrow: Morning File, Monday, October 16, 2017
News 1. Cap-and-trade Jennifer Henderson reports: Legislation introduced by the McNeil government to enable setting up a cap-and-trade system to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions as part of a Trudeau directive to slow climate change was debated briefly in the Legislature this week. What is missing from Bill 15 — “An Act to Amend Chapter […]
The parking violation death sentence: Morning File, Friday, January 27, 2017
News 1. HST hit to Nova Scotia Yesterday, I linked to Charlottetown Guardian reporter Teresa Wright’s bombshell that Atlantic provinces are being told to return “hundreds of millions” of dollars of miscalculated HST payments back to Ottawa. I wrote: Wright doesn’t put a dollar figure on the amount Nova Scotia owes, but assuming that the […]
Is the province out $200 million? Morning File, Thursday, January 26, 2017
News 1. Atlantic provinces must repay “hundreds of millions” of dollars to Ottawa Charlottetown Guardian reporter Teresa Wright drops a bombshell this morning: Ottawa is asking all four Atlantic provinces to repay hundreds of millions of dollars in harmonized sales tax revenues the finance department says it overpaid to the region. The Guardian has learned Prince Edward Island, […]
Innovating our way to disaster: Morning File, Wednesday, October 19, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Nova Scotia’s film industry just won’t die After a disastrous season last year, filmmakers have seen an uptick in productions this year. But will the work keep coming? Jennifer Henderson surveys the local film scene and discovers that it’s a glass half-full/ half-empty […]
A heavenly wedding: Morning File, Friday, October 7, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. The Coup at the Pride Meeting El Jones attended Wednesday night’s contentious meeting of Halifax Pride, and reports back: The short version of what happened at the Halifax Pride Society’s AGM is that cisgendered straight people organized to vote down motions by LGBTQ+ […]