Posted: Apr 08, 2021 6:04 PM AT | Last Updated: April 8
NDP Leader Gary Burrill says the premier needs to provide a better accounting of how a reduction in spending of $209 million next year will not affect services.(Craig Paisley/CBC)
Nova Scotia s opposition leaders say Premier Iain Rankin s four-year plan to balance the books amounts to nothing more than a pre-election fantasy straight from the Land of Oz. That s Judy-Garland-somewhere-over-the-rainbow economics, NDP Leader Gary Burrill told reporters at Province House on Thursday.
At issue for Burrill and Tory Leader Tim Houston is the fact this budget, which sees some major spending increases heading into a likely provincial election, is to be followed by an estimated $209-million decrease in departmental spending in 2022-23.
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Posted: Mar 16, 2021 6:30 PM AT | Last Updated: March 16
Nova Scotia’s first allotment of COVID-19 vaccine was unloaded in Halifax on Dec. 15. It contained 1,950 doses.(Nova Scotia)
Doses of COVID-19 vaccine will pour into Nova Scotia next week in numbers greater than anything the province has seen so far.
Between shipments of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, Nova Scotia is expecting more than 50,000 doses, marking a significant jump compared to any week in the past three months.
Shipments arriving the week of March 22 alone will make up more than one third of the total doses allocated to Nova Scotia since the start of the vaccine rollout late last year.
Posted: Mar 17, 2021 4:01 PM AT | Last Updated: March 17
The Nova Scotia government continues to work on bringing in recommendations from the Lahey review, which was delivered in August 2018.(Michael Gorman/CBC)
There is still no word on how Nova Scotia plans to implement a key recommendation from the Lahey report that would see Crown land designated into zones, as advocates express frustration over a lack of answers and action from the government.
Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin has said the province is working to expedite implementation of the forestry report s recommendations, an effort that included the introduction of two pieces of legislation last week.
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