Federal transfers marginally improve N.S. government's bottom line
Posted: Dec 17, 2020 11:36 AM AT | Last Updated: December 17, 2020 Nova Scotia Finance Minister Karen Casey is shown in February.(Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press) The Nova Scotia government's finances continue to be pummeled by the pandemic, but a larger than expected transfer of cash from Ottawa means they are in slightly better shape than what was projected in the summer. While that is a deep fiscal hole to fill, Finance Minister Karen Casey tried to reassure taxpayers this was not a return to running deficits to finance ordinary government spending. "This deficit is short term, caused by...
Source: cbc.ca