nova scotia

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Nova Scotia shouldn’t lower standards to address teacher shortage

It makes sense to enhance the teaching practicum while reducing the number of education courses.


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Nova Scotia government trumpets ‘largest tax cut’ in provincial history—without cutting taxes

The province remains among the highest-taxed jurisdictions in North America.


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Government child care in Nova Scotia—a disaster for parents

Last year, the percentage of children in the province who attended child care fell from 61 per cent to 56 per cent.


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Free-spending Nova Scotia budget gets failing grade

The province's net debt is projected to rise by more than $6 billion.


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Nova Scotia government must change course to end debt binge in upcoming budget

Every Nova Scotian is responsible for $18,906 in provincial government debt in 2023/24.


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Nova Scotia government’s policies hurt health-care recruitment effort

The province has some of the highest personal income taxes in North America.


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Nova Scotia’s housing gap now wider than Ontario’s

In 2022, the province’s population grew by 7.7 people for every home completed—the second-lowest ratio in Canada.


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Nova Scotia government must consider bold health-care reform

Last year, the median wait time between referral to treatment in Nova Scotia was 58.2 weeks, dwarfing the national average.


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Nova Scotia government closed schools even after reality of COVID became clear

By December 2020, a large body of research showed that children represented two per cent or less of diagnosed COVID cases.


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Government policies frustrating mining potential in Nova Scotia

Wages in the mining-sector are more than 40 per cent higher than the average in all other sectors in the province.