Bill 243: Construction Mitigation Fund for Businesses Act

This bill primarily affects small and medium-sized retail shops, restaurants, service providers, and rental businesses in Nova Scotia that are physically located near government or municipal construction zones. A typical affected business might be a hair salon, hardware store, or café on a street undergoing a prolonged road or infrastructure project, where blocked access drives customers away. The business must have been operating before the construction started and must show their gross profit dropped by more than 5% as a direct result. Professional services firms, insurers, healthcare providers, and most real estate businesses are explicitly excluded, so this is squarely aimed at main-street consumer-facing operators.