Nova Scotia bills

This Nova Scotia bill requires electric utilities to justify capital project financing structures when seeking cost recovery from ratepayers, adjusting allowed returns on equity based on actual financial risk. It also mandates competitive bidding for transmission projects costing over $50 million, with limited exemptions for emergencies or technical necessity.

This Nova Scotia bill prohibits the sale of products containing intentionally added PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as 'forever chemicals') in the province starting January 1, 2028, with exceptions for Health Canada-approved medical devices and products deemed essential to health, safety, or societal functioning where PFAS-free alternatives don't exist.

This Nova Scotia bill establishes a formal legislative framework for fire protection services across the province, creating the Office of the Fire Commissioner, setting standards for firefighter training and certification, and clarifying municipal responsibilities for fire protection service delivery and planning.

This Nova Scotia bill creates a Medically at-Risk Registry for people who depend on electricity-powered medical equipment at home, requiring Nova Scotia Power to prioritize restoring their power first during outages.

This Nova Scotia bill replaces the existing rent review framework with a comprehensive rent control system that ties allowable annual rent increases to the provincial Consumer Price Index, restricts above-guideline increases to approved eligible expenditures, and establishes new tenant protections including vacancy control, pet ownership rights, and a new Compliance and Enforcement Division.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Minister of Seniors and Long-term Care to increase the Caregiver Benefit program's monthly payment to $800 by January 1, 2027, with annual cost-of-living adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index starting in 2028.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Minister of Health and Wellness to establish a dedicated, formula-based funding program for organizations that work to prevent and address gender-based violence, along with a community advisory body and annual public reporting on how funds are spent.

Harvey's Law requires the Nova Scotia Minister of Health and Wellness to develop and distribute up-to-date, evidence-based information about Down syndrome to regulated health professionals and the public, and mandates that health professionals provide this written information to expectant parents when communicating a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis.

This Nova Scotia bill would make the Shingrix (shingles) vaccine an insured service under the provincial MSI program for residents aged 50 and older, meaning the vaccine and its administration would be covered at no direct cost to eligible patients.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the provincial government to make regulated child care affordable (capped at $10/day average by March 31, 2026) and more accessible by expanding spaces, creating a centralized waitlist, and restricting new publicly funded spaces to not-for-profit and public providers only.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Patient Safety Act to require health authorities to set up formal complaint systems for patients and families affected by adverse events, and mandates the Minister of Health and Wellness to establish a patient safety and quality advisory committee.

This bill amends the incorporating legislation of Banook Canoe Club, Limited in Nova Scotia to expand and simplify the club's borrowing powers, removing prior restrictions on how the corporation may borrow, raise, or secure money.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the province's Economics and Statistics Division to collect and publish income and rent data for each community, and mandates that this data be used in government decision-making and program eligibility thresholds.

This Nova Scotia bill caps commercial rent increases for small businesses (under $3M annual revenue) and registered charities, limiting rent hikes to the provincial CPI and requiring landlords to obtain a Director's approval for above-cap increases. It also establishes a tenant certificate system, security of tenure protections, and eviction safeguards for eligible commercial tenants.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Premier and the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board to be physically present in the legislature for any vote on budget bills or tax-related legislation, with a narrow exception if opposition leaders consent to their absence due to exceptional circumstances.

This Nova Scotia bill expands the province's Intimate Images and Cyber-protection Act to cover AI-generated or digitally manipulated fake intimate images (deepfakes), and strengthens protections around consent, privacy, and removal obligations for anyone who has distributed such images.

This Nova Scotia bill creates the Healthcare Trust, a dedicated fund that directs any money the Province receives from tobacco industry lawsuits into healthcare services specifically for people affected by tobacco-related diseases.

Nova Scotia's Financial Measures (2026) Act is an omnibus bill that makes a wide range of changes to provincial laws, including raising the financial institutions capital tax, introducing a levy on electric and hybrid vehicles, updating vaping product stamp requirements, dissolving the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission, and making numerous administrative and regulatory amendments across sectors including forestry, mining, meat inspection, gaming, and securities.

This Nova Scotia law entitles active and retired Canadian Armed Forces members to wear their military uniforms in any government-owned or operated building in the province, and prohibits government employees from preventing them from doing so.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Housing Supply and Services Act to require that every unit in seniors-designated public housing buildings be equipped with a cooling system within three months of the law taking effect, at no cost to the senior residents.