Nova Scotia bills

This bill amends Nova Scotia's Emergency 911 Act to require that all 911 calls made from within Nova Scotia are routed directly to a Nova Scotia-based public safety answering point, rather than being redirected to out-of-province call centres.

This Nova Scotia bill sets new reliability and reporting standards for electric utilities, requiring them to file regular outage reports, maintain vegetation management and emergency response plans, invest in storm hardening, and provide real-time customer outage notifications — with fines up to $25,000 per day for non-compliance.

This Nova Scotia bill requires electric utilities to automatically pay interest to customers when estimated bills (not based on actual meter readings) overcharge them for three or more consecutive billing periods. The interest compounds monthly at the prime rate plus 3%, and utilities must disclose estimated billing details on every bill.

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 bill amends Nova Scotia's Elections Act and House of Assembly Act to modernize election administration procedures, including removing nomination deposits, updating write-in ballot rules, restricting Internet voting to Canadian Armed Forces members and prescribed persons, clarifying campaign finance rules, and requiring Canadian citizenship for House of Assembly members.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the provincial government to expand its existing home energy efficiency programs to include small landlords — those who own fewer than 20 rental units and no more than 12 units in a single building.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Education Act to give school principals the exclusive authority to decide whether to close their school, delay opening, or cancel classes due to weather conditions.

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 requires the provincial Minister of Addictions and Mental Health to develop a strategic plan by September 2026 for delivering equitable access to mental health and addictions services, including quality standards for providers, data monitoring, and annual public compliance audits.

This Nova Scotia bill dedicates a portion of provincial gasoline and diesel tax revenue (2 cents per litre) to annual grants for municipalities that operate public transit systems, with bonus funding available for ridership growth and dedicated transit right-of-way infrastructure.

This bill requires Nova Scotia's Minister of Health and Wellness to work with New Brunswick's Minister of Health to create a cross-border emergency ambulance services strategy for the Cumberland County (NS) and Westmorland County (NB) border region, ensuring ambulance providers can operate and respond on both sides of the provincial border.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Consumer Reporting Act to let consumers place security alerts or security freezes on their credit files held by consumer reporting agencies, giving them greater control over who can access their personal credit information.

This Nova Scotia bill creates a Construction Mitigation Fund to provide financial compensation of up to $40,000 to eligible businesses that suffer revenue losses due to government or municipal construction projects lasting six months or more.

This Nova Scotia bill replaces the existing Conflict of Interest Act with updated rules governing how Members of the House of Assembly, ministers, ministerial assistants, and provincial public employees must disclose their financial interests, avoid conflicts of interest, and conduct themselves in office. It establishes an Integrity Commissioner with investigation and sanction powers, sets post-service restrictions on government contracting, and creates new transparency and whistleblower protections.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Minister of Growth and Development to appoint an expert panel to assess the provincial economy and produce a report within 12 months setting measurable 10-year targets across key sectors, with progress publicly tracked on a government website.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Minister of Growth and Development to appoint an expert panel to assess the provincial economy and develop a 10-year economic growth strategy, completing a report within 12 months of appointment.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Minister of Education to publish a standardized province-wide policy within six months governing how community groups can book and use public school facilities, with free access for sports and recreational organizations and minimized fees for others.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Community Colleges Act to shift oversight of the Nova Scotia Community College to the Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration, changes how the College President is appointed, and allows the College's Board of Governors to establish an Institute of Skilled Trades with its own governing council.

This Nova Scotia bill creates a 'Community Assembly' — a randomly selected, representative group of citizens who use a structured deliberative process to assess whether there is public support for proposed government policies, reporting their findings to the Minister within one year of receiving a referral.

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.