Nova Scotia bills

Nova Scotia's Housing Acceleration Act sets annual housing targets for municipalities, mandates as-of-right zoning for up to four dwelling units on any lot where a detached home is permitted, establishes 90-day permit approval timelines, and creates expedited approval streams for non-market housing providers.

This Nova Scotia bill reforms how the House of Assembly operates by setting minimum sitting day requirements, standardizing meeting hours, establishing workplace harassment protections for members and staff, and introducing rules to improve transparency and fairness in how legislation is introduced and debated.

This Nova Scotia bill increases the number of provincial electoral districts from 55 to 56 by splitting the existing district of Inverness into two districts: a revised Inverness and a new Chéticamp–Margarees–Pleasant Bay, and requires a byelection for the newly created district.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the House of Assembly Act to set mandatory sitting schedules, define what counts as a valid sitting day, allow legislative committees to continue operating during prorogation, and establish that the Act overrides procedural rules when there is a conflict.

This bill amends Nova Scotia's Hospitals Act to require every hospital in the province to have a prayer room and meditation area on site, accessible to patients, families, visitors, staff, volunteers, and healthcare professionals.

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 bill requires all Nova Scotia licensed long-term care and residential care facilities to install air conditioning in every resident's room by October 1, 2025, and directs the provincial government to create a grant program to help facilities cover the installation costs.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the provincial Minister of Opportunities and Social Development to establish a Homelessness Task Force that monitors homelessness strategies, collects data, and reports annually with recommendations on preventing and responding to homelessness.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Labour Standards Code to strengthen protections for workers, including higher overtime and vacation entitlements, stronger tip protections, new hiring transparency rules, and personal liability for company directors and officers over unpaid wages.

This Nova Scotia bill significantly expands worker protections by overhauling labour standards, pay equity, occupational health and safety, and trade union rules — covering everything from overtime thresholds and tip ownership to union certification procedures and anti-scab provisions.

This bill amends Nova Scotia's Labour Standards Code to strengthen employee protections, including lowering the overtime threshold from 48 to 40 hours per week, adding daily overtime triggers, increasing mandatory weekly rest from 24 to 32 hours, and requiring a minimum 3-hour call-in pay when employees are asked to report outside their scheduled hours.

This Nova Scotia bill protects healthcare workers and government health authority employees from retaliation when they report wrongdoing — such as unsafe working conditions, criminal activity, unprofessional conduct, or public health concerns — to supervisors, regulators, police, or a newly created Whistle-blower Commissioner.

This Nova Scotia bill creates legal protections for healthcare workers who report wrongdoing in the publicly-funded healthcare system, and establishes an independent Healthcare Whistle-blower Commissioner to investigate disclosures and complaints about retaliation.

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.

This Nova Scotia bill requires health authorities and hospitals to provide new and expectant mothers with prenatal classes, breastfeeding support, in-home nursing visits, and pelvic-floor therapy, while also directing the provincial government to launch public education programs, a postpartum depression support line, and breast milk banks.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Health Authorities Act to require the Minister of Health and Wellness to revoke an administrator's appointment and appoint a new board within one year of dismissing all directors of a health authority, rather than leaving it to the Minister's discretion.

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 creates an Office of Health Ombudsman — an independent officer of the House of Assembly — to receive patient complaints, investigate healthcare incidents and systemic safety issues within health authorities, and require those authorities to respond to and implement recommended corrective actions.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Health Authorities Act to strengthen governance and accountability at health authorities and regional hospitals, including requiring local boards for named regional hospitals, setting CEO qualifications, mandating inter-provincial collaboration, and improving patient concern response timelines.

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.