Nova Scotia bills

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 bill amends the Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority Act to require that education at APSEA centres and programs be conducted in person by default, with limited exceptions for individually agreed electronic learning plans or government-ordered suspensions of up to 90 days.

This bill commits Nova Scotia to forming a formal coalition with New Brunswick, PEI, and Newfoundland and Labrador, aimed at harmonizing legislation, removing interprovincial trade barriers, and collaborating on healthcare, transportation, energy, and environmental policy across the Atlantic region. It also establishes a joint task force to study the potential benefits and drawbacks of a formal union of the four provinces.

This Nova Scotia bill directs the provincial government to formally reach out to New Brunswick, PEI, and Newfoundland and Labrador within six months to negotiate an interprovincial trade agreement aimed at reducing barriers to trade, labour mobility, and investment across Atlantic Canada.

This bill amends Nova Scotia's Assessment Act to cap annual increases in the taxable assessed value of qualified properties at the lesser of 2.5% or the Nova Scotia Consumer Price Index increase.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture to develop and publish an Aquaculture Modernization Strategy within six months, aimed at boosting local demand, expanding export opportunities, and improving environmental protections for the province's aquaculture sector, with full implementation by January 1, 2027.

This bill authorizes the Nova Scotia provincial government to spend approximately $22 billion across all departments and offices for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, and allows the Minister of Finance to borrow up to $3.4 billion for public services.

This is Nova Scotia's provincial appropriations (budget) bill for fiscal year 2025-26, authorizing the government to spend approximately $19.4 billion across all provincial departments and programs, and to borrow up to $3.1 billion for public services.

This Nova Scotia omnibus bill enacts new Agricultural Weed Control and Agrologists Acts, modernizes the Petroleum Resources Act (adding orphan well fund authority and clarifying hydraulic fracturing restrictions), extends a demand-side management energy agreement by one year, and repeals the Uranium Exploration and Mining Prohibition Act.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Minister of Agriculture to develop and publish an Agriculture Expansion Strategy within six months, setting targets and government actions to grow local demand and export opportunities for Nova Scotian farm products, with full implementation by January 1, 2027.

This bill establishes the Agriculture and Food Security Secretariat in Nova Scotia, a cross-departmental body under the Deputy Premier designed to coordinate government policy on agriculture and food-related matters and develop a provincial food strategy aimed at increasing local food production, affordability, and access.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Minister of Agriculture to conduct a comprehensive review of the AgriStability and Crop Insurance programs to assess whether they adequately support farmers facing climate change, trade disruptions, and income volatility, with a report of findings and recommendations due within 18 months.

This Nova Scotia bill establishes legally binding targets to reduce core housing need by 50% by 2036 and sets annual housing start targets, while creating an Independent Housing Officer and requiring regular public reporting to hold the provincial government accountable for housing outcomes.

This Nova Scotia bill sets legally binding targets to reduce core housing need by 50% and achieve 12,500 housing starts per year by 2035, and creates an Independent Housing Officer to monitor and report on the government's progress toward those targets.

This Nova Scotia bill proposes a publicly managed early learning and child care system that caps parent fees at $10 per day on average, prioritizes not-for-profit and public providers for new spaces, and introduces a centralized waitlist for licensed child care across the province.

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 overhauls governance and accountability rules for the Community College, private career colleges, Research Nova Scotia Corporation, and universities, giving the Minister of Advanced Education significantly more direct control over operations, funding, strategic planning, and board appointments across the post-secondary sector.

This Nova Scotia bill makes a series of administrative changes to support housing development, primarily targeting Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) and provincial housing agencies. It gives the provincial Minister of Housing new powers to override municipal planning decisions related to water and wastewater infrastructure, extends the life of the Executive Panel on Housing by two years, streamlines the Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Agency's board structure, and requires orientation training for newly elected municipal councillors across the province.

This Nova Scotia bill streamlines healthcare administration by repealing two older acts, allowing health providers to bill private or public insurers (beyond MSI) for insured services at higher rates, and expanding regulatory authority over donated human organs and tissue used for research or education.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the provincial Minister of Addictions and Mental Health to develop a comprehensive ADHD framework covering resources for individuals and families, educator training, and improved access to evidence-based medical and mental health care, with a report due by January 1, 2028 and a follow-up effectiveness review within five years.