Nova Scotia bills

This Nova Scotia bill requires the provincial government to assess the impact of any province-wide program on Cumberland County (the 'border region' with New Brunswick) before implementation, and to develop a strategy to address historical inequities faced by that region, including improving healthcare portability and interprovincial mobility.

This bill allows Nova Scotia municipal councils, including Halifax Regional Municipality, to introduce a new tax on vacant residential units and residentially zoned land, with revenue directed toward affordable housing initiatives.

This bill formally declares Windsor, Nova Scotia, to be the birthplace of ice hockey, based on historical evidence of the game being played there as early as 1810.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Minister of Addictions and Mental Health to publish an annual report every June 1st detailing access to publicly-funded Autism Spectrum Disorder assessments for children under five years of age, including waitlist numbers, assessments completed, and planned improvements.

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 bill formally recognizes 52 historic African Nova Scotian communities across Nova Scotia and directs the Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs to develop a strategy for their visual recognition, including highway signage and public art installations at each community.

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 establishes the Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Land Trust, a Crown corporation that acquires and holds land for permanently affordable housing, and creates a Shared Equity Homeownership Program allowing eligible lower-income households to purchase homes on publicly owned land.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Minister of Health and Wellness to create and publish an Action Plan on Access to Emergency Care, developed through public consultations, and to report annually on emergency department closures, wait times, and related outcomes.

This Nova Scotia bill establishes a legal right for all provincial residents to access primary care in their region and requires the Minister of Health and Wellness to work toward universally attaching every resident to a primary care provider, with monthly public progress reports on the Need a Family Practice Registry.