Nova Scotia bills

This Nova Scotia bill strengthens consumer protection in three areas: it bans the expiry of loyalty/rewards points due to the passage of time and makes them transferable upon death; it prohibits sellers from using personal data and algorithms to charge individual buyers different prices (surveillance-based price discrimination); and it creates mandatory statutory warranties on major appliances and electronics ranging from 3 to 6 years.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the government to regularly evaluate all statutory programs — things like provincial services, benefits, and regulated programs funded by legislation — on a cycle of no more than seven years, and to table the results in the legislature.

This bill consolidates the trustees of three United Churches in Halifax — Fort Massey United Church, St. Andrew's United Church, and St. Matthew's United Church — into a single body called the Trustees of Halifax United Church, transferring all property, assets, and charitable interests to the new consolidated entity.

This bill requires the Nova Scotia government to provide funding to Efficiency Nova Scotia to reopen and sustain the SolarHomes program, which offers homeowners rebates of up to $3,000 for installing eligible solar panel systems.

This Nova Scotia bill requires social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent children under 16 from using their services, with significant fines for non-compliance.

This Nova Scotia bill requires social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent children under 16 from creating or using accounts, with significant fines for non-compliance.

This Nova Scotia bill creates a Small Business Commissioner to help small businesses (under 100 employees) resolve disputes with landlords, other businesses, and government bodies through low-cost mediation, and introduces new tenant protections for commercial leases terminated for demolition or redevelopment.

Shavonne's Law (Bill 147) requires Nova Scotia health authorities to maintain mandatory minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospital emergency departments and other inpatient areas, with compliance required by December 31, 2025, funded by the provincial government.

This Nova Scotia bill requires all law enforcement agencies in the province to establish formal policies for handling sexual assault complaints, provide mandatory trauma-informed training to officers, and deliver all related evidence directly to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

This Nova Scotia bill creates protections for sexual assault victims who come forward to report wrongdoing, establishing a formal disclosure process and prohibiting retaliation against victims who speak up.

This Nova Scotia omnibus bill streamlines government operations by reassigning ministerial responsibilities across dozens of Acts, updating department names, dissolving the Peggy's Cove Commission, enacting a new Livestock Health Services Act, and making various administrative and technical corrections to improve service delivery efficiency.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the Minister of Health and Wellness to designate hearing aids as a covered benefit under the Seniors' Pharmacare Program within six months of the bill coming into force, expanding provincial health coverage for seniors with hearing loss.

This Nova Scotia bill establishes a dedicated Seniors Centre Support Fund, administered by the Minister of Seniors and Long-term Care, to provide stable government funding to non-profit and community seniors centres for operating costs, capital projects, maintenance, and accessibility improvements.

This Nova Scotia bill creates a Seniors Advocate — an independent officer of the House of Assembly — to receive complaints, conduct investigations, and make recommendations on behalf of seniors (age 65+) regarding government-funded or government-provided services.

This Nova Scotia bill replaces the existing Private Investigators and Private Guards Act with a new, comprehensive licensing and regulatory framework for security guards, armed guards, private investigators, and security agencies operating in the province, effective January 1, 2026.

This Nova Scotia bill requires scrap metal dealers and recyclers to register with the province, collect and record detailed information about sellers and materials (including photos and proof of ownership for high-value items like copper wire and catalytic converters), restrict or ban cash payments, and hold controlled scrap metal for a set period before reselling — all aimed at reducing theft of metals from infrastructure and public property.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Libraries Act to require timely filling of vacancies on regional library boards, mandate a library worker representative on each board, and establish a minimum annual provincial funding level for public libraries starting at $29.28 million in 2027-28, indexed to Nova Scotia's Consumer Price Index each year after.

This Nova Scotia bill creates a point-of-sale rebate on the provincial portion of the HST (10%) for veterinary services, meaning pet and animal owners would not pay the provincial HST component when they visit a licensed vet.

This Nova Scotia bill adds child car seats, strollers, and baby carriages to the list of items eligible for a point-of-sale rebate on the provincial portion of the HST, making these products effectively tax-exempt at the provincial level.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Education Act to add duties related to the safe, healthy, and responsible use of technology in public schools, assigning specific responsibilities to the Minister of Education, parents, students, principals, teachers, support staff, regional centres for education, and regional executive directors.