Nova Scotia bills

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Juries Act to set a minimum juror fee of $100 per day, funded through money appropriated by the Legislature.

This Nova Scotia bill establishes the Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Fund to provide core funding to organizations that work to prevent intimate partner violence and to offer financial assistance to victims.

This Nova Scotia bill voids all existing and future restrictive covenants and exclusivity clauses that prevent land or commercial properties from being used as grocery stores, supermarkets, or convenience stores selling fresh produce, with the goal of increasing competition and lowering food prices.

This Nova Scotia bill raises the provincial basic personal amount — the income threshold below which individuals pay no provincial income tax — from $11,744 to $15,000, with the new amount continuing to be indexed to inflation.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Employment Support and Income Assistance Act to prohibit reducing income assistance payments to people solely because they are unhoused — meaning someone living without owned, rented, or paid accommodation cannot have their benefits cut for that reason alone.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Occupational Health and Safety Act to require construction site employers to provide higher-quality toilet facilities, prioritizing fixed flush toilets over portable flush toilets, and only allowing chemical toilets (porta-potties) as a last resort when better options aren't reasonably practicable.

This bill requires the Nova Scotia government to study the province's trade infrastructure (ports, highways, railways, airports, etc.), report findings to the legislature within 12 months, and publish an improvement plan within 18 months of coming into force.

This Nova Scotia bill requires the provincial Minister of Health to establish cancer care centres at each regional hospital, offering both virtual and in-person services including screening, chemotherapy, and specialist access, while also ensuring residents near provincial borders can access cancer treatments like radiation in neighbouring provinces when closer.

This Nova Scotia bill amends the Housing Supply and Services Act to require that every unit in seniors-designated public housing buildings be equipped with a cooling system within three months of the law taking effect, at no cost to the senior residents.

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 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.