Premier Houton’s second term:

the continued assault on democracy

Halifax, Nova Scotia is the birthplace of Canadian responsible government and democratic rule. PC-Premier Tim Houston seems determined to erode democratic processes by shutting out consultation with the general public and the Mi’lkmaw Nation, reverse years of development in environmental protection policies, social and health services and the dismantal Nova Scotia’s deeply rooted arts, culture, tourism and heritage sectors in favour of extraction industries.

Nova Scotians across the province are raising their voices in concern for their communities, their jobs and their way of life. 

The 2025 Fall Session of the Legislature was the second shortest since the mid 1980’s – just 8 days. That is eight days for Opposition MLAs to review and debate on complicated legislation and eight days for the public to submit comments. Anothe omnibus bill was intorduced that restricted protesting on logging roads plus amendments to other unrelated legislation.

The 2025 Spring Session of the legislature saw the introduction of omnibus bills that proposed amendments to a number of unrelated legislation, including lifting the ban on uranium mining and exploration and the moritorium on fracking.  Link here to the Bills tabled during this session.

The 2026 Spring Session was opened on February 23 2026, running 28 days so far. Although the longer session has given the public and the Opposition more time to study the new budget and it’s accompaning “Financial Measures Act” Bill 198, the governement has staid it’s course of resource extraction, little accountability and transparency while seemingly attacking the essence of Nova Scotia’s identity. Link here to the Financial Measures Act and related links.