The Nova Scotia 2026-2027 budget, titled Defending Nova Scotia: Planning for the Long Term , was tabled on February 23, 2026 by PC-Minister of Finance and Treasury Board John Lohr. The budget cut $306 miilion from education, public and health services, community and environmental programs. The full 13-page list of programs cut can be found here on the Halifax Examiner’s website.

The Financial Measures Act (Bill 198) was introduced on February 25. This complicated omnibus bill, as introduced, would have amended 20 different – and in many cases, unrelated – pieces of legislation. This is the Bill as proclaimed by Royal Assent (passsed into law).

We’ve linked all the Public Bills Committee proceedings that were held from March 23-26 in this section. If you are looking for specific presentors, we have divided all the videos into presentor-specific links. Click on the day you want and a new page will open with the individual names and link to their presentation. The full video of each day’s proceedings are also linked here. Just click on one of the video icons below.

March 26 Part 1 full video

March 26 Part 2 full video