Nova Scotia Election Campaign: Parties Promise to Improve Health Care, Affordability

Published on November 10, 2024

As the election campaign continues in Nova Scotia, parties have laid out their plans to improve health care and affordability for residents, such as tax cuts and rent caps. The province’s Progressive Conservatives are going for a second win, having taken over from the Liberals in 2021. Tim Houston, who has been the party leader since 2018, is aiming for his second term as premier. Houston’s party platform has focused on cutting the HST, reducing income taxes, and creating a first-time homebuyers program to help young residents buy their first property. The PCs said they would cut the HST by 1 percent, saving each taxpayer about $250 per year....

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