Population Growth a Hot Topic in Nova Scotia Election Campaign

News Analysis Surprising as it may seem, immigration is one of the major issues in the ongoing Nova Scotia provincial election, with Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston, the incumbent premier, being targeted by the Nova Scotia Liberals for his past comments about doubling the province’s population from one to two million by 2060. Houston described the plan during a podcast interview in 2022 as a way to revitalize his province’s economy: “People drive economies, so we need people. … We know what happens when communities lose people. Schools close, stores close, and then you get caught in that negative vortex because oftentimes those that remain are aging.”...