Reading Time: 3 minutes Policy preventing resource extraction puts additional pressure on entrepreneurs, their businesses and taxpayers to pay for provincial government programs
Category: Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia government unwieldy, costly: study
Reading Time: 3 minutes With escalating spending and a shrinking private sector due to the pandemic, Nova Scotia’s large government is a growing concern
Fracking can lift the Maritimes out of economic doldrums
Reading Time: 3 minutes Maritime provinces and Quebec should be developing their resources now as natural gas prices recover
COVID crisis opportunity for trade reform in Atlantic Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Eliminating trade barriers can help accelerate the economic recovery
Health-care roadblocks stymie patients
Reading Time: 3 minutes The N.S. Health Authority lets an inefficient telephone system act as an important barrier to timely care
Reduce income taxes to spur Nova Scotia’s recovery
Reading Time: 3 minutes Attempting to fight high deficits while maintaining high tax rates will reduce the province’s economic growth prospects
Half measures won’t solve the problem with police
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s time to reduce funding to police and reallocate those dollars to more proactive ways to reduce crime
Nova Scotia government faces debt tidal wave
Reading Time: 3 minutes Rising government debt can dampen economic growth and divert billions of dollars away from important public priorities
Ottawa’s carbon tax hike out of step with global reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian taxpayers need financial relief during the COVID-19 crisis. Carbon taxes are an obvious place to start
Municipalities, utilities on the front lines of extreme weather
Reading Time: 4 minutes Smart Energy Communities are not only more resilient, they also create new opportunities for local economic development, lower energy costs and a cleaner environment