(CREDIT: Nova Scotia Legislature)
Health care and affordable housing are expected to dominate the fall sitting of the legislature
The first session of the 64th general assembly will open at 1 p.m. on Tuesday when Lieutenant Governor Arthur J. LeBlanc reads the speech from the throne.
It will set the course for the province’s new Tory government.
Premier Tim Houston says they’ll continue to focus on fixing the province’s health care system and address the lack of mental health services.
Meantime, NDP Leader Gary Burrill says the PCs made many promises, which they’ll have to live up to.
He wants to see movement on housing, health care, and the environment.
Burrill is pushing for permanent rent control.
“The continued refusal of the Conservatives to consider or to countenance extending to the people of Nova Scotia a protection that a majority of Canadians have today is a very unwise and ill-considerate approach,” Burrill says.
That’s not a solution Houston supports. He believes the answer is boosting the affordable housing supply.
Liberal Leader Iain Rankin says he’ll hold the Tory government into account on that issue in addition to making health care improvements and protecting the environment.
The fall sitting marks the first time the House of Assembly will be full since the start of the pandemic.
