Source: CBC #news #novascotia

N.S. Speaker introduces visitor restrictions at #provincehouse
At the end of a week that included several thousand people rallying outside the #novascotia Legislature against proposed budget cuts and a handful of people inside bringing their concerns directly to a cabinet minister, the Speaker of the House announced restrictions to visitors to the birthplace of parliamentary democracy in #canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/province-house-legislature-danielle-barkhouse-claudia-chender-iain-rankin-9.7118038?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Thousands take to streets to protest cuts to N.S. arts grants
About 2,000 people gathered outside #provincehouse in #halifax to let the Houston government know cuts to arts, tourism, culture and heritage sectors would cause irreparable harm to their industries.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/budget-culture-heritage-arts-grant-cuts-protest-9.7114664?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Mi'kmaw groups oppose cuts to programs
Hundreds of people from the Mi'kmaw community and their supporters gathered at #provincehouse on Tuesday, calling on the Houston government to reverse cuts impacting Indigenous programs. The CBC's Giuliana Grillo has the story.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7113314?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Party leaders point fingers as #novascotia debt continues to climb
#novascotia’s debt has increased by about $10 billion since Premier Tim Houston and his team formed government and the latest budget being debated at #provincehouse shows the number will continue to climb.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tim-houston-claudia-chender-iain-rankin-debt-budget-9.7104511?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Opposition parties blast Houston gov’t over accountability, ‘reckless spending’
#provincehouse will be bustling on Monday as MLAs return for a sitting of the legislature, but NDP Leader Claudia Chender says for most of the year, the building “might as well be a museum.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/opposition-blast-houston-govt-over-accountability-reckless-spending-9.7097871?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #pei

P.E.I. MLAs won't be back in #provincehouse for spring sitting as renovation continues
The upcoming spring sitting of P.E.I.'s legislative assembly will once again be held in the Coles Building in stead of #provincehouse. Construction on the historic seat of the legislature began in 2015, and has hit some snags along the way.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-legislature-province-house-construction-spring-sitting-9.7085070?cmp=rss