Election day in Nova Scotia as Tim Houston seeks 2nd term as premier
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Voters in Nova Scotia are heading to the polls today as the province holds an election to determine if Tim Houston and the Progressive Conservatives will remain in power.
It’s election day in Nova Scotia, as Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives seek a second mandate.
Houston opted to call a snap election on Oct. 27 — ignoring his government’s election law, which for the first time in Nova Scotia set a fixed election date: July 15, 2025.
It was a move that was criticized by Liberal Leader Zach Churchill and NDP Leader Claudia Chender.
In a little over four weeks of campaigning, topics such as housing, affordability and health care have dominated discussions.
In 2021, Houston’s campaign zeroed in on the ailing health-care system, and his vow to fix it. During this 2024 campaign, the other two major party leaders have called Houston out on the slow pace of improving the crisis.
During a televised debate, Houston argued that the system had crumbled under 12 years of NDP and Liberal governments.
“We were taking over from parties that were inactive in health care,” he said Nov. 14.
Houston also placed blame during the campaign on previous governments for the housing crisis, and said his government’s plan to support the creation of 41,200 new housing units by 2028 is already more than halfway there.
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Voters in Nova Scotia are heading to the polls today as the province holds an election to determine if Tim Houston and the Progressive Conservatives will remain in power.
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