Nova Scotians heading to the polls Nov. 26 after early election call
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Tim Houston has called a snap election to be held Nov. 26.
The Progressive Conservative leader is trying to win a second term, despite legislation he personally introduced three years ago that gave Nova Scotia a fixed election date of July 15, 2025.
Houston visited the lieutenant-governor Sunday to dissolve the current House.
Breaking from tradition, he did not take questions from reporters as he left the lieutenant-governor's residence. Houston then entered a blue bus with the message "Vote PC" on it. Houston is holding a rally in Bedford at 1:30 p.m. AT.
The decision to call an early election was criticized by NDP Leader Claudia Chender.
"Nova Scotians continue to experience a failing health-care system, unsustainable housing prices, and the rapidly rising cost of living — but instead of addressing these issues for the people they were elected to serve, the Houston government is focused on trying to hold onto power," she said in a statement.
The NDP is launching its campaign in Dartmouth at an event at 3 p.m.
Liberal Leader Zach Churchill criticized Houston's decision to call an early election, as well as a 21-page brochure the PCs sent out to Nova Scotians highlighting the party's work on health care.
"Tim Houston cannot be allowed to continue to spend Nova Scotians' hard-earned money on his partisan playbook," Churchill said at a Liberal event.
"It certainly shows a lack of respect for voters, for taxpayers, and I do think it shows that he will do unethical things as long as he thinks he can get away with it."
Earlier Sunday, the party filed a complaint with the province's chief electoral officer over the brochure.
Green Party Leader Anthony Edmonds said he was disappointed Houston broke his promise of a fixed election date.
"Elections Nova Scotia has reported that an early election call will increase their costs," he wrote in an email to CBC News. "I fear that a snap election will see many voters stay home, which is disheartening in this era of record low turnouts at the polls."
Cape Breton University political scientist Tom Urbaniak expects the early election call to dominate the debate during the first few days of the campaign but suggested it may lose ground to other issues.
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