What ministerial mandate letters say about the N.S. government's plans
CBC
New environmental legislation, the end of tolls on the Cobequid Pass, a reset on the relationship with teachers, and ambitious plans for health care are among the items members of Nova Scotia's new cabinet are tasked with through the course of their mandate.
Ministerial mandate letters from Premier Tim Houston to his colleagues were released on Thursday. Ministers now have 90 days to formulate plans showing how they'll achieve their targets.
While some of these plans, such as the overhaul of health-care delivery in the province, were thoroughly discussed during the election campaign, other items in the letters are new.
Education Minister Becky Druhan, for example, will regularly visit classrooms and participate in staff meetings as she seeks a more collaborative approach to working with teachers and their union.
Environment Minister Tim Halman will bring in legislation this fall called the Enviro-Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act, intended to reduce Nova Scotia's carbon footprint in the next decade while encouraging sustainable and green growth in the economy.
Halman said it will build on legislation the Liberals passed in 2019 but never proclaimed because the regulations weren't completed.
"We're going forwards, we're not going backwards," Halman said in an interview.
Egmont MP Bobby Morrissey says federal help for Prince Edward Island's struggling oyster fishery is expected early in the new year.
Calgary police have charged a man with defrauding numerous seniors out of about $186,000 in a string of incidents over a five-week period.
A Brampton lawyer allegedly connected to fugitive Ryan Wedding was granted bail Tuesday morning by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Rankin Inlet hamlet councillors recently passed a motion that has had them avoid drinking alcohol for the 12 days leading up to Christmas, with the goal of setting a positive example for the community.
Jason Jacques says he learned a lot about the importance of choosing his words carefully in his first few months as the interim parliamentary budget officer (PBO).
Durham police say a man is dead after suffering multiple stab wounds in Oshawa Tuesday morning.
An internal review of technical outages that caused significant delays at airports and international land borders this fall has exposed critical flaws with the Canada Border Services Agency's IT services.
Two people are in life-threatening condition after being pulled from a house fire in Scarborough Tuesday morning, according to Toronto Fire Services.
Whenever the door opens at the British Grenadier Bookshop, proprietor Steve Douglas doesn’t know who is going to walk through.
A northeastern Ontario potato farmer says he’s shipping more bags of potatoes to southern Ontario to make up for waning demand.
Halifax’s registry of rental properties is now available to the public online, showing what HRM staff believe are the “bulk” of rentals in the city.
A New Brunswick tenant says he’s being pushed out of his rented bungalow as retribution for complaining about his landlord, but his landlord says she’s the victim of an unfair tenancy tribunal ruling that is preventing her from using the unit to house family.
Snow and freezing rain could affect morning commutes on Tuesday, according to a special weather statement issued by Environment Canada.