The Province says public institutions must “do more with less” and make hard choices on services that workers rely on. Meanwhile, their tax cuts hand the top 10% $114 million — 24.5% of the total revenue loss. Tax breaks for the rich, cuts for the rest of us. #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

40 years of wealth transfer from workers to the rich has broken the housing market. People can’t afford homes, so the market won't build them, while the wealthy hoard what's left. The fix? Tax wealth, raise the wage floor, and build non-market housing. #nspoli #Housing www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Reckless government cuts always hit the most vulnerable first. Kids with autism are losing critical support in our schools right now. While Nova Scotians are told to wait for wealth to trickle down someday, families are paying the price today. #nspoli #NovaScotia halifax.citynews.ca/2026/05/29/m...

With this offer, the government is telling care workers and residents they don't deserve dignity. Workers need a living wage to meet basic needs. Residents deserve high-quality care. Underpaying staff drastically undervalues essential care labour. #nspoli #CanLab www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Six ministers of Social Development in under five years! While child poverty rises, homelessness grows, and the disability sector faces major changes, this lack of political attention to social care a is yet another failure of governance by the PC's. #nspoli #NovaScotia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It’s heating up👇

@claudiachenderns laid out a vision for Nova Scotia: rooted in care for each other, bold enough to invest in innovation, and committed to strengthening our core industries and public infrastructure. This was a real alternative that will lift All Nova Scotians up. #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

An economy isn’t built on resources alone—it’s built by people. When 32% of Nova Scotia students face hidden homelessness, governments are failing. Education fuels productivity, yet many students rely on food banks just to stay in school #NovaScotia #EducationMatters www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...

Minister Adams loves the expression “the pot calling the kettle black.” If she truly wanted to put residents first, she’d offer fair wages and respect and not appease corporate interests. You don’t fix long-term care by blaming frontline staff. #FairWages #NovaScotia www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/...

Gas tax cuts widen inequality—50% of 2022 oil profits went to the top 1%. a permanent excess profit tax is needed—let’s tax oil windfalls and invest in people. #cdnpoli #carney #climate www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Such a treat to visit the Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum for their delicious pancake breakfast! 🥞

Pierre Poilievre demands Ottawa cancel gasoline taxes to offset sky-high prices from Trump's war on Iran (which Poilievre enthusiastically backs). He doesn't want to discuss the true culprit: oil industry profits. My take in @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/business/opi... #cdnecon #canlab

Translation - Capitailist see disater and on cue, have implemented disaster capitailism plans to screw over workers. #timeforsocialdemocracy #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

🚨 1/ Privatized care in Nova Scotia has failed. $184M of public money, poor pay for workers, and unsafe conditions for the most vulnerable. It’s time for accountability and a complete overhaul. #NSPoli #HealthcareCrisis 🧵 #NSPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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A strong economy is built from the bottom up, not the top down. Workers need disposable income to spend locally—spending drives demand, and demand fuels growth. Closing the $10.85/hr gap between Nova Scotia's minimum & living wage is good policy. #LivingWage #NS halifax.citynews.ca/2026/03/31/m...

Killam Properties only raised rents by 7.1%—a win, apparently? That’s like saying giving $3B in assets to for-profit companies for long-term care is 'helping the health care crisis.' Classic Tory math: 1+1 = profits for them, crumbs for you. #NovaScotia #ToryMath www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

NEW RELEASE: Arts and Culture: Nova Scotia’s Undervalued Public Good by Sébastien Labelle This piece emphasizes the contributions of the art & culture sector to NS, and how these sectors will be impacted by budget cuts. Read the full piece here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #nspoli

This Conservative government is starting to look and sound more like MAGA Republicans every day. Privatizing jails instead of fixing the social safety net is a classic American Republican staple we don't need here. #nspoli #novascotia #peopleoverprofit www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

NS budget shortfalls force Tim Houston to eliminate ocean

"The reality is a $1.2-billion deficit last year, a $1.2-billion deficit this year—I mean, something has to give." I saw we give Tim Houston back to Bermuda! #NSpoli #Novascotia #budget #timhouston www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tim Houston's reckless cuts stem from massive tax cuts favour the wealthy. In 2026, families earning $26K save just $194, while those earning $209K+ save $2,234—11x more. Communities are asked to suffer while the rich get richer. #NovaScotia #TaxCuts www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

I spoke at a forum Friday about fighting austerity. Now it’s time to act: 🛑 March 2, 12 PM: Shoulder to Shoulder Rally at NS Leg. 🎭 March 4, 12 PM: Rally to Stop Arts Cuts at Province House – Protect arts & culture. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-... #FightAusterity #NovaScotia

The polar vortex lifts, but the chill of Dalhousie's $30M deal lingers. Over $24M in incentives prop up oil & gas oligarchs, risking academic integrity. Wealth flows offshore, while communities bear the cost. #Dalhousie #Accountability #ClimateAction #NSpoli

Raising NS's participation rate (61%) to the national avg (65%) could add 40K workers & boost GDP by $2.4B—a 3.7% rise, far greater than any megaproject. Invest in labor. Uplift communities. Put people first. #NSpoli #EconomicJustice www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

CCPA economists analyzed Nova Scotia's 'largest tax break' and found: -$57M went to the richest 20% -Low-income earners got just $6 on average -Bottom 50% saw $146, while the top 20% got $432 A $172M revenue loss—who really benefits? #TaxCuts #NovaScotia" www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The blind ideological faith that supply and demand alone drive housing costs is staggering. Affordable housing won’t simply “trickle down” by incentivizing high-end purpose-built rentals. The reality? We’re ignoring the financialization of housing. #NSpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Houston's Conservatives can't govern: poor financial management, declining services, and an economic plan tied to oil & gas oligarchs exploiting Nova Scotia and its workers. This is a pitiful distraction with Houston using Indigenous sovereignty as a scapegoat #NSPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nova Scotia's fiscal update highlights misplaced priorities: $500M in tax cuts favouring high-income earners while housing & cost-of-living crises deepen. We need 4000 affordable units/year, not subsidies for private developers. Fiscal choices matter #NSPoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Champagne and MacKinnon brushed off questions about Ma's integrity. "What matters at the end of the day is that he made the choice to join the Liberal Party," said the finance minister. - so fits right into a party with no intregrity www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Not the strongest commitment from the Minister on fully funding the Child & Youth Advocate, but progress nonetheless. Let’s keep the pressure on, this office needs a $6.5M budget this spring to truly make an impact. #ChildAdvocacy #FundTheFuture #NSpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tim Houston & co. roam unceded Mi’kmaq territory as if they hold the deed, ignoring the need for collaboration & partnership. This approach guarantees stalled progress for Nova Scotia. 🤔 #UncededLand #NovaScotia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Yesterday #NSACORN was out on the bridge near Dartmouth Crossing, with a very simple demand: Ban fixed term leases. FTLs fuel the housing crisis by allowing landlords to screw tenants & evade the rent cap. If the Houston gov wants to show up for tenants, they need to close this loophole. #Halisky

The Premier says natural resources are our biggest economic opportunity but ignores our greatest resource: Our people. Childcare isn’t just social policy—it’s economic strategy. Every $1 invested returns $2. Families thrive, we all win. #NSPoli #Childcare #EconomicGrowth www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

More proof in today's strong Canadian jobs report that Trump's trade war is utterly backfiring for U.S. workers: manufacturing employment is falling there, but still (despite tariff chaos) higher in Canada year/year. This proves Trump is no friend of American workers. #canlab #cdnecon

It's great that minimum wage will be tied to inflation next year, but the problem is this change comes 40 years too late. And even now, Nova Scotia's wage floor is still nearly $10/hour short of a living wage. #NSpoli #LivingWage #FairPay www.cbc.ca/news/canada/....

It's shocking that the department says $2 billion is 'too much' to invest in eliminating poverty, when the estimated cost of letting poverty persist is also $2 billion, due to lost productivity and excess services. #NSpoli #EndPoverty #InvestInPeople #SocialJustice www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Three years, no Cobequid update. Tim Houston broke healthcare promises, created a $1.2B deficit by giving tax cuts to the rich, and stacking profits for developers and corporations. The result: patients pay the price for electioneering. #NSPoli #HealthcareCrisis www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Impressive resilience from Canada's economy in 3Q: not just avoiding a recession with a 2.6% annualized bounce, but more than erasing the 2Q drop. Would have been even stronger but for reduction in fed govt current spending. Lesson: austerity is not helpful as we deal with Trump. #cdnecon

Tim Houston’s resource development dreams are built on the foundation of environmental racism. Unresolved trauma creates instability, and investors will see no stability in such a climate. His inaction on environmental racism will cost all Nova Scotians. #justice #economy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with land defenders. We Are All Treaty People Rally. We're opposing the Protecting Nova Scotians Act, a bill that stifles democracy & infringes on treaty rights. Honoured to join our voices with Mi’kmaw protectors #WeAreAllTreatyPeople #ProtectOurForests #nspoli

Let me get this straight: The government overspends on untendered contracts for their friends, hands out a $500M tax cut favouring the wealthy, and now considers cutting services for the vulnerable during a cost-of-living crisis? This is peak incompetence. #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Cabot Cape Breton shows the flaw in our economic system. Companies can exploit natural resources for shareholder wealth, while their taxes barely fund the services they use. The result workers see there quality of life dissolve. It doesn't have to be this way #NSpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Halifax's living wage is now higher than Vancouver's? With 50% of Nova Scotians earning less than what's needed to get by, the affordability crisis is real. But there are solutions. Read more in our latest blog post. #NSpoli #AffordabilityCrisis open.substack.com/pub/alecstra...

Under this PC government and their failed housing policy, Halifax’s living wage is $29—higher than Vancouver’s $27. Shockingly, 50% of Nova Scotians earn less than that. It doesn’t have to be this way. #FairWages #HousingCrisis" cheknews.ca/living-wage-...

In Spryfield, Halifax, 39% of affordable single-person rentals disappeared in just a few years. This is the cost of a housing system built on profit. But with bold, policies, we can ensure every Nova Scotian has a safe home. 🏠✊#HousingIsAHumanRight #PeopleOverProfit open.substack.com/pub/alecstra...

Food costs are soaring because governments prioritize corporate interests over people. Nova Scotia could follow Manitoba's NDP in banning restrictive covenants, ensuring fair competition and affordable groceries. It's time to put people first. 🍎 #FoodSecurity #NSpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nova Scotia’s top 0.1% earn 29x more than the average person. Tax cuts for the rich, privatized healthcare, & housing policies that reward profits over people are fueling inequality. It’s time to demand equity, not excuses. #NSpoli #Inequality #SocialJustice" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...