On February 18, Finance and Treasury Board Minister John Lohr tabled Budget 2025-26: Unlocking Our Potential. Summary/Political Context On Tuesday, John Lohr tabled his first budget as finance minister — and his party’s first since winning last November’s election —projecting revenues of $16.5 billion, expenses of $17.6 billion and a deficit of $698 million. As...Read More
A Supermajority – The Progressive Conservatives Increase Their Vote and Seat Count November 26, 2024 IntroductionThe results are in! The Progressive Conservatives (PC) won re-election with 43 seats (up from 34 at dissolution) and managed to capture a massive 52.8% of the popular vote. The New Democratic Party (NDP) won nine seats becoming the Official...Read More
Nova Scotia Legislature New Liberal Premier Iain Rankin and his first Cabinet were sworn in on Feb 23rd, 2021. With a provincial election to be triggered no later than May 2022 due to provincial election laws, Premier Rankin’s first Cabinet is the result of a delicate balancing act of Party unity and candidate recruitment, as...Read More
If Canadian politics were playing out in the scene of a movie right now, it would be Ben Stiller’s Zoolander with political observers and pundits doing their best Mugatu impression when talking Atlantic Canada: it’s so hot right now. As I write this from Charlottetown, Atlantic Canada is getting hit with the strongest winter storm...Read More
