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From a press release by the NS NDP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n HALIFAX:<\/strong> The NDP in Nova Scotia say that Nova Scotians aren\u2019t better off after four weeks of the fall sitting of the Nova Scotia legislature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While Premier Tim Houston had the opportunity to strengthen protections for renters, create an income benefit for seniors, announce a universal school lunch program, and ban child care waitlist fees, the session will end today with little improvement for everyday Nova Scotians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the last month, we\u2019ve brought the attention of the legislature to the serious challenges facing too many Nova Scotians,” said NDP leader Claudia Chender in a release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Unfortunately, Tim Houston hasn\u2019t done what\u2019s needed to help everyday families better afford housing, food, or other necessities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”194″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn fact, one of the first things we heard this sitting was that fewer people would be able to access the Heating Assistance Rebate Program (HARP) when the cost of everything has only gotten worse in the last year, not better.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nova Scotia New Democrats tabled 22 bills this sitting including bills to create a Seniors\u2019 Income Benefit, prevent tip theft, cut the tax on all grocery food, and allow a vacant land tax to encourage housing development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs the weather gets colder, the housing crisis becomes even more urgent,\u201d said Chender. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis session we forced the Houston government to reveal their housing strategy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Unfortunately, it doesn\u2019t ensure truly affordable housing will be built or explain how they plan to build the 70,000 homes we need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “This is not a small issue and Nova Scotians deserve a government that\u2019s ready to stand with them and take action to make real change,” added Chender. <\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotyate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”126″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”188″] [adrotate banner=”169″] From a press release by the NS NDP HALIFAX: The NDP in Nova Scotia say that Nova Scotians aren\u2019t better off after four weeks of the fall sitting of the Nova Scotia legislature. While Premier Tim Houston had the opportunity to strengthen protections for renters, create an income benefit for seniors, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[3124,5703,50,1637,48,5704,2517,5705],"class_list":["post-40291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-claudia-chender","tag-fall-legislative","tag-halifax","tag-housing","tag-n-s","tag-nova-scotia-ndp","tag-premier-tim-houston","tag-universal-school-lunch-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}