2024 Provincial Election

2024 Provincial Election

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Which party commitments impact agriculture?

These are the commitments made to date that would have an impact on the agricultural sector. As political campaigns often have a staggered rollout of announcements, the information listed here is only what has been announced to date, and it’s possible more commitments will be announced as the campaign unfolds.

Last updated: Thursday, November 14, 2024 (12:00 pm)

Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia

 

  • Raise minimum wage from $15.20 to $16.50
  • Decrease the small business tax rate from the current rate of 2.5% down to 1.5%
  • Increase the small business threshold from its current $500,000 up to $700,000

 

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia
  • Work with other Atlantic Provinces to establish a Cap and Trade program.
  • Improve competition in the grocery market.
    • Ban restrictive covenants that determine where grocery stores can be built. This will increase competition and improve availability of grocery stores across the province, especially in rural areas, and
    • Invest in independent grocery stores by providing grants and loans so they can expand to better serve their communities and compete against large grocery stores.
  • Halt all payments to Sobeys for the Nova Scotia Loyal program, and instead invest that money in developing a comprehensive marketing and growth plan for local products.
  • Invest $10M to expand affordable food programs across the province by building new food hubs, expanding programs that buy excess food from farmers to sell directly to Nova Scotians, and investing in mobile food markets.
  • Establish province-wide minimum zoning standards, reduce red tape, eliminate restrictive covenants, and hasten development to build homes faster.
  • Ensure immigration targets are focused on growing the number of professionals we need in critical areas, including but not limited to agriculture and aquaculture workers.
  • Reduce the small business tax to 1% and raise the income threshold for this preferential rate from $500k to $700k
  • Invest in maintaining rural road infrastructure by enhancing maintenance efforts for ditches and culverts to keep our roads safe and protect private property
  • Support our wineries with a direct agriculture subsidy to ensure these farm wineries can stay competitive with their international competitors. We will support the sustainability of farm wineries by developing a provincial replanting and management strategy. And we will reinstate the Wine Development Board
  • Nova Scotia farms are essential for our communities, and a Nova Scotia Liberal government will invest to ensure they remain sustainable. We will develop a Centre for Agriculture Ventures and Enterprises that will bring together different levels of government, post-secondary institutions, and farmers to find innovative ways to support our farms. One of the first priorities will be to help our farms adapt to climate change. We’ll also develop a mental health plan for farmers, who we know are twice as likely to experience suicidal ideation.
  • Expand cell service across our province, starting along our highway corridors

 

Nova Scotia New Democratic Party

 

  • Cutting the small business tax rate to 1.5% from 2.5%, so businesses can invest more in their growth and hire more workers to take advantage of opportunities.
  • Creating real incentives to support local business through a buy local program that is inclusive and allows entrepreneurs, rather than corporations, to thrive.
  • Investing more in training and apprenticeships to help make sure Nova Scotia has the highly skilled and well-qualified workers businesses are looking for.
  • By establishing a pilot program with four new publicly-owned and operated child care centres in underserved areas. We’ll also provide capital funding to schools for more child care spaces closer to home for parents, and make child care opportunities fairer for all through a centralized waitlist.
Green Party of Nova Scotia
  • Commitments specific to Agriculture have yet to be announced.

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