Breaking News: March 10/26
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announces reinstating $53.6 million in grants and funding to support people with disabilities, seniors and education initiatives for 2026-27.
Notably, there’s no restoration of art funding as Tim’s hand on heart governing rule was cold & dead for the arts.
The Nova Scotia government’s “Multi-Year Fiscal Stability Plan” calls for further cuts to the provincial budget for each of the next four years, to nearly a billion dollars in the 2029/30 budget year. That also reflects a cut of about 20% of the current provincial workforce.
The government hopes to achieve these reductions by increasing productivity and efficiency, in part through the use of artificial intelligence.
Some $4.4 million is budgeted “to develop and deploy artificial intelligence enabled applications.” The Examiner asked what that means exactly, and was told that the money would be used to build in-house expertise and train staff on how to use AI, mainly with Microsoft Office AI tools.
News Content Source: The Halifax Examiner
Premier Tim can’t find it in his heart to restore Nova Scotia arts & culture funding cuts.
