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Lower costs. Protect our future. Build Nova Scotia.

Explore Tim Houston’s plan to help your dollar go further, strengthen our energy future, and build more homes people can afford.

Lowering Taxes Putting more money back in the pockets of Nova Scotians.

Tax relief that helps your dollar go further

  • Reducing the HST lowers the tax paid on everyday taxable goods and services, helping each household dollar go further.
  • Personal income tax relief helps Nova Scotians keep more of what they earn, with tax cuts saving an average of more than $1,400 a year.
  • Small business tax cuts leave local employers with more room to invest, grow, and create good-paying jobs in their communities.
  • Skilled trades tax relief lets eligible workers under 30 get back the Nova Scotia income tax paid on their first $50,000 of earnings.
Supporting Everyday Costs Practical help for families, seniors, students, and workers.

Helping with the costs people face every day

  • The Seniors Care Grant provides eligible seniors with $750 to help cover everyday services and remain safe and independent at home.
  • School food programs give more than 133,000 students access to healthy, affordable lunches so they can focus on learning.
  • Student assistance is delivering $56.5 million in support to more than 40,000 students, easing the pressure of education and training costs.
  • Raising the minimum wage to $17 an hour puts more money in workers’ pockets and helps paycheques keep pace with everyday costs.
Building Nova Scotia and the Economy More homes, stronger energy security, and good jobs.

Building a stronger, more self-reliant province

  • More housing people can afford means building new supply, delivering the first new public housing in 30 years, and helping more Nova Scotians become homeowners.
  • Developing Nova Scotia’s natural resources safely creates good-paying jobs, attracts investment, and keeps more economic opportunity here at home.
  • Stronger energy security reduces our reliance on imported US fuel and makes Nova Scotia more resilient when tariffs and global uncertainty drive costs up.
  • A growing economy creates good-paying jobs and helps fund the healthcare, education, roads, and public services communities rely on.