A First Ministers Meeting is being held in Ottawa today to discuss Donald Trump’s tariff threat on Canadian goods. All of the country’s 13 premiers, including Nova Scotia’s Tim Houston, are set to attend. Retaliatory tariffs are expected to be on the agenda. That’s after the incoming U-S president threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods as soon as he returns to the White House later this month.
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Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he’s touched by the number of people who urged him to run for the federal Liberal leadership. Champagne announced at an event in Toronto he will not run for Liberal leader, admitting it was likely one of the most difficult decisions of his life. Former B-C Premier Christy Clark also tapped out Tuesday, announcing she will not run.
The province’s ministers of justice and status of women say they met Tuesday with a coalition of advocates after a string of killings police say were the result of intimate partner violence. The ministers say they reaffirmed their commitment to delivering on the recommendations of the Mass Casualty Commission, the Desmond Fatality Inquiry and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Becky Druhan and Leah Martin say they are also committed to supporting violence prevention strategies and providing sustainable funding to front-line organizations. Six women in the province have been killed by their male partners since the province declared in September that intimate partner violence is an epidemic.
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board says the Interrupter Clause was invoked Tuesday to allow for an adjustment in diesel prices in the province. At midnight, the price of diesel increased by 5.8 cents per litre. The minimum pump price for diesel is now 194.1 cents per litre in the local area. Gas prices were not affected
The Nova Scotia government has signed an agreement to spend 13.3 million-dollars a year on tourism advertising. The province says it has selected Halifax advertising firm m5 Marketing Communications to run the Department of Tourism’s ads for the next five years. Minister of Tourism Dave Ritcey says he’s confident in the firm’s ability to deliver effective marketing campaigns that encourage tourism spending in Nova Scotia.
