Late 2024 saw two political records broken in Nova Scotia’s provincial election: the lowest turnout of eligible voters in the province’s history and the Progressive Conservative (PC) party winning its highest number of ridings. The party’s platform – which preached health-care reform and addressed the cost of living while centring business interests, the importance of family, and the need to reduce taxes – made no mention of universities. So when the supermajority introduced legisl...
