Amendments to nova Scotia’s Securities Act, recently passed by the province’s legislature, will significantly boost enforcement powers and, for the first time, allow delegation of authority.“By strengthening our compliance and enforcement options, we will improve the Nova Scotia Securities Commission’s ability to protect investors,” says Kerry Morash, Nova Scotia’s environment and labour minister. That protection […]
Many of nova scotia’s senior ministers, and the premier himself, have devoted their attention to an issue of the utmost importance to all Nova Scotians and to the governance of the province itself. Health-care waiting lists can wait a little longer, educational issues can be tested another day, economic prosperity can be cashed in down […]
Nova scotia, like the nation itself, is being run by a minority government. But John Hamm’s Tories, unlike Paul Martin’s Liberals, are in an enviable position. The province’s PC government and the premier himself are riding a wave of public support that makes both an apparent shoo-in should either the Liberals or the NDP be […]
The pool of money available to smaller-scale businesses in Nova Scotia just got deeper. The province has become the first on the East Coast to join the TSX Venture Exchange’s capital pool company program, which holds out to junior companies the promise of easier access to venture capital and a listing on the TSX Venture […]
The boys are at it again. this time, the federal express is trying to plow through Prince Edward Island’s fishing nets. It seems to be an uneven fight: the largest bureaucracy in the land pitted against the smallest province. Maybe so, but no one here believes P.E.I.won’t emerge as the victor.What is at stake is […]