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Posted: Feb 22, 2021 2:30 PM AT | Last Updated: February 22
Iain Rankin addresses supporters after winning the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party at a virtual convention in Halifax earlier this month.(The Canadian Press)
Iain Rankin will officially take over the premier s job at a ceremony in Halifax Tuesday morning, less than five months after he launched his bid to lead the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
But the journey he started in October at the Prospect Road Community Centre is going to be a lot tougher than the one that ended with his 52 per cent leadership win on Feb. 6.
He s taking over a government running (at last count) a $780-million deficit, the province s deepest fiscal hole since 1999 when the year ended with a $797-million deficit. Nova Scotia also remains in the grips of a global pandemic, and is still in the early stages of rolling out the largest vaccination program in the province s history.