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Mar 8, 2021 2:55 PM
Patty Culbert has withdrawn her intent to run for the Liberal nomination in Lunenburg West. Photo: Patty Culbert /Facebook
Patty Culbert announced on International Women’s Day that she wants to become the fifty-first woman elected to the Nova Scotia Legislature.
With incumbent Mark Furey announcing last month that he will not reoffer for the next election his position will become vacant once a new election is called.
“International Women’s Day is the perfect day to announce my intention to seek the Liberal nomination,” said Culbert.
“Only 50 women have previously been elected to the Nova Scotia Legislature, so there is certainly room for improved gender representation in Nova Scotia. Today I’m honoured to draw on the strength and wisdom of those women who have gone before me and take the first step toward becoming number 51.”
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HALIFAX The Nova Scotia government needs to address systemic racism that has led to the overrepresentation of Black and Indigenous people in its criminal justice system, anti-racism advocates told a legislative committee Tuesday. Emma Halpern, executive director of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia, said there needs to be mandatory anti-racism training for police and other front-line workers who encounter African Nova Scotian and Indigenous residents. We need to think about the way in which policing and carceral systems have infiltrated so many of our state systems and to address that at its root, Halpern told the standing committee on community services.
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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.