It's been a year since a consultant recommended Nova Scotia create an enforcement and compliance unit to regulate rental disputes. But so far there is no public progress on this, and tenants and landlords say the current system is broken.
Opposition parties are concerned that the province won't release a report it commissioned last fall to examine what a residential tenancies enforcement unit could look like in Nova Scotia.
The Nova Scotia government has hired a consultant to examine whether the province should create an Ontario-style enforcement system for landlords and tenants, in which trained officers would advise parties on disputes and have the power to issue fines.