Why A Halifax Woman Was Forced To Close Her Home-Based Hair Salon
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In 2018, Dartmouth South NDP MLA, Claudia Chender, tabled a motion that would outlaw the type of restrictive covenants used in the controversial Sobeys deal.
‘[It] would ensure that communities like Woodside don’t turn into food deserts when big-box retailers decide to close up shop,’ wrote Chender at the time. ‘This community in Dartmouth South has a 20-year restriction on a grocery store moving into the former Sobeys’ location. This is simply unfair to the residents a store would serve. Bill 60 has gone through first reading and could still be passed at the government’s earliest opportunity. The NDP will continue to push for this change in the legislature.’”