Opposition, labour group call for tax reform in N.S. amid rising cost of living

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Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender said that figure represents a fraction of the province’s budget but is “a really meaningful (amount) to the people for whom it could be in their pockets.”

Chender said the province’s failure to index tax brackets or raise income assistance rates shows that the government “doesn’t seem to grasp the severity of the cost-of-living crisis that people are living in.”