In response to critics, Nova Scotia amends bills on interprovincial trade, info law

Following mounting public pressure, the government has also committed to withdrawing proposals that would have allowed it to fire the province’s auditor general without cause and veto the release of audit reports.

Opposition NDP Leader Claudia Chender said she doesn’t buy the premier’s explanation for all of the changes, adding that the Progressive Conservatives are “terrible legislators.”

“This is not the way that legislation is supposed to be made and it does not result in a good final outcome,” Chender said.

The amendments were scheduled to go back to the legislature for debate later on Thursday.

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