Tim HoustonPremier; President of the Executive Council; Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs; Minister of Trade

Interventions récentes

Un extrait de chaque intervention en chambre — lisez le texte intégral au dossier officiel.

1. DOE: SKYROCKETING POWER BILLS AND LACK OF SECURITY - REVIEW

   It's not practical to have a discussion about buying this utility back and it's not necessary, to be honest. I know the member is an advocate for that. I know the member is an advocate for taking taxpayer money and subsi…

   2026-04-02·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

2. DOE: SKYROCKETING POWER BILLS AND LACK OF SECURITY - REVIEW

   There's an independent board. They review Nova Scotia Power very carefully. We made a detailed submission on this particular rate increase. I wish they would have followed the evidence we put forward. They made their own…

   2026-04-02·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

3. DOE: ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES FOR NSP MISSED - EXPLAIN

   The solution here is competition for Nova Scotia Power, we know that. We've announced the first steps for competition with renewal on that project, it's a great project. Natural gas, explore your own natural gas, develop…

   2026-04-02·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

4. PREM.: CONCERNS RE CASINO OPERATIONS - ADDRESS

   This is actually a case where we didn't choose. The contract was there. The provider - I'm not sure who signed that contract, but it was probably one of these two parties over here. The contract existed. That operator ha…

   2026-04-02·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

5. DOE: ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES FOR NSP MISSED - EXPLAIN

   I could speak at length on the importance of competition in the energy market, giving consumers the choice. Having some competition for Nova Scotia Power is incredibly important. We've spoken at length as well on the pr…

   2026-04-02·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

6. DOE: ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES FOR NSP MISSED - EXPLAIN

   All Nova Scotians understand the difficulties with Nova Scotia Power, their unreliable service, the costs of the power, the bills. It's a bad situation for all Nova Scotians. The Nova Scotia Energy Board is independent,…

   2026-04-02·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

7. DOE: CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN EVERWIND PROJ. - ADDRESS

   Obviously, the biggest protection is to not advance any funding to a company without a thorough business plan and opportunity. That's why we haven't. But we are interested in hydrogen as a business opportunity in this pr…

   2026-04-01·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

8. PREM.: LACK OF NSHA BOARD AND OVERSIGHT - EXPLAIN

   The question answers itself. The results certainly speak for themselves - the progress we've made. Karen Oldfield is a lot of things, and yes, one of them is a former chief of staff. She is a lot of things. She's a very…

   2026-04-01·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

9. DOE: CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN EVERWIND PROJ. - ADDRESS

   First off, I want to clear up something. Yesterday, the member said that the government had given millions of dollars to EverWind. I want to be clear with the member that zero provincial money has gone to EverWind. I thi…

   2026-04-01·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

10. DOE: EVERWIND EVADING GREEN ENERGY SOURCES - ADDRESS

    There's incredible work happening in the energy space in Nova Scotia in general. We have opportunities in offshore oil and gas, opportunities in onshore gas, incredible wind opportunities. We've approved, I think, 17 win…

    2026-03-31·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗