Yesterday, the Governments of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia released a joint statement on developing and transmitting clean, affordable and reliable power in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Today, the Province of Nova Scotia announced plans to take full control of planning and development in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). By announcing unprecedented changes to the Halifax Charter and the Housing in the Halifax Regional Municipality Act – the same legislation that created the Executive Panel on Housing – the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, John Lohr, now has absolute power and discretion over all planning and development in Halifax.