Nova Scotia kicks off fall legislative sitting with throne speech

By The Canadian Press

HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s Liberal government is promising to address health care challenges as the fall session of the legislature opens with a speech from the throne by the province’s first Acadian lieutenant governor.

In his speech, Arthur LeBlanc says the government acknowledges that more mental health supports are needed along with better access to primary care and a reduction in wait times.

The government gives few specifics about most of its promises, but in general terms says it will increase its efforts to recruit and retain health professionals including doctors, nurses and mental health clinicians.

It also says it will provide more flexibility to doctors so they can choose where and how to practice and will seek advice through Doctors Nova Scotia when developing recommendations or changes to primary care.

The speech also repeats a promise from the budget shelved before the election _ to provide a modest middle class tax break for about 500,000 Nova Scotians.

Under the measure, about 60,000 people will no longer pay provincial income tax.

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