HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he鈥檚 unsure whether he will publicly release mandate letters for cabinet ministers.
Houston says discussions are ongoing about his government's goals for its second term, following his party's decisive win in the Nov. 26 provincial election.
He told reporters after a cabinet meeting on Thursday that he doesn鈥檛 know yet if those goals will be written down in traditional mandate letters and published online.
After Houston's Tories won their first mandate in 2021, he followed convention and published letters outlining his policy expectations for each cabinet minister.
Now the premier says it can be 鈥渃ounterproductive鈥 to release public policy before it鈥檚 fully developed because such a move would leave it open to being 鈥減icked apart.鈥
Opposition NDP Leader Claudia Chender says she鈥檚 observed an increasing tendency from the government to 鈥渒eep Nova Scotians in the dark,鈥 through moves like withholding public reports and moving away from ministerial mandate letters.
This report by 好色tvwas first published Jan. 17, 2025.
