Post Tagged with: "Constitution Act"

Letter to the Editor: Equalization as Constitutional Right

Letter to the Editor: Equalization as Constitutional Right

March 21, 2018 at 11:15 am

As rural Nova Scotians are left trying to economically survive on their own, it should be noted that over the past two decades (1999-2019) the Nova Scotia government received over $30,000,000,000 ($30 billion) in equalization payments from the federal government. Based on government data – some of which the governmentRead More

Letter to the Editor: The Province of CBI

Letter to the Editor: The Province of CBI

March 14, 2018 at 9:30 am

Cape Breton Island (CBI) was annexed in 1820 without the consent of the Governor of CBI or consent of the island residents. Annexation was in response to the Crown losing a tax case 1816-1820 to two CBI mine owners, over Crown tax demands of the residents of CBI. In response,Read More