Haley Ryan

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N.S. municipalities defend housing fund Conservatives have promised to cut

N.S. municipalities defend housing fund Conservatives have promised to cut

Some Nova Scotia municipal leaders are defending a funding stream the federal Conservatives say they will cut if elected, calling it a "game changer." Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has said the $4.4-billion Housing Accelerator Fund from the Liberal government has been costly to administer and doesn't do enough to create new housing units.

Andy Fillmore resigns MP seat, becomes official candidate for Halifax mayor

Andy Fillmore resigns MP seat, becomes official candidate for Halifax mayor

Andy Fillmore has resigned as a member of Parliament and officially registered to run for mayor of Halifax, saying no federal resources were used in his weeks of campaigning. Fillmore started campaigning in July as an unofficial mayoral candidate while holding his seat as the MP for Halifax — and continued to do so until Saturday, when he resigned.

Should MPs resign before entering a Nova Scotia municipal race? Andy Fillmore keeps federal Halifax seat while campaigning for mayor, gathering donations.

Should MPs resign before entering a Nova Scotia municipal race? Andy Fillmore keeps federal Halifax seat while campaigning for mayor, gathering donations.

Andy Fillmore keeps federal Halifax seat while campaigning for mayor, gathering donations. When Halifax MP Andy Fillmore got up in the House of Commons last month to announce he was leaving federal politics, his resignation sounded "imminent" to Tom Urbaniak. Urbaniak, a professor of political science at Cape Breton University, watched Fillmore talk at length on June 17 about what...