With one week to go in the Nova Scotia election campaign, early voter turnout is down sharply compared to the 2021 election.
We check in with G Saleski from Students Nova Scotia to find out about the launch of a non-partisan Get Out the Vote campaign to encourage student and youth voters to head to the polls for the upcoming provincial election.
He says a postal strike has also meant voters aren’t receiving cards indicating early voting locations. Churchill says he is hoping that voters will nonetheless pay attention to his party’s platform in the final days of the race, including his announcement Tuesday of more support for renters who have faced rapidly rising monthly costs.He repeated his pledge to provide a “rent bank” program, which would provide quick-turnaround, zero-interest loans to renters who find themselves unable to make monthly payments.The Liberal leader is also promising to alter fixed-term leases that go beyond a year.
Churchill also said his party’s rent cap system would be set based on inflation, market conditions and vacancy rates on a regional basis, and the party says it will establish a residential tenancies enforcement unit.
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