Tim Houston has secured an expanded majority in the recent Nova Scotia provincial election, winning despite his decision to call for an early election. Known for his combative political style, Houston emphasizes the need for a fresh mandate to tackle issues like carbon pricing and flood protection.
HALIFAX — Tim Houston gambled that Nova Scotia voters would re-elect the Progressive Conservatives with another majority — even though he ignored his government's fixed-election-date legislation.
Elected party leader in 2018, Houston became premier three years later when the Tories won a majority. He has since cemented his public image as a partisan defender of his government’s record.“It’s interesting that when I meet people, there’s a couple of things they generally say,” he said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press.
Houston makes no apologies for his rocky relationship with the federal Liberals and says he will continue to stand up for his province if re-elected, regardless of who ends up in power after the next federal election. “I do think growing up in a military family teaches you a lot about resilience, you are moving around a lot, you’re making new friends … it just teaches you a lot about structure and how to get along with people.”
One of those times came during the recent fall sitting of the legislature when the government passed proposed NDP legislation declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic in the province. The swift reversal came less than an hour after Houston told reporters he didn’t think the legislation was necessary — and after a tense conversation involving four women from the private-sector union Unifor who were advocating for the bill.
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