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Hundreds rally outside N.S. legislature for third time in a week to demand 'new budget now' - Halifax Examiner Rally was organized by NS Arts Coalition and Theatre Nova Scotia and attended by Mi’kmaq land defenders, artists, people with disabilities, members of environmental stewardship and student groups, and...

Hundreds rally outside N.S. legislature for third time in a week to demand ‘new budget now’
By @mmughees.bsky.social

#NovaScotia #Protests

Nova Scotians will not let up protesting until all cuts are reversed #HoustonCuts

Credit to wildlykn0wn 💪🏻🍁🇨🇦

So far $56 million were reversed, still pushing for the rest to be reversed.

LOUDER!!!

Plan to turn Irish borderlands into Unesco ‘region of literature’ Arts group proposes literary routes across 11 counties linked to writers from Jonathan Swift to Lisa McGee

Ah...if only Nova Scotia had such a viewpoint of culture, heritage and geography. envy as he screams at Tim. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Hundreds turned out in Wolfville today to protest the Nova Scotia government's draconian funding cuts to arts, music, books, culture & heritage programs.
Tim Houston - do you no longer care about jobs, rural communities & our quality of life?
#defendnsbooks #arts #cuts @writersfedofns.bsky.social

'Please don’t do this': Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against Nova Scotia arts funding cuts The budget reduces operating grants for arts organizations by around 30 per cent.

'Please don’t do this': Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against Nova Scotia arts funding cuts
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Houston, we have a problem ... you're killing the arts in Nova Scotia!
Do the right thing - restore funding to publishing and arts programs and protect our culture.
#defendnsbooks @afterwordsliterary.bsky.social @writersfedofns.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social

At a time of threatening American expansionism, cultural expression that reflects and is made by Nova Scotians is more important than ever. Books aren't just entertainment. They start debates. Spark ideas. Fuel revolution. They are a critical part of a healthy, functioning democracy.

An Open Letter to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Hants East MLA John A. MacDonald - Halifax Examiner Your actions in the form of these budget cuts are mean and hateful and tell African Nova Scotians that we do not matter in the eyes of your government.

À scathing indictment of these budget cuts from a former colleague. An Open Letter to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Hants East MLA John A. MacDonald www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/a...

An Open Letter to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Hants East MLA John A. MacDonald - Halifax Examiner Your actions in the form of these budget cuts are mean and hateful and tell African Nova Scotians that we do not matter in the eyes of your government.

The day I first met Sherri, we at the law courts working on our own projects, and I was so impressed with how hard she was working that I had to sheepishly introduce myself. She has always had that work ethic.

Her good work would not exist were it not for Transition Year Program Houston just cut

Nova Scotia Cut Arts Funding by 32%. Speak Up. $14M slashed. 72 programs gutted. 14,000 culture jobs at risk. Send your MLA a message in 60 seconds.

Arts & culture funding in Nova Scotia just got absolutely gutted by our Provincial Government.

Send a letter to your MLA. ESPECIALLY if you live outside the HRM, OH MY GOSH PLEASE DO THIS. Your voices disproportionately matter here.

Protect arts funding in Nova Scotia. halifamous.ca/speak-up

Fernwood requests community support against austerity We’re reaching out to our community for urgent support, solidarity, and action.

In light of the proposed cuts to the Nova Scotia arts sector, we are requesting help from our friends and community. Please take the time to read this piece and help in whatever what you can.

#defendNSbooks #rallyforthearts

fernwoodpublishing.ca/news/view/fe...

Nova Scotia Cut Arts Funding by 32%. Speak Up. $14M slashed. 72 programs gutted. 14,000 culture jobs at risk. Send your MLA a message in 60 seconds.

Nova Scotia cut arts funding by 32%.

The 2026-27 budget slashes $14M from arts and culture—closing museums, killing or gutting 72 programs, and putting nearly 14,000 culture jobs at risk. Musicians, theatres, festivals—all on the chopping block.

Tell your MLA to reverse course

#Halifax #HaliSky

Nova Scotia Cut Arts Funding by 32%. Speak Up. $14M slashed. 72 programs gutted. 14,000 culture jobs at risk. Send your MLA a message in 60 seconds.

Speak up for culture in NS! halifamous.ca/speak-up?utm...

Nova Scotia Cut Arts Funding by 32%. Speak Up. $14M slashed. 72 programs gutted. 14,000 culture jobs at risk. Send your MLA a message in 60 seconds.

Suggestions to protest the slashed Nova Scotia art budget, continued:

Sign up to speak on the Financial Measures Act at Public Bills by calling 902-424-8941

Write to the Premier directly by email: premier@novascotia.ca or by phone: 902-424-6600

halifamous.ca/speak-up

#HaliSky /end

This took about twenty seconds (it comes with a very eloquent pre-written letter), and I've already gotten a response from @claudiachenderns.bsky.social's office expressing their concern. Some suggestions included in the response are below:

#HaliSky /1

The provincial budget is framed as “Defending Nova Scotia.” Defence implies protecting what sustains us. Cultural and social infrastructure stabilize communities already managing demographic change, economic volatility, and social strain. newdawn.ca/2026/02/26/d...

Canadian Publishers Condemn Nova Scotia’s Decision to Cut Funding to Book Publishers - Association of Canadian Publishers

Canadian publishers are deeply disappointed by Nova Scotia's cancellation of the Publishers Assistance program. Support for local publishers has been reduced from $700,000 to $0, making NS the only province that does not invest in its own publishers. @nsgov.bsky.social publishers.ca/nova-scotia-...

Spread across all 800-thousand-plus personal income tax filers in Nova Scotia, the savings from these cuts amount to about $153 per year.

A little more than $12/month.

@machzy.bsky.social did thspreadsheet before I got around to it. Thanks!

The art of a neighbourhood walk — Healthy Tomorrow Foundation To create the sketches and vignettes in her 2015 award-winning book Hand Drawn Halifax: Portraits of the city’s buildings, landmarks, neighbourhoods and residents , Emma FitzGerald went walking. ...

Art, walking, community, all things that have meaning to our lives here in Nova Scotia that the Houston government can’t seem to see.

Houston's budget is called 'Defending Nova Scotia'. Defending from what, exactly? In an era of threatening American expansionism, cultural expression that reflects & is created by Nova Scotians is more important than ever. Now we have two threats: Trump, and the call coming from inside the house.

Tim Houston continues his attack on the institutions that make this democracy worthwhile - Halifax Examiner The government's goal is to make us feel desperate and alone.

Tim Houston continues his attack on the institutions that make this democracy worthwhile
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

Arts and culture in Nova Scotia left reeling from 'unprecedented' cuts - Halifax Examiner "It's going to be absolutely devastating."

Arts, culture and local publishing in Nova Scotia left reeling from 'unprecedented' cuts
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/arts-and-cul...

Budget cuts impacting publishing industry, local stories at risk Nova Scotia authors and publishers are calling out the Houston government after its latest budget cuts hit the publishing industry. In a social media post, popular Halifax-based Nimbus Publishing wrot...

Nova Scotia’s publishing industry latest target of budget cuts

Removing $700,000 in provincial support leaves Nova Scotia as the only province that does not support its book publishers and authors

halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/26/n...
@nimbuspub.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social

"It is baffling to see the extent of the cuts, on a sector that has for generations been asked to do more with less. A sector that is intrinsic to our understanding of ourselves as Nova Scotians, a sector that ... employs more Nova Scotians than fisheries, forestry, and mining combined."

NS austerity budget eliminates publishing fund
'Fewer Nova Scotian creators will get their books published ... publishers will be forced to lay off staff and spend less on local freelancers'
quillandquire.com/omni/nova-sc...
@nimbuspub.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social

Writers in schools, artists in school, perform N.S.
These are huge cuts to education in this province disguised as a few cuts to grants

Here’s the full list of Houston’s cuts Have a look at show your friends. There are pages and pages, everything from R&I for the Brain Repair Centre and Acute and Primary Health Care to Hope Blooms, the Domestic Violence Court, and the NS Apprenticeship Agency Program.

Anyone have this is spreadsheet form? I'd like to total the $ amount of cuts and divide by number of NSian income tax payers.

I'm expecting that the cost to me in responding to fundraising appeals will exceed tax savings

I understand fiscal responsibility and I agree with many of the areas that ARE receiving funding (resource extraction is a hard no). But we deserve to know how we ended up with a deficit of 1.24b when the budget was balanced before the PCs took over. Audit pls.