Halifax protesters rally against provincial budget cuts
Province reversed $53.6M in grant cuts on March 10
Protestors rallied at Premier Tim Houston’s front doorstep on March 10 to voice their concerns about the provincial government’s 2026-27 budget, announced on Feb. 23.
Despite the budget’s projected $1.2 billion deficit, over $300 million in cuts were made to address the province’s nearly $28 billion debt.
Cuts included over 1,000 full-time jobs in the public sector and $130 million from 287 discretionary grants to climate change initiatives, student scholarships and health programs.
Just over $53 million in grant cuts affecting seniors, people with disabilities and African Nova Scotian and Indigenous students were reversed on the morning of March 10, before the rally.
The Dalhousie Gazette photographed the protest outside the Nova Scotia Legislature in Halifax on March 10.
