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[Nova Scotia PC Party @nspc]

The first students began Nova Scotia’s new doctor of psychology program at Mount Saint Vincent University. It marked an exciting step for these students and for the children, youth and families they’re preparing to support. 🎓

[Nova Scotia Gov. @nsgov]

First Students Begin New Doctor of Psychology Program https://t.co/2f9PorQKVh

Photo courtesy of Mount Saint Vincent University

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

Today we see the latest round of threats from President Trump towards Canada. Earlier today I spoke with CTV Atlantic's Todd Battis on the impact these tariffs will have on Nova Scotia.

While we all must continue to be Nova Scotia Loyal and support local businesses, our government will work with Ottawa to protect our future and keep building Nova Scotia. That means finding new markets for Nova Scotia's products, and developing our resources here at home to be less reliant on the United States.

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

Canada’s negotiating team tried to secure a deal for Canadians, which I’ve forcefully and vocally supported.

I continue to stand ready to support and work with the Prime Minister. We will work together to do everything possible to protect the massive number of Nova Scotian and Canadian families, workers and businesses that have now been added to the large list of those directly impacted by President Trump’s devastating tariffs.

It’s clear that we cannot trust or rely on the United States as we once did. This reality must make us more determined than ever to make Nova Scotia and Canada stronger. For Nova Scotia that means developing our own energy, developing our own natural resources and finding new markets for Nova Scotian goods and services.

We have tremendous opportunities and I am fully committed to seizing them.

Building up Nova Scotia is the only true path to protecting our future. Potential doesn’t build hospitals and roads. Turning potential into reality does.

This is our time to find the common ground necessary to build. This is how we make ourselves stronger and protect our future.

Let’s make it happen.

Let’s go Team Canada!

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

I joined CNN tonight to discuss the latest in trade talks with the United States.

A deal will help us move forward, but the threats we’ve seen from the U.S. over the past several years highlight why we need to broaden our markets. We can’t rely on the U.S. in the same way we once did.

Nova Scotia will continue working to expand our export markets, develop our own resources, and become more self-reliant.

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

As our province and country work together to fight wildfires, President Trump responds with more threats and punishing tariffs.

At this point, we should not be surprised.

Real friends do not threaten you when you are in trouble. They step up and help.

[Peter_Oye @PeterOye7]

Violence is never the answer. Onwards we go!

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

Onwards we go. Looking forward to continuing on the road across Nova Scotia this summer.

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

BREAKING: I’m here with Prime Minister Mark Carney to announce 6 new submarines to be maintained and serviced in Nova Scotia.

This is an economic game-changer for our province. It will drive billions of dollars of investment into our region, create new career paths for Nova Scotians looking for steady work, and drive strong demand for domestic supply chains.

It means thousands of good jobs in the skilled trades, engineering, manufacturing, and digital and defence innovation. This is the kind of work people can build a future on, right here in Canada’s Capital of Defence. 🇨🇦

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

More doctors are choosing Nova Scotia.

Last year alone, Nova Scotia welcomed 278 new doctors, including 111 family doctors and 167 specialists. That means a net gain of 199 doctors for our province.

This progress is the result of a strong team effort. Through initiatives like PACE, stronger recruitment and retention, partnerships with Dalhousie and the new Cape Breton Medical Campus, we are building the healthcare workforce Nova Scotians need.

More doctors means more people connected to primary care, more appointments available, and better access to healthcare across our province.

There is still more work to do, but we are moving in the right direction and our foot is firmly on the gas.

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*Net new doctors means Nova Scotia recruited 199 more doctors than left practice (i.e. for retirements) during the year.

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

Great to be out on doors with Claude Bourgeois, our PC candidate in Chéticamp-Margarees-Pleasant Bay!

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

Mental healthcare should be accessible to every Nova Scotian, no matter their income or circumstances.

That’s why our government is investing $6.2 million over the next three years to support the Dalhousie Centre for Psychological Health and continue training the next generation of mental health professionals.

Since opening in 2023, the centre has helped more than 500 Nova Scotians through nearly 4,000 appointments, while giving students hands-on experience delivering compassionate care.

There’s more work to do, but this is another important step toward better access to mental healthcare across our province.

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

In March 2023, our Government announced we would be opening a new medical school at Cape Breton University to train more doctors, faster. This week, that new medical campus officially opened.

This is a historic move for both Cape Breton and for healthcare across Nova Scotia. By training more doctors here at home, we are improving access to care for families today, and for generations to come.

This new medical campus will train up to 30 new family doctors a year. Under return-of-service agreements, the students – who are from rural Nova Scotia communities – have committed to practise family medicine in rural areas of the province after they graduate.

I'm grateful to everyone who had a part in this, big and small, for helping to make it happen. This is not an investment that produces a change overnight, but will have a major impact to improve healthcare over the medium to long-term.

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

Mental Health Week is a time to reflect, check in on one another, and remind ourselves that support is always within reach. Across Nova Scotia, there are services available, from counselling to crisis supports, so no one has to face challenges alone. There is more work to do, and we will continue to build up our mental healthcare system to support all Nova Scotians.

You can find supports at the link. You don't need to face this alone: https://t.co/2Jq5WsZF2U

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

Nova Scotia is back in the offshore oil and gas business. And this is not just talk. It is real investment in Nova Scotia’s offshore.

Inceptio Oil and Gas, led by Nova Scotian James Edens, has stepped forward with bids on two parcels in the latest call for bids. They believe in Nova Scotia. And they’re willing to invest more than $210 million.

Mr. Edens is a proven executive in the global oil and gas industry. When someone with that level of experience and access to capital chooses Nova Scotia, the world notices.

A bid is not just a number. It is a commitment to spend that amount of money exploring those parcels. It will be invested in seismic work and offshore exploration activity. It means more Nova Scotians working in oil and gas and fewer of them doing it while raising their families two weeks on, two weeks off.

All of this means hope for families. It can also lead to revenue for the government, which means more to invest in doctors and healthcare, teachers and schools, roads, rinks and communities.

Just as important, these bids were independently reviewed and vetted by the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator. That means they have gone through a credible, arm’s-length regulatory process and met the standard required to move forward.

We have worked hard to restore confidence in our offshore. We have pushed to put Nova Scotia back into the global energy conversation, and with today’s news we see that we are doing just that. Companies are noticing.

These are real results. And momentum is building.

Nova Scotia is on the path to becoming more self-sufficient, relying less on the United States for energy, and on transfer payments into our province.

Here is the truth: Before the world believes in Nova Scotia, Nova Scotians themselves have to believe in Nova Scotia. Mr. Edens has proven that he does.

We have been here before. The Sable Offshore Energy Project and Deep Panuke Offshore Gas Project helped generate billions in economic activity, billions in revenue to the Province, and thousands of jobs for Nova Scotians. This money paid for hospitals, roads, rural internet and the social services we depend on. We proved we can build, operate and responsibly manage offshore energy at scale.

That was not the peak. It was a preview.

Across our entire offshore margin, we believe there is the potential for 148 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 49 billion barrels of oil. That is the scale of the opportunity in front of us, across a number of other parcels that are still or yet to come out for bid on the energy market. All of it is potentially good news for you, your family and your community.

We’ll continue working with industry to secure future bids. We’ll continue to promote our offshore wind and onshore natural gas resources. And we’ll continue to work hard to find new opportunities that strengthen our energy security, reliability, and economic benefits to Nova Scotians.

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

I’m saying yes to building a stronger Nova Scotia.

Yes to better healthcare.
Yes to more homes people can afford.
Yes to school food programs.
Yes to better roads, highways and infrastructure.

And yes to training the workforce of tomorrow to make it happen.

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

Currently Canada doesn't have the ability to launch space projects on our own, instead relying on the United States. That means turning south for getting satellites into orbit. With this project, that will change.

I'm happy to see this investment being made in Nova Scotia, with the new launch pad expected to come into operation by 2028. This is an important investment for Canadian sovereignty.

Another reason why Nova Scotia is the defence capital of Canada. 🇨🇦

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

This week I was delighted to meet a physician here in Halifax, Dr. Simeon Adesola, whose journey to Nova Scotia started with a message from his mom and a news article about the new Physician Assessment Centre of Excellence. Today he’s a licensed family doctor building his practice here in our province.

Our government was proud to start the PACE Clinic to help internationally trained physicians bring their skills to Nova Scotia, and help more Nova Scotians get the care they need.

Check out Dr. Adesola’s story below:

“One evening in late 2024, I received an article link from my mum in New Brunswick in which Tim Houston was announcing the launch of a new route to licensure for internationally trained physicians - The PACE Clinic. This was part of an effort to increase the number of family physicians in Nova Scotia. At the time, I was working in South Africa, having completed my medical degree at the University of Cape Town some years before. It seemed like an exciting route to enter the Canadian medical space and finally be closer to my family. I contacted the team and continued to send my CV updates until I received an opportunity to formally apply a few months later. The rest of the process was filled with prayer and patience until a selection email in July that made my year. I started the PACE assessment program and met the most amazing patients, physician candidates, support staff, fully licensed physician assessors and a wonderful family practice nurse. After a few months of hardwork, I completed the program. Further correspondence with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia followed and my license was approved.

I am now building my practice as a family physician at a great clinic in Halifax and getting into the East Coast vibe. What’s more? I get to work in an inspiring team of professionals. I love it here! What a full circle moment it was to meet Tim Houston in person. I am so grateful to the province for the efforts at recruiting new doctors to the province. Over the past few years there has been a significant decrease in the number of Nova Scotians in need of a family physician. It really is encouraging to work in a province whose government understands the importance of addressing this need and is committed to developing creative approaches for this. The PACE program is one of these examples and it’s clearly paying off!

Of course, I am also thankful to my mum for sending me the article and to God for the strength through the process. I’m hoping that my story inspires other internationally trained physicians seeking a space in the province. It really is possible!”

[Doug Ford @fordnation]

I welcomed my friend Premier @TimHoustonNS to Queen’s Park today to sign a first-of-its-kind agreement that will allow alcohol producers in Ontario and Nova Scotia to sell directly to customers in each province.

In the face of tariffs and economic uncertainty, we’re tearing down costly red tape and barriers to free trade between provinces, so we can build a stronger and more united Canadian economy from coast to coast to coast.

Find out more: https://t.co/fEqNdIq1tC

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

Starting today, registered psychiatric nurses will be able to practise in our province.

This change strengthens our mental healthcare system and brings in more skilled professionals who know how to help people through some of their toughest moments. Recruitment begins in January, and this addition will help more Nova Scotians get the care they need, closer to home.

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

I fully support getting Canadian resources to market.

We’re doing that right here in Nova Scotia.

I’m happy for Prime Minister Carney and Premier Smith on reaching this agreement and making it happen for Canadians.