Mitch Sabbagh
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 5
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- Sep 16, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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Opinion: Open up health care in Nova Scotia to qualified providers (opens the original)
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Nova Scotia spends more on health care than ever before. In the 2026-27 budget, health spending topped $6.7 billion — 35.5 per cent of all provincial spending. For its part, the Houston government reduced the surgical waitlist to 16,280 by the end of March. That’s down more than 30 per cent from the start of the pandemic. Yet many Nova Scotians still can’t find a family doctor, emergency departments remain vulnerable to temporary closures, and the province faces a roughly $1.2-billion deficit. T
Opinion: Canada should aim for a more competitive and productive economy (opens the original)
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Washington and Ottawa have lately been more inclined to exchange blows than goods and services. After trade talks broke down over sensitive issues and retaliatory tariffs followed soon after, it is easy to think the days of free trade between Uncle Sam and Johnny Canuck are drawing to an unceremonious close. Tariffs raise prices, delay investment and make it harder for firms to plan. Business can cope with almost anything except uncertainty. While much has been written about how roughly 70 per c
Opinion: Nova Scotia needs larger private tax base to fund services (opens the original)
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When Bill Clinton became Arkansas governor in 1979, the state ranked near the bottom of American income measures. His administration pursued education reform, industrial development, and investment attraction, showing that a place accustomed to low expectations need not accept them as its destiny. After years of population growth and net in-migration, Nova Scotia has broken with demographic fatalism. Cranes crowd the skyline, and the Tim Houston government has reduced barriers in the skilled tra
Letter: Preserving Victorian homes not the solution to housing in Halifax (opens the original)
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Re: “Let’s preserve our architectural heritage” in The Chronicle Herald, July 30. As someone who recently engaged with my representatives on the topic of affordable housing and regulatory burdens, I felt compelled to write a response addressing the points raised by Anne Emery. Recently on these pages, Emery urged Halifax to preserve our architectural heritage by discouraging new apartment construction on the peninsula and treating Victorian streetscapes primarily as a tourism attraction. While t
Opinion: Private sector needs quicker decisions from Nova Scotia government (opens the original)
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Canada’s economic engine has been showing more signs of strain lately. Judging by recent data from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the country is experiencing an entrepreneurial drought, with business exits outpacing new entries for six consecutive quarters since early 2024. Against this backdrop, regulatory friction is less of an inconvenience and more of a structural issue. International analysis has warned that internal regulatory and trade barriers across Canada are eroding
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