Nova Scotia's NDP blames closed-door government spending for billion-dollar deficit

Nova Scotia’s official Opposition leader is taking aim at the government’s $1.4-billion deficit that she says has been driven in part by spending that is not authorized by the legislature.

Claudia Chender said Friday the Progressive Conservative took power with a surplus, "and now, for the first time in 30 years, the PC government has driven us to an historic deficit which has resulted in the first credit rating downgrade since 1993."

Earlier this month, credit rating agency S&P Global lowered its long-term and senior unsecured debt ratings on Nova Scotia from double-A-minus to A-plus, predicting deficits over the next two years will increase the need to borrow money.

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