N.S. to restore $53M in grants, arts and culture cuts remain

The leader of the NDP slammed the government on how they handled the cuts, saying it was “chaos” and “total mismanagement.”

Claudia Chender tells reporters that the situation raises questions about how the decisions were communicated and how government spending is managed.

“I think what we see is total mismanagement,” Chender says. “Again, we have ministers of departments with cuts who cannot speak to those cuts or who say one thing and then say another thing the next day.”

She also pointed to what she described as issues with oversight and budgeting practices.

“Well, I think for one thing we need to know that Nova Scotians are getting value for money,” she says.

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