N.S. election: leader spar of immigration, housing and health [Video]

HALIFAX –

The leaders of Nova Scotia’s NDP and Liberal parties are taking aim at the Progressive Conservatives’ immigration policies, which they say are outpacing the province’s health care and housing capacity.

During a debate-style event on Monday organized by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Liberal Leader Zach Churchill said immigrants’ chances at success are threatened in a province that is without adequate health care, education and housing infrastructure.

“I’m from an immigrant family — third generation Lebanese. My family was able to thrive here because we had a house. We had the health-care system we needed. And our schools were there,” he told the business crowd, one week ahead of the Nov. 26 election.

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“It is not a pro-immigration strategy to have population growth targets that exceed our capacity when we all know that we’re bursting at the seams,” Churchill said.

Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston, who is …