Nova Scotia votes 2024: Premier Tim Houston calls snap election for Nov. 26 [Video]

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston fired the opening salvos of a snap election he called Sunday, saying he needs a strong mandate in order to help the province “stand up” to the federal government.

Voters in the Maritime province will go to the polls on Nov. 26.

That’s several months ahead of the province’s fixed election date of July 15, 2025 which Houston himself had previously set.

“Nova Scotia needs a government with a renewed fresh mandate to stand up for our province,” Houston told supporters during a rally at a pub in the Halifax suburb of Bedford.

“Otherwise our province risks becoming a political football in a federal election that could be held simultaneously with the current scheduled fixed election date. That is not in Nova Scotia’s best interest.”

In the months prior to the election call, Houston had increasingly complained about the burden he says Ottawa’s carbon pricing …