NS丢失非居民财产税

总理蒂姆·休斯顿（Tim Houston）说，他将自己的骄傲放在一边，放弃了他的春季预算中的进步保守党政府提出的有争议的非居民财产税。

“The reputation of our province is more important than any policy, and it’s certainly more important than my personal pride,” Houston told reporters on Thursday afternoon.

“Nova Scotia is a welcoming province and I want that message to be heard loud and clear.”

The non-resident property tax (2%) will be removed for all non-residents who own residential property in Nova Scotia, while the non-resident deed transfer tax (5%) will proceed as planned.

Houston said for months he’s been hearing from Nova Scotians concerned about housing affordability and their desire to buy their first home. He told reporters his intention was that the policy would serve as a tool to support housing and improve home affordability, not to be at odds with his government’s “core value” of being a welcoming province.

“这取决于我们省的声誉。我相信对新斯科舍省的声誉损害的风险越来越现实，”休斯顿说。“这是我不愿意接受的，因此我们将找到另一种解决住房问题的方法。”

The controversial decision sparked debate and outrage both within the province and nationally. This included op-eds blasting the province and labeling it as unwelcoming.

“自从反馈来了，这已经很长一段时间了。显然，我们一直在处理反馈，不断评估这对该省的意义。”休斯顿说。

Frequently repeating that the reputational risk to Nova Scotia is more valuable than any policy, Houston emphasized that despite his government having conducted “lots of analysis,” he hadn’t realized just how it would change the view of Nova Scotia.

休斯顿说：“我没想到的是，有人，更不用说许多人会试图将新斯科舍省描绘成不受欢迎的人。”

“We do have a housing crisis, we do have issues in health care, and we’re going to get to work on all those. But sometimes you have to have to acknowledge which way, which direction, you’re going.”

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