Deny Sullivan 🇨🇦

@RomanFisher__ Wrote about the fiscal situation on my blog today deny.substack.com/p/the-gerontoc…

This makes me sick. Hike the HST back to 15% and bring back tolls. The government ought to right this ship and show some courage. Conservatism is about more than vanishingly small tax cuts and right-coded platitudes.

New blog looks at the NS budget open.substack.com/pub/deny/p/the…

@LeiperOttawa Wellington and Parkdale? That pit has closed the sidewalk on Parkdale for over a year now, did you notice the foottracks of people who walk on the street rather than cross Parkdale. Get the sidewalk open!

Took advantage of my time off this week to get down in the hole at the end of my block. Thanks Minto and Crepin for accommodating me! The work of building these bigger towers is fascinating.

@PHfloor I’m very confident that economists would agree that large taxes increase prices and lower quantities

@DenySully We are living economic reality. You are projecting a future reality that only, at best, works if all other variables stay the same, an assumption that no economist would ever make.

Someone doesn't understand the difference between taxes and one-time fees charged for offsite infrastructure improvements needed to support development. Which also suggests he has no clue how to calculate residual land value. Or maybe he knows better than the rest of us.

@rmohamed_yow Trust in media restored!

@DenySully Fixed!

This is clearly Velo, not Zyn

@PHfloor Im not going to distort economic reality to the whim of property tax hating seniors

@DenySully The man on the street doesn't care. They look at monthly ownership costs and decide from there. Only nerds on here get bent out of shape over this. But if you can convince property owners to foot the bill via higher property taxes, kudos to you.

@pwm2vape Incredibly weak civic behaviour to be bought off for $200

@DenySully They were bought off.

Incredibly weak civic behaviour to hate a premier and reelect him twice with majorities

-Premier who allows Toronto to charge >$100k in taxes per housing unit

New data: Nova Scotia population slips -0.2% quarterly to end 2025, year-over-year rate slows to 0.08% - the slowest rate since 2015

@NovaScotiaESM Why are you acting like the cobequid pass toll doesn't exist

Statement on New Brunswick’s Proposed Aulac Toll I am calling on Premier Susan Holt and the New Brunswick government to immediately pause their proposed toll near Aulac on out-of-province vehicles. This decision will disproportionately harm the people of Cumberland County. Our communities are deeply connected with neighbouring parts of New Brunswick through work, shopping, medical care, family, and local business. For many residents, this is not occasional travel. It is part of daily life. What makes this even more concerning is New Brunswick’s statement that it has an agreement with the federal government not to place tolls near the Quebec border, while no similar protection appears to exist for Nova Scotia. At the same time, New Brunswick has acknowledged that Nova Scotia was not consulted before this toll was announced. New Brunswick’s 2026–27 budget says the Aulac toll is planned for 2028 and is projected to raise $10.4 million annually. Nova Scotians deserve answers. Why is one neighbouring jurisdiction protected while Cumberland County residents are left exposed? Why was there no consultation with Nova Scotia? Why are Maritime residents being asked to carry a new burden at a time when our provinces should be working together to reduce barriers, not create new ones? I am asking for this decision to be paused immediately and for a meeting to be convened between the Premier of New Brunswick, the Premier of Nova Scotia, affected local MLAs, and the federal government. That meeting should clarify the agreement affecting the Quebec border, explain why no comparable protection exists for Nova Scotia, and find a fairer way forward. The federal government’s 2025 transportation relief focused on federal links such as the Confederation Bridge and certain ferries, which is different from a provincial highway toll. Border communities should not be treated as revenue tools. Cumberland County and Westmorland are intertwined in every practical sense. We need cooperation between provinces, not new taxes that punish people for living, working, and caring for family in a shared regional economy. Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin MLA, Cumberland North

Great way to tax out of province residents for using your roads. Particularly relevant for NB

@3firsts The current bus lanes

@DenySully but with what hov lanes?

It’s fun to see Nova Scotia’s next move a few months ahead of time

@_AndrewRN Sorry I meant 6 storey

@DenySully Most of the south end not zoned institutional or higher density (CEN-1/2, HR-1/2, etc.) is already zoned R-3. Most south end R-3 lots are >450sq m, meaning 6-8 units can be built as-of-right, depending on the lot size. Why would the Feds pay $80M for basically no change?

$200M could do a lot to improve housing in Nova Scotia, or we can lease a launchpad I guess

@_AndrewRN I think this council would trade 6plexes in the south end for 20m for the next 4 years..but ymmv

@DenySully That’s very true. Although I doubt they would be able to buy the same amount of reform for nearly as cheap if they were to try that again. Especially since Halifax already went equaled or exceeded Toronto and other larger cities for multiplex upzoning in a lot of areas.

@_AndrewRN It bought a ton of great reforms during HAF though

@DenySully $20M/year isn’t a lot when it comes to housing. At the price it’s costing the NS gov to build their new public housing (~$490k/unit), this money would built only 41 units per year over the next 10 years.