$2.35-billion capital spending will stimulate N.S. economy

HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government announced a $2.35-billion capital plan to improve hospitals, public housing, schools, roads and highways for the 2025-26 fiscal year. In a news conference in Halifax, finance minister John Lohr (pictured) described the capital spending plan as “the largest, single-year investment in our province’s history”.

The fiscal plan includes $131.9 million to build hospitals and medical facilities in Yarmouth, Amherst, the South Shore and the IWK Health Centre, Lohr said.

Healthcare infrastructure spending includes:

• $90.9 million for health records digital transformation, the One Person One Record program;
• $42 million for Nova Scotia Health to repair and replace medical facilities;
• $32 million to repair and replace medical equipment;
• $19.2 million for new modular dialysis;
• $15.3 million for new diagnostic imaging equipment; and
• $3.1 million for the second year of the multi-disciplinary oncology partnership.