Politicians Need to Listen to Each Other on National Unity, NS Premier Says

Premier Stephen McNeil during a year-end media interview in a meeting room at the Office of the Premier in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Dec. 18, 2019. The Canadian Press/Riley Smith

HALIFAX—Canada’s politicians have to listen to one another to address economic rifts that could hinder national unity, Nova Scotia’s premier says, as he adds his voice to calls for changes to the federal government’s fiscal stabilization program.

“I worry that the country has an East-West feel to it which is not a healthy thing for Canada,” Stephen McNeil said in a recent year-end interview with The Canadian Press.