HALIFAX – Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is reversing a portion of $130-million in cuts to government grants amid a public outcry over his government’s latest budget.
The premier says he’s reinstating $53.6 million in cuts to grants and programs for people with disabilities and seniors, as well as African Nova Scotians and Indigenous students.
Houston says he got some of his budget decisions wrong, and that he’s sorry.
After Houston’s Progressive Conservative government tabled its cost-cutting budget last month, the provincial legislature has been the scene for a series of protests.
Houston and his ministers have also been booed and heckled at other public events.
The premier has said the cuts were needed to deal with the budget’s projected $1.2-billion deficit.
