Publications

The following alphabetical list provides access to legislative publications available in electronic format created by the various legislative offices and divisions.

Auditor General

• Business plan (2008-)
• Follow-up implementation status: 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 audit recommendations(2011)
• Forensic investigation into the expense claims of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (2010)
• Joint audit of Atlantic Lottery Corporation (2016)
• Office of Immigration economic stream of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program: special report to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (2008)
• Office of Immigration economic stream of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program: phase two: special report to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (2008)
• Pandemic preparedness: special report of the Auditor General to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (2009)
• Performance report and business plan (2002-2006)
• Perspectives on climate change action in Canada : a collaborative report from auditors general March 2018
• Report of the Auditor General on the consolidated financial statements of the Province of Nova Scotia for the year ended March 31, 2003 and other financial reporting practices
• Report of the Auditor General to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly(1995-)
• Report of the Auditor General to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly: financial (2015-)
• Report of the Auditor General to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly: follow-up of recommendations (2016-)
• Report of the Auditor General to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly: Bluenose II restoration project (2015)
• Report on performance (2007-)
• Report to the Public Accounts Committee on Nova Scotia Power Corporation Wreck Cove Hydroelectric Project (1977)
• Review of MLA Samson’s entitlement to benefits as an outside member (2013)
• Strategic plan (2007)

Committees

Select Committees

Electoral Boundaries (1978)

• Report (1978)

Establishing an Electoral Boundaries Commission (1991)

• Report (1991)

Establishing an Electoral Boundaries Commission (2001)

• Proceedings (2001)
• Report (2001)

Establishing an Electoral Boundaries Commission (2011)

• Proceedings (2011)
• Rapport (2011)
• Report (2011)

Establishing an Electoral Boundaries Commission (2018)

• Proceedings (2018)
• Rapport (2018)
• Report (2018)

Fire Safety

• Proceedings (2001)
• Report (2002)

House of Assembly Matters

• Electronic Hansard proposal (1990)
• A visual electronic Hansard system for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly: report (1990)

National Unity

• Proceedings (1997-1998)
• Report (1998)

Participation in the Democratic Process

• Proceedings (2007-2009)
• Report (draft) (2009)

Petroleum Product Pricing

• Proceedings (2004)
• Report (2004)

Rules and Procedures of the House of Assembly

• Interim report (1983, 1986, and1987)

Tourism

• Interim report (1986)

Workers' Compensation Act

• Proceedings (1998)
• Report (1998)

Standing Committees

Assembly Matters

• Amendments recommended to rules and forms of procedure of the House of Assembly (1994)
• Amendments recommended to rules and forms of procedure of the House of Assembly (1995)
• Amendments recommended to rules and forms of procedure of the House of Assembly (1996)

Community Services

• Annual report (2000-)
• Proceedings (1998-)
• Socioeconomic impact of video lottery terminals: final report (1999)

Economic Development

• Annual report (1999-2018)
• Proceedings (1996-2018)

Health

• Annual report (2019-)
• Proceedings (2019-)

Human Resources

• Annual report (2001-)
• Proceedings (1996-)

Law Amendments

• Proceedings (2017-)

Natural Resources and Economic Development

• Annual report (2018-)
• Proceedings (2019-)

Public Accounts

• Annual report (2000-)
• Proceedings (1996-)

Resources

• Annual report (1999-2018)
• Proceedings (1997-2018)

Veterans Affairs

• Annual report (1999-)
• Proceedings (1998-)

Whole House

Supply

• Proceedings (2000-)

Supply Subcommittee

• Proceedings (2000-)

Commission of Inquiry on Remuneration of Elected Provincial Officials

• Rapport : Commission d'enquête sur la rémunération des élus provinciaux (2006)
• Report (1986, 1989, 1990, 2003, 2006)

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

• Accommodation expenses review for Michel P. Samson (2013)
• Members’ disclosure statements (current)
• Rulings on alleged conflict of interest (2000-)

Elections Nova Scotia

• Annual report (2011-)
• Election returns (1887-1901, 2006-)
• Electoral districts of Nova Scotia (maps) (2007-2008)
• Electoral districts of Nova Scotia (maps) (2012)
• Handbook for the official agent of a candidate (2009)
• Nova Scotia provincial elections (1867-2011)
• Political contributions regime: annual report (2005-)
• Rapport annuel (2014-)
• Recommendations for legislative change: report of the Chief Electoral Officer (1993-2014)
• Recommended changes to the Elections Act (2013)
• Report and disposition of complaint dated June 9, 2009 against the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party
• Report on the investigation into breaches of the Elections Act in the Municipality of the County of Richmond (2017)
• Response to resolution no. 645 of the House of Assembly: report of the Chief Electoral Officer (2011)
• Transposition of votes from the 2009 Provincial General Election and subsequent by-elections to 2012 electoral district boundaries
• Political advertising during a Nova Scotia general election: important information for broadcasters, publishers, printers, candidates, registered parties and their official agents and third-party advertisers (2013)

Electoral Boundaries Commission 2012

• Interim report
• Pour une représentation juste et effective : rapport final
• Rapport d'étape
• Rapport d'étape révisé
• Revised interim report
• Toward fair and effective representation: final report

Electoral Boundaries Commission 2018

• Striking a balance between effective representation and voter parity: interim report : Interim Report
• Balancing Effective Representation with Voter Parity : Final Report

House of Assembly

• 175 facts about Province House (1994)
• Bringing politics to the people: phase 1, a conceptual proposal for the introduction of television to the Nova Scotia Legislature (1988)
• Constituency Office Barrier-free Compliance Plan (current)
• Debates (Hansard) (1855-)
• La Démocratie parlementaire en Nouvelle-Écosse : début et évolution (2011)
• Electoral district histories (current)
• First reading bills (1995-)
• Guidelines for official social media channels (current)
• House of Assembly (1977-1981)
• Index to journals (1758-1830)
• Index to local and private acts (1758-)
• Journals(1867-2008)
• Independent review of allowances and expenses of elected provincial officials: interim report (2010)
• The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1983: a biographical directory (1984)
• Lignes directrices sur les comptes officiels de médias sociaux (actuel)
• Members' manual: assembly procedures and services (2010)
• Members' manual: members' compensation, expenses and constituency administration (2010-)
• MLA compensation / benefit changes (June 2009-2011)
• MLA pension benefit (current)
• MLA Remuneration Review Panel report (2014)
• MLA Remuneration Review Panel report (2022)
• Nova Scotia House of Assembly: seating arrangements of the Members in the Legislature (1957-)
• The Nova Scotia legislature: an overview of its procedures and practices (2006)
• Nova Scotia MLA pension review report (2011)
• Nova Scotia symbols = symboles de la Nouvelle-Écosse (2008)
• Parliamentary democracy in Nova Scotia: how it began, how it evolved (2009)
• Policy on the prevention and resolution of harassment in the workplace (2016)
• Province House : Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse (1997)
• Province House: Halifax, Nova Scotia (1970, 2009)
• Province House, Nova Scotia: 200 years, 1819-2019 (2019)
• Statutes of Nova Scotia (1758 -)
• Television guidelines (1991)
• Television guidelines (current)

House of Assembly Management Commission

• Annual report (2011-)
• Minutes (2010-)
• Proceedings (2010-)
• Regulations (2010-)

Legislative Committees Office

• Overview (2017)

Legislative Counsel

• Rules and forms of procedure of the House of Assembly (1868-2021)
• Status of legislation of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia (2011-)

Legislative Library

• Annual checklist: publications, Province of Nova Scotia (2012 -)
• Bookcase (2001-)
• Monthly checklist (1995)

Lieutenant Governor

• Speech from the Throne (1990, 2001-)

Office of the Clerk

• Notices of motion for resolutions (2007-)
• Orders of the day (2001-)

Ombudsman

• Accountability report (2001-)
• Annual report (1995-)
• Avez-vous des préoccupations au sujet des services gouvernement aux provinciaux ou municipaux?  (2010)
• Business plan (2003-)
• Child death review: final report (2014)
• Do you have concerns about provincial or municipal government services? (2010)
• French language services plan (2008-)
• Garanties de prêt des municipalité : rapport final (2011)
• Ke’kiru kijka’ tlewistunej (2010)
• Municipal loan guarantees: final report (2011)
• Municipality of the District of Guysborough, Department of Municipal Affairs: final report (2017)
• Municipality of the County of Richmond, Department of Municipal Affairs: final report (2016)
• Nous avons le temps de parler (2010)
• Nova Scotia Economic and Rural Development and Tourism: Cumberland Regional Development Authority: final report (2012)
• South West Shore Development Authority: final report (2010)
• We have time to talk (2010)

Speaker's Administration Office

• House of Assembly, Office of the Speaker: administrative review (2010)
• Members' monthly expenses (2010-)
• Members' six month summary expenses (2010-)
• MLA remuneration (2004-)
• Provincial update on the Auditor General recommendations: legislative services (2011-)
• Rémunération des membres de L’assemblée Législative (2008-2009)
• Members' Information Manual re a general election call (rev. April 15, 2021)
• Members' Manual: Members' Compensation, Expenses and Constituency Administration(2010-2023)