OIC Number: 2025 - 258

Date of Order: Sep 18, 2025

Statute: Finance Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board dated September 16, 2025, and pursuant to

Section 28 of

Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2010, the Finance Act , is pleased to order that the following supplemental sums, compiled in Column II of

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation and this Order, are hereby appropriated for the appropriated entities identified thereto for the fiscal year ending the 31st day of March, 2025, effective September 18, 2025: (

a) for the Department of Agriculture, $10,977,000, primarily for the Innovation Adoption Program and the NS Beef Initiative, and institutional procurement; (

b) for the Department of Emergency Management, $141,000, primarily due to increases in various departmental operating costs; (

c) for the Department of Energy, $2,942,000, primarily due to fully recoverable expenses for the federal Code Acceleration Fund, and for the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy; (

d) for the Department of Finance and Treasury Board, $179,467,000, primarily related to debt forgiveness for the Halifax Dartmouth Bridge Commission; (

e) for the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, $335,000, primarily due to fully recoverable expenses related to Hurricane Fiona relief; (

f) for the Department of Growth and Development, $29,322,000, primarily due to Nova Scotia Jobs Fund for revised loan valuations, Nova Scotia Public Housing Agency, Community Housing Capital Fund and affordable housing, and Neptune BioInnovation funding; (

g) for the Department of Health and Wellness, $9,934,000, primarily due to increases in physician services including increases in alternative payment and academic funding plans, hospitalist review and transition to the new physician funding model; (

h) for the Department of Justice, $8,109,000, primarily due to Correctional and Sheriff Services casual, relief, and workers’ compensation costs, and medical examiner services due to increased caseloads; (

i) for Legislative Services, $1,090,000, primarily due to changes to the House of Assembly Act , which increased the salaries for Members of the Legislative Assembly, Ministers, Ministerial Assistants, Speaker, Deputy Speakers, Leader of Recognized Party, Leader of Official Opposition, and election-related costs; (

j) for the Department of Natural Resources, $4,154,000, primarily due to support for Hurricane Fiona clean-up efforts, and to meet operational demands associated with provincial parks and forest nurseries; (

k) for the Department of Opportunities and Social Development, $34,748,000, primarily due to one-time supports for gender-based violence, to support income assistance, Pharmacare, homelessness, and food security, to support compensation and other operating pressures primarily under service delivery, and for initiatives supporting prevention and early intervention and youth programming; (

l) for the Department of Public Works, $39,759,000, primarily due to Boat Harbour remediation, snow and ice removal costs, additional building maintenance, Middle River Pumping Station cost escalations, and major infrastructure amortization; (

m) for Seniors and Long-Term Care, $54,000, primarily due to increased utilization in the Home Oxygen Program; (

n) for Restructuring Costs, $1,998,000, primarily due to higher than anticipated corporate initiatives; (

o) for Debt Servicing Costs, $7,002,000, primarily due to higher realized interest rates associated with debt servicing costs; and (

p) for Capital Purchase Requirements, $338,638,000, primarily due to an accounting adjustment related to long-term care facilities, and increases in health infrastructure including the Cape Breton Regional Municipality Hospital redevelopment. View OIC PDF*

Department(s): Finance and Treasury Board