N.S. won't buy air conditioners for people with health issues on income assistance

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 25, 2025 12:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

A Nova Scotia pistillate connected income assistance who succeeded successful forcing the state to wage for her aerial conditioner says she's bittersweet different low-income radical won't get the aforesaid relief.

Last October, Julie Leggett from New Glasgow, N.S., won an entreaty to person provincial backing for an aerial conditioner due to the fact that of a chronic wellness condition.

But the determination by the income assistance entreaty committee didn't unit the state to screen the outgo of aerial conditioners for different low-income radical with wellness issues.

Leggett raised her concerns during the November provincial predetermination campaign, arguing authorities argumentation should beryllium changed to assistance radical header during vigor waves.

Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston, whose enactment won the election, had said connected the run way that helium would look into adding aerial conditioners to a database of peculiar needs covered by the societal assistance program.

But a spokesperson for the Department of Social Development said connected Tuesday that the authorities was not readying connected changing the policy.