Category Free Market

The Atlantica Party will bring the Nova Scotia liquor industry into the 21st Century by having government vacate both the retail and wholesale liquor business and turn them over to the private market. 

This means any individual, family, entrepreneur, startup, company can sell and/or import and/or make liquor provided appropriate standards are maintained. An Atlantica Party government will sell off the assets of the NSLC to the highest bidder. As a result, many benefits will accrue to Nova Scotians: 

The Atlantica Party recommends that the government and NSLC vacate the cannabis business and turn it over entirely to Nova Scotian entrepreneurs. 

This means any private Nova Scotia individual or group could start an entity to grow, manufacture and sell cannabis products. The government's role should be relegated to helping build the industry through licensing, providing standards and law enforcement.

Everyone wants affordable housing, especially for the poor. The real question is how to get there. An even more basic question is whether that should be the ultimate goal. Maybe it would be better for everyone to have a truly free market where the poor had better paying jobs, weren’t poor anymore, and the government didn’t have to worry about housing at all. A truly free market would find creative solutions for the poor as well.

The Atlantica Party recommends that the government and NSLC vacate the cannabis business and turn it over fully to Nova Scotian entrepreneurs.