‘It’s just absurd what they’re doing’: Wildfire risk is high in Nova Scotia, but are the provincial government’s bans going too far?

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Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston in Halifax, Oct. 20, 2021. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press.

Nova Scotian political journalist and author Stephen Maher and the Canadian Constitution Foundation’s Josh Dehaas debate the pros and cons of the Nova Scotia government banning hiking and closing parks to the public and imposing fines of up to $25,000 on anyone violating the order by entering the province’s forests.

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