What you can do
You can help keep Nova Scotia books on shelves. Writing to your MLA is the best place to start, but if you want to do more, you can find some ideas below.
Speak Out
Write or email the to Hon. David Ritcey, Minister of Communities Culture, Tourism and Heritage and Premier Tim Houston. You can use the same template that you sent to your MLA!
If you live outside of Nova Scotia and don’t have an MLA in the province, you can still write to the Minister and the Premier.
Hon. David Ritcey
Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage
1741 Brunswick St.,3rd Floor
P.O. Box 456, STN Central
Halifax, NS, B3J 2R5
902-424-4889
MIN_CCTH@novascotia.ca
Premier Tim Houston
PO Box 726
Halifax NS B3J 2T3
902-424-6600
Sign up to address the Public Bills Committee. You don’t need to be a policy expert to do this. All you have to do is show up and share your perspective and say what you think about this budget.
Call 902-424-8941 or email legc.office@novascotia.ca and request to speak to the Public Bills Committee about bill 19, the Financial Measures Act. You can also request that your email be read out loud at the Public Bills Committee.
Rallies and Events
Go to a rally or another event to show your support! Here are upcoming events that anyone can attend.
Use social media!
- Post an image or excerpt of the email/letter you sent to your MLA
- Share a photo of your favourite NS-published books, or any events you have attended with NS publishers and/or authors
- Download and share the Defend NS Books poster from our resrouces page (it includes a QR code to this website)
- Talk about why Nova Scotia books are important to you
- Tag Premier Tim Houston (@TimHoustonNS) and Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage Dave Ritcey (@RitceyDave)
- Use the hashtag #DefendNSBooks
- Re-post and engage with other people who are discussing this. Spread the word!