{"id":31,"date":"2026-02-27T18:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:17:40","slug":"what-you-can-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defendnsbooks.ca\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Defend-NS-Books_post-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19\" style=\"width:345px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Defend-NS-Books_post-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Defend-NS-Books_post-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Defend-NS-Books_post-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Defend-NS-Books_post-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Defend-NS-Books_post-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Defend-NS-Books_post-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/?page_id=31\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"31\">What you can do<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/?page_id=42\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"42\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/defendnsbooks.ca\/?page_id=45\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"45\">Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-73213b3e8c1f2b34eecaffc2c5212865\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">What you can do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#Email\">Speak Out<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#Rallies\">Rallies and Events<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#Social\">Social Media<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-1bb9491c5e8eae61546c8f69c8b930d9\" id=\"Email\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Speak Out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Write or email the to Hon. David Ritcey, Minister of Communities Culture, Tourism and Heritage and Premier Tim Houston.<\/strong> You can use the same template that you sent to your MLA!<br><br>If you live outside of Nova Scotia and don&#8217;t have an MLA in the province, you can still write to the Minister and the Premier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\"><strong>Hon. David Ritcey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage<br>1741 Brunswick St.,3rd Floor<br>P.O. Box 456, STN Central<br>Halifax, NS, B3J 2R5<br>902-424-4889<br><br><a href=\"mailto:MIN_CCTH@novascotia.ca\">MIN_CCTH@novascotia.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\"><strong>Premier Tim Houston<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PO Box 726<br>Halifax NS&nbsp;B3J 2T3<br>902-424-6600<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:premier@novascotia.ca\">premier@novascotia.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sign up to address the Public Bills Committee.<\/strong> You don&#8217;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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-e9648037792d647a8c6edb26497d70df\" id=\"Rallies\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Rallies and Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to a rally or another event to show your support! Here are upcoming events that anyone can attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visualarts.ns.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/New-Budget-Now-Rally-Poster-966x1200.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/writers.ns.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/s2s2s-New-Budget-Now-rally-768x954.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-fdf39c348d6dca744c15685cb76c43fe\" id=\"Social\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Use social media!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Post an image or excerpt of the email\/letter you sent to your MLA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share a photo of your favourite NS-published books, or any events you have attended with NS publishers and\/or authors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Download and share the Defend NS Books poster from our resrouces page (it includes a QR code to this website)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk about why Nova Scotia books are important to you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tag Premier Tim Houston (@TimHoustonNS) and Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage Dave Ritcey (@RitceyDave)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the hashtag #DefendNSBooks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Re-post and engage with other people who are discussing this. 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