The document released in 2021 contained 17 recommendations and 60 meaningful actions. Close to 50 are considered complete or substantially complete. Dr. Ren Thomas is an associate professor at the Dalhousie University School of Planning. She also was the co-chair of the 17-member Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission. She explains the work that went into the project, including the consultations with 36 experts and 2,000 Nova Scotians.
And through all of the technology one thing remains constant: the satisfaction of sharing compelling stories with other humans. The responsibility of knowing better, is doing better. Sheldon is based in Halifax, N.S.SaltWire Network welcomes letters on matters of public interest for publication. All letters must be accompanied by the author’s name, address and telephone number so that they can be verified. Letters may be subject to editing.