We, the undersigned residents of Nova Scotia and supporters of the victims of the 2023 Tantallon-Hammonds Plains and Barrington Wildfires, call upon the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to make the necessary changes to the current legislation that will allow the Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC) to reinstate the pre-disaster property tax caps for all total losses resulting from the May 2023 Wildfires.

For the purpose of s. 45A(4) of the Assessment Act, we request a regulation or amendment to the Act, retroactive to May 25, 2023, to clarify that “construction not included in the base year assessment” and “new construction” does not include the reconstruction of one or more dwelling or accessory buildings on a property, where the dwelling or accessory buildings existed, were assessed previously, and were destroyed by a disaster, including a wildfire, flood, or hurricane.

We, the undersigned residents of Nova Scotia and supporters of the victims of the 2023 Tantallon-Hammonds Plains and Barrington Wildfires, call upon the Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC) to reinstate the pre-disaster property tax caps for all total losses resulting from the May 2023 wildfires.