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- ↑ "Nova Scotia. Waterfront Development Corporation". Government Administrative Histories. Nova Scotia Archives . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "New Name, Mandate for Waterfront Development". Province of Nova Scotia. 12 July 2018.
- ↑ "Develop Nova Scotia Gets Provincewide Mandate". Province of Nova Scotia. 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "Develop Nova Scotia Act". Nova Scotia Legislature. 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "Legislation Modernizes Province's Economic Development Approach". Province of Nova Scotia. 19 October 2022.
- ↑ "Build Nova Scotia Act" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature.