FORM 18-K/A
For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1
to
ANNUAL REPORT
of
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
CANADA
(Name of Registrant)
Date of end of last fiscal year: March 31, 2019
SECURITIES REGISTERED*
(As of close of fiscal year)
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Title of issue | Amounts as to which registration is effective |
Names of exchanges on which registered | ||
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Names and addresses of persons authorized to receive notices
and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission:
NICOLAS MARION
Consul and Chief Representative
Department of Finance Canada New York
Canadian Consulate General
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020-1175
PETER JASLOW Ballard Spahr LLP 1735 Market Street, 51st Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599 |
BYRON RAFUSE Deputy Minister of Finance & Treasury Board Province of Nova Scotia P.O. Box 187 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2N3 |
* | The Registrant filed this annual report on a voluntary basis. |
The undersigned registrant hereby amends its Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, to add the following exhibits:
99.1 | Public Accounts for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, pages 67 to 124 | |
99.2 | Consent of the Auditor General |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number |
Description | |||
(1 | ) | Public Accounts, 2019-2020, pages 67 to 124 | ||
(2 | ) | Consent of the Auditor General |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to its Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, its authorized agent, as of the 3rd day of September 2020.
Province of Nova Scotia | ||
By: | /s/ Roy Spence | |
Director, Liability Management & Treasury Services |
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5161 George Street Royal Centre, Suite 400 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1M7 |
Auditor General of Nova Scotia |
902 424 4046 tel
902 424 4350 fax
www.oag-ns.ca
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Exhibit 99.2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS CONSENT
To: The Department of Finance and Treasury Board of the Province of Nova Scotia
I consent to the use of my independent auditors report dated August 13, 2020 to the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia on the consolidated financial statements of the Province of Nova Scotia, comprising the consolidated statement of financial position as at March 31, 2020, and the consolidated statement of operations and accumulated deficits, consolidated statement of changes in net debt and consolidated statement of cash flow for the year then ended, and related notes and schedules, included in the Public Accounts of Nova Scotia for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 that is included in Amendment No. 1 to the Province of Nova Scotias Annual Report on Form 18-K to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system on September 3, 2020 and to be incorporated by reference into the Province of Nova Scotias Registration Statement File No. 333-214108 previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Terry M. Spicer, CPA, CMA
Acting Auditor General of Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia
September 3, 2020
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