{"id":193879,"date":"2026-09-03T03:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/193879\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T03:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:26:11","slug":"nova-scotia-energy-minister-resigns-over-offensive-rap-lyrics-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/193879\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia energy minister resigns over offensive rap lyrics \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX \u2013 Nova Scotia\u2019s energy minister has resigned from cabinet over misogynistic rap lyrics he wrote before entering politics.<\/p>\n<p>The premier\u2019s office says Marco MacLeod resigned Wednesday night after weeks of meeting with women\u2019s advocacy groups over songs he published in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Critics said the lyrics are hateful toward women and violent and called for MacLeod\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6a98bf813a0ce8d969167d4fjpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"3624\" data-pswp-height=\"2413\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6a98bf813a0ce8d969167d4fjpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Nova Scotia Energy Minister Marco MacLeod speaks to reporters in Halifax after a cabinet meeting on Thursday Aug. 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Devin Stevens\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNova Scotia Energy Minister Marco MacLeod speaks to reporters in Halifax after a cabinet meeting on Thursday Aug. 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Devin Stevens<\/p>\n<p>Premier Tim Houston says MacLeod has expressed regret for publishing the songs and feels his actions have become a distraction for the government.<\/p>\n<p>MacLeod entered public office when he won a provincial byelection in May 2024 and kept his seat in a general election later that year.<\/p>\n<p>The premier\u2019s office says MacLeod will continue to represent Pictou West in the legislature while Houston will take over the energy portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 2, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HALIFAX \u2013 Nova Scotia\u2019s energy minister has resigned from cabinet over misogynistic rap lyrics he wrote before entering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-193879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}