3pm Hour – council’s back!

Posted Sep 13, 2011 02:13:17 PM.

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Council is back and with it all the strange twists, turns and debates. The Coast’s Tim Bousquet joins us from council. Kevin Lacey follows up with a chat on a new convention centre survey. Halifax is considering a new fee for developers – the homebuilder’s association is incensed. We chat with Paul Pettipas. Graham Steele gave his budget forecast today – the Minister of Finance joins us.

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