The Rick Howe Show – 11 AM

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Posted Nov 24, 2014 08:13:11 AM.

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Monday November 24, 2014

Our science guru Richard Zurawski stops by for another edition of The Science Files. We discuss the province’s tax review with Bill Tufts from WB Benefit Solutions and Fair Pensions For All. We discuss welfare reform with Evan Coole from ACORN Canada and Dalhousie Legal Aid community legal worker Fiona Traynor.

 

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