Podcast: The Todd Veinotte Show June 20th, 2023
Posted Jun 20, 2023 01:00:30 PM.
Last Updated Jun 20, 2023 09:45:31 AM.
Hour 1: With hopes of bringing more accessible and affordable groceries and produce to communities in the HRM, Halifax’s Mobile Food Market is launching its first outdoor market of the year on Saturday. Executive director of the Mobile Food Market, Mandy Chapman, joins Todd to share the details. Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, says taxpayers better brace for Trudeau’s two carbon taxes. Chris Melanson, president of CUPE Local 5047, discusses the recent tentative agreement, which ended an ongoing strike that brought thousands out to picket lines over the past month. Neil Reid, beer researcher and professor of geography and planning at the University of Toledo in Ohio, discusses Bud Light sales drop for the top beer brand as it faces criticism over marketing that featured a transgender TikTok star.
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Hour 2: It’s the Open Hour. Todd takes your calls!
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Hour 3: Sylvain Charlebois is a professor in Food Distribution and Policy and senior director of the Agrifood Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, shares a report that says if Canada’s Competition Bureau finds that grocery store giants are profiting excessively from food inflation, the federal government should consider slapping a windfall tax on those excess profits. Sandra Mullen, president of the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union, discusses how the union representing officers in the Cape Breton Regional Police Service says staffing shortages create a safety risk for officers and the public. Dr. Simon Sherry, a clinical psychologist at CRUX Psychology and professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University, shares how to avoid toxic perfectionism when planning a wedding. Atlantic Canadian authors and publishers were celebrated at The 2023 Atlantic Book Awards earlier this month. Among the authors, K.R. Byggdin was this year’s recipient of the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award winner.
