Podcast: The Todd Veinotte Show December 7th, 2023
Posted Dec 7, 2023 01:00:00 PM.
Last Updated Dec 15, 2023 11:35:48 AM.
Hour 1: Ron Dalton, Co-President of Innocence Canada, says a public inquiry may be needed to determine whether police in Nova Scotia broke the law when they destroyed evidence in the case of Glen Assoun, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1999. Dr. Colin Audain, President of Doctors Nova Scotia, shares a new report that says Canada is falling behind other rich countries in health care. Janet Music, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, shares how food affordability remains a top concern for Canadians as Canada’s Food Price Report 2024 forecasts that overall food prices will increase by 2.5% to 4.5%. Marla Boltman, Executive Director of Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, discusses the CBC/Radio-Canada to cut 10 per cent of the workforce and end some programming as it faces a $125M budget shortfall.
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Hour 2: It’s the Open Hour. Todd takes your calls!
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Hour 3: Raphael Vagliano, Legal Officer, Centre for Law and Democracy, is calling for an overhaul of Nova Scotia’s freedom of information law to reduce exemptions and give the appeal process more teeth. Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Programs Director, Sierra Club Canada, discusses Canada’s natural resources minister and says the decision to deny a 1.5-million dollar bid for oil and gas exploration off Nova Scotia doesn’t necessarily mean there won’t be such projects in the future. Brittany Keough, Director, Service & Engagement at Home Instead®, shares their Be a Santa to A Senior program that brings older adults in Halifax over the holiday season.
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