Podcast: The Todd Veinotte Show January 4th, 2024
Posted Jan 4, 2024 01:00:00 PM.
Last Updated Jan 4, 2024 08:42:37 AM.
Hour 1: Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, joins Todd in discussing Trudeau hiking taxes again in 2024. Brian Gifford, chairman of the Affordable Energy Coalition, shares how they are targeting power hikes. Marla MacLeod, Director of Programs at Ecology Action Centre, shares how there’s no word on the results of the latest consultation on the Coastal Protection Act. Danny Cavanagh, president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour, discusses how the province will increase its minimum wage this April.
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Hour 2: It’s the Open Hour. Todd takes your calls!
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Hour 3: Alex Whalen, associate director of Atlantic Canada Prosperity at the Fraser Institute, discusses the link between spending in Canada and an educated population. Kevin Russell, Executive Director of the Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia, shares that the rent cap rises to 5% in Nova Scotia, putting tenants under further strain. Pete Brown, national program manager with the 7th Step Society of Canada, the charity running Pardon Me, says the stigma of criminal records ‘is massive’.
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