Podcast: The Todd Veinotte Show February 22nd, 2024
Posted Feb 22, 2024 01:00:00 PM.
Last Updated Feb 22, 2024 08:45:10 AM.
Hour 1: Jad BouChahine, a Lebanese-trained teacher, is frustrated by the Nova Scotia system that doesn’t consider immigrant teachers’ academic qualifications and years of teaching experience in India. Susan LeBlanc, NDP MLA Dartmouth North, discusses the deal to buy an unfinished hotel and convert it into a healthcare facility. The Nova Scotia Action Coalition for Community Well-being Chair Alec Stratford shares how housing requires a rights-based approach.
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Hour 2: It’s the Open Hour. Todd takes your calls!
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Hour 3: Cathy Deagle-Gammon, District 1 – Waverley, Fall River and Musquodoboit Valley, discusses a 120-unit housing development in Fall River that can proceed after a decision by the province. Denise Daley is the executive director of the Parker Street Food and Furniture Bank in Halifax, suspends emergency assistance program due to funding shortfall. Amy-Lynne Graves, Canadian Massage Therapy Association’s vice-chair, shares how Atlantic massage therapists hope to make services exempt from taxes. Walter Borden reflects on the journey of his life and examines his experience as a Black gay man facing the challenges of racism, poverty, and homophobia with his new book, “The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time”.
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