Podcast: The Todd Veinotte Show April 4th, 2024
Posted Apr 4, 2024 01:00:00 PM.
Last Updated Apr 4, 2024 09:13:52 AM.
Hour 1: Thomas Arnason McNeil, Ecology Action Centre, Climate Policy Coordinator, Sustainable Transportation, joins Todd to discuss Nova Scotia’s Premier response to the Prime Minister’s challenge to submit an alternative to the federal carbon pricing program. Councillor Patty Cuttell, District 11 – Spryfield – Sambro Loop – Prospect Road, shares how a Halifax developer wants to build about 5,000 housing units in Halifax’s Exhibition Parklands. Wayne MacKay, Law Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie, discusses how cannabis is emerging as a new battleground over Mi’kmaw rights. A chat with Jonathan Wilkinson, federal Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.
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Hour 2: It’s the Open Hour! Todd takes your calls!
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Hour 3: Nemoy Lewis, Assistant Professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University, shares who would benefit and who would be hurt if the Federal plan counted rent toward a credit score. Duncan Williams, President & CEO of Construction Association of Nova Scotia, discusses Ottawa’s launch of a 6 Billion dollar infrastructure fund to help build homes with strings attached. Semere Araya, Senior Product Manager Personal Insurance at Aviva Canada, discusses Canadians’ awareness of wildfire risk. Lisa Richard, a Halifax-based folk-country artist, performed a heartfelt rendition of Gordon Lightfoot’s “If You Could Read My Mind” to a crowd of 4,000 at the 2023 Stan Rogers Folk Festival.
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