Hour 1: • Iain Rankin, Liberal Party • Karen Foster, Dalhousie University • Colin Sproul, Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance • Ron Parker, Green Party candidate for Halifax West Hour 2: • It's the Open Hour. Todd takes your calls! Hour 3: • Ask the Vet with Dr. Jeff Goodall.
In Hour 1, Iain Rankin, co-leader of the Liberal Party, says they're skeptical of the province's shrinking family doctor wait list as they hear from constituents who've been removed from the list only to wait months for access to primary care. Karen Foster, an associate professor with Dalhousie University who studies food systems and rural communities, discusses how Nova Scotia academics call for Canada to assess whether it can feed its population in a crisis and to be part of national defence in the wake of U.S. tariffs and threats of annexation. Colin Sproul, president of the Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance, shares new documents that reveal tensions between fishery officers in Nova Scotia and their federal employer got so bad that officers warned that, without proper protection, increased lawlessness in the region's fishing industries "is gonna get someone killed." Interview with Ron Parker, Green Party candidate for Halifax West. In Hour 2, Todd opens the phones for the Open Hour! In Hour 3, Dr. Jeff Goodall is back for Ask the Vet!