Hour 1: • Stacey Gomez, Centre for Migrant Worker Rights Nova Scotia • Ash Avery, Feed Nova Scotia • Alec Stratford, Nova Scotia College of Social Workers • Brian Giroux, Shelburne Elver group Hour 2: • House Calls with Dr. John Gillis. Hour 3: • The Mid-Week Meltdown. Todd takes your calls!
In Hour 1, Stacey Gomez, Executive Director, Centre for Migrant Worker Rights Nova Scotia, discusses racism toward migrant workers in Nova Scotia on the rise due to misinformation. Ash Avery, Executive Director of Feed Nova Scotia, shares how Feed Nova Scotia has seen a 68% increase in food bank usage since 2021. Alec Stratford, Executive Director and Registrar of the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers, shares a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia released a new report, Contradictions in Care: Labour Conditions, Conflicting Values, and Crisis in Child Protection Social Work in Nova Scotia. Brian Giroux of Shelburne Elver group discusses how the Federal Fisheries Department is proposing new elver quotas for the 2025 season that would cut the share of baby eels fished by existing commercial licence holders. In Hour 2, Dr. John Gillis is back for House Calls. In Hour 3, Todd opens the phone for the Mid-Week Meltdown.