Hour 1: • Jeff Karabanow, Dalhousie University • Dr Claire Karst, Nova Scotia Dental Association • Janet Music, Dalhousie University • Sam Austin, District 5 - Dartmouth Centre Hour 2: • It's the Open Hour. Todd takes your calls! Hour 3: • Franco Terrazzano, The Canadian Taxpayers Federation • Jude Chedrawy, HeartForLebanon • Ben Eisen, Fraser Institute • Author Vernon Oickle
In Hour 1, Jeff Karabanow, a professor at Dalhousie University and a co-director of Dalhousie's social work community clinic, joins Todd to give an update on a de-designated encampment in Halifax that is now vacant after municipal staff told three people to leave. Dr Claire Karst, President of the Nova Scotia Dental Association, discusses the lack of transparency after it was disclosed fluoride hadn't been added to the Halifax water supply consistently since 2021. Janet Music, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, shares that the price of beef reached record highs in Canada. Sam Austin, District 5 - Dartmouth Centre, discusses the Halifax council narrowly votes to keep list of potential designated encampments. In Hour 2, Todd takes your calls during the Open Hour! In Hour 3, Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, discusses how Auditor General Karen Hogan says the small business loan program the federal government rolled out during the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't managed in a cost-effective way. 15-year-old Jude Chedrawy shares his fundraising efforts in support of Lebanon, where over one million people have been displaced due to conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah. Ben Eisen, a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, discusses how quickly is the government workforce growing. Author Vernon Oickle shares his new book Grandma's Home Remedies A Collection of Tried-and-True Nova Scotian Cures.