The Todd Veinotte Show

The Todd Veinotte Show | January 27, 2025

Episode Summary

Hour 1: • Councillors on the Hot Seat with Kathryn Morse, District 10 Halifax - Bedford Basin and Laura White, District 7, Halifax South Downtown. Hour 2: • It's the Open Hour. Todd takes your calls! Hour 3: • Brian Giroux, Shelburne Elver group • Natalie MacLean, Wine Growers Canada • Raymond Plourde, Ecology Action Centre • Osborne Bourke, Victoria Co-op Fisheries

Episode Notes

In Hour 1, Kathryn Morse, District 10 Halifax - Bedford Basin and Laura White, District 7, Halifax South Downtown, join Todd for Councillors on the Hot Seat. In Hour 2, Todd opens the phone for the Open Hour. In Hour 3, Brian Giroux of Shelburne Elver group discusses how the Federal fisheries minister has shelved a controversial proposal that would have shifted baby eel quota away from longtime licence holders to their employees. Natalie MacLean, a spokesperson and wine expert at Wine Growers Canada, shares how you don't need to go completely "dry" this January to prioritize your health. Raymond Plourde, Senior Wilderness Coordinator of Ecology Action Centre, discusses Premier Tim Houston's push for more natural resource development in Nova Scotia. Osborne Bourke, general manager of Victoria Co-op Fisheries and a member of regional and national advisory committees for small craft harbours, shares how fishers are worried by the Nova Scotia premier's musings over lifting the oil-exploration moratorium.