Off Script: Atlantic Canada Politics

Off Script: Atlantic Canada Politics

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Off Script: Atlantic Canada Politics episodes

  • Andrew Younger: becoming an indepedent MLA and prioritizing policy-making

    Andrew Younger is the only former MLA we’ve interviewed who sat as an independent. In our interview Andrew describes some of the unsung, unknown advantages of being an independent in Nova Scotia politics. He also tells us what he’s up to now, and talks about how he organized his constituency office to allow him to focus on policy-making.


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    29 min
  • Party discipline is ‘political immaturity’ - Interview with Howard Epstein (SE #27)
    Howard Epstein was elected seven consecutive times to serve his constituents on the Halifax peninsula. Twice as a municipal councillor and five times as an MLA. Howard, an NDP member, was not afraid to speak out when he felt the party was not living up to it's principles. We talk about the realities of speaking out against one's own party and his life and career in Nova Scotia politics.

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    52 min
  • SPECIAL NEWS: Our next podcast series

    In the near future, Springtide will be launching a new podcast: a brand new series completely separate from Off Script.


    The trouble is, we're evenly split on what to call the podcast, and the people we've asked for feedback are equally split. We have two options, and we'd like you to listen to each to let us know what you think.


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    5 min
  • "Courtesy isn't always reciprocated' - Interview with Michele Raymond (SE #26)

    This week, we share our interview with Michelle Raymond, who is a former NDP MLA for the riding of Halifax Atlantic. She served from 2003 to 2012. Michelle held a relatively low profile during her career as an MLA - she served on the backbenches of the NDP government - but she had plenty of strongly stated, and eloquently delivered thoughts on the state of politics, and the life of an MLA. 


    Some of the things I chatted about in my interview with her included: 

    - what it means to be an unmanageable candidate and why she wished she’d been one. 

    - the wealth of information and access available to MLAs, should they choose to use it. 

    - the false flag of ‘privacy concerns’ that she says is more often used to protect the privacy of failing government agencies than the individuals they’re supposed to be serving. 


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    49 min
  • "[The other side] is not Attila the Hun" - Interview with George Archibald (SE #25)
    George Archibald was the seventh generation of the Archibald family to serve in the Nova Scotia legislature. His time in the legislature spanned two decades (the 80s and 90s). In this interview with Louise Cockram from the Off Script team, he describes some of the dramatic changes he observed over the length of his career at the legislature, some of the lighter moments of being an MLA, and the importance he saw in working with the other side.

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    55 min
  • Francene Cosman Interview - Former Bedford Mayor and MLA, Liberal Executive Director (SE#24)
    Francene has worn many political hats in her day: first Mayor of Bedford, PC Party Candidate, Liberal Party Executive Director, Liberal MLA and Minister of Community Services just to name a few of them. Here's our extended interview with Francene where she talks about winning a hotly contested nomination meeting, the sometimes tense challenges of sitting in the speaker's chair, and maintaining her own independence when she was uncomfortable with the direction of her party.

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    50 min
  • "Corrosive - that's probably the best word." - Graham Steele Interview (SE #23)
    Graham Steele was the Finance Minister in Darrell Dexter's NDP Government. In this podcast he talks about his personal path in and out of politics, and why (if he could do it over again) he'd run for city council instead of the provincial legislature. Since leaving politics he's written a book on his time in public life, worked as a political analyst for the CBC, joined the faculty of Management at Dalhousie University, and is getting ready to release his second book 'The Effective Citizen' in the Fall of 2017.

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    52 min

About Off Script: Atlantic Canada Politics

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Off Script is a podcast for engaged citizens, public leaders and activists in Atlantic Canada. In April of 2019, this podcast will be dedicated to exploring the politics and possibilities…