Revamping Equalization Payments, Mental Health & Music, and Calgary Folk Music Fest

It’s an on-going narrative: Quebec doesn’t contribute enough to Canada and provinces like Alberta are stuck picking up the bill. Canada’s Provincial and Territorial leaders met this week in Halifax for the “Council of the Federation” and one of the main issues discussed was equalization payments. We discuss the current ‘state’ of the Federation with Alex Marland, Professor of Political Science at Acadia University.   Next, music can excite us, move us and ‘sooth’ us. Have you ever considered the ‘therapeutic’ nature of your favourite song? We discuss the impact music has on our mental health with Karen Gallagher-Burt, Social Worker and Mental Health Advocate. Finally, still on the topic of music, we are now a mere days away from the start of the Calgary Folk Fest! We get details on this year’s “star studded” festival lineup with Kerry Clark, Artistic Director of the “Calgary Folk Fest”.