The Todd Veinotte Show | December 16, 2024

In Hour 1, Todd opens up the lines for an extra special Open Hour. In Hour 2, Todd continues with the Open Hour! In Hour 3, Joe Triff, vice president of Halifax Professional Fire Fighters, joins Todd to discuss how unions demand reform and leadership overhaul of Nova Scotia Firefighters School. Bacchus Barua, director of health policy studies at the Fraser Institute and co-author of Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2024, discusses how patients in Atlantic Canada continue to endure the longest health-care wait times in the country, finds a new study released by the Fraser Institute. James Cowan, Dying with Dignity, shares how more than 15,000 people received medical assistance in dying in Canada in 2023, but federal statistics show the growth in cases has slowed significantly. Carolynn Dubé, executive director of Fertility Matters Canada, discusses how a four-day work weekand how some Canadian families could also benefit from a long weekend every week if implemented correctly.