'The Todd Veinotte Show | February 20, 2025

In Hour 1, Peter Day, Nova Scotia Teachers Union President, discusses Nova Scotia offering a 14-month bachelor of education to ease the province's teacher shortage. Ross Jefferson, CEO of Discover Halifax, shares how Discover Halifax is beginning community engagement sessions as they plan to map the next five years of tourism growth in HRM. Liberal interim leader Derek Mombourquette discusses the budget. Raymond Plourde, wilderness co-ordinator with the Ecology Action Centre, criticizes Nova Scotia's bill to lift bans on fracking and uranium exploration.  In Hour 2, Todd opens the lines for the Open Hour. In Hour 3, Colin Robertson, Vice President and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, discusses the ongoing Trump tariff battle. Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, shares a poll that shows that Canadians believe industrial carbon tax makes life more expensive. Steve Joordens, a psychology professor at the University of Toronto, shares how the Toronto plane crash adds to recent accidents that may rattle travellers. Rob Cowley, Canadian Art Specialist and President of Cowley Abbott, shares the nationwide search for art comes to Halifax. Josh McJannett, Dominion City Brewing, shares Glorious and Free, which is a Trans-Canada brewery collaboration project conceived and launched by Ottawa's Dominion City Brewing Co. in partnership with beer makers from coast to coast to coast.