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The Grand Parade — 135 episodes

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The e-scooter moral is in full swing

2

Community Game Plan podcast feat Matt Stickland

3

Tech and transportation sovereignty with Paris Marx

4

A scouting report on Halifax's new CAO with Joey Coleman

5

Grand Parade's statement on the recent political violence

6

Exposure to driving with Nick Ferenchak

7

Book club bonus show: Interview with Thi Nguyen

8

RCMP investigates Fillmore and other more important things

9

Halifax is under a scandal advisory

10

People are dying and nobody cares

11

How council makes housing unaffordable

12

The lies we tell about development fees

13

The lies we tell about property taxes

14

Five minutes once a month

15

An award winning podcast episode

16

It's not corruption, it's the implication

17

What if we had a plan to integrate our mobility?

18

David Hendsbee progressive tax champion

19

Jurisdictional scan: Portland's transportation utility fee

20

Halifax's passable, mediocre, very mid budget

21

Integrated Mobility Failures (feat. some good news), a Mar 23 - 27 council recap

22

Wanderer Grounds podcast is coming back Soon™

23

Halifax (mostly) has a budget, a March 9-13 council recap

24

HRM's debt crisis is finally here

25

The politics of austerity, a Feb 23-27 council recap

26

Book club bonus: Interview with Wes Marshall

27

We need to talk about Joanne Macrea, a Feb 16 - 20 budget ctee recap

28

Killing kids to save money, a Feb 9-13 council recap

29

Eating our cake and having it too, a Feb 2-6 council recap

30

But it might work for us, a Jan 26-30 council recap

31

Do you wanna build a book club?, a Jan 19-23 ctee recap

32

Shoes and cars and shared responsibility, a Jan 12-16 council recap

33

We're back and other things to expect in 2026

34

Cheese week mail bag bonus show

35

A Purdy bad budget debate, A Dec 8-12 council recap

36

Council doesn't know how the CAP works, a Dec 1-5 council recap

37

We will ever learn from the past? A Nov 24-28 council recap

38

BUDGET SEASON IS BACK BABY, a Nov 17-21 council recap

39

Police reform good, road safety bad, a Nov 10 - 14 council update

40

The end of season three

41

Hali-fail-to-ACT, an Oct 27 - 31 council recap

42

HFX by Bike: Built to Fail

43

Halifax's deadcade of road violence, an Oct 20-24 council recap

44

EMERGENCY POD: Our roads are more deadly because the road safety strategy is working

45

One billion 113 million 338 thousand, a 13-17 Oct recap

46

Ticking boxes until the world ends, an Oct 6-10 council recap

47

Amalgamate all hope ye who live here, a Sept 29 - Oct 3 council update

48

All aboard the straight talk express, a Sept 22 - 26 council recap

49

Rest And Maintence Period

50

The worst version of water world, a Sept 8-12 council recap

51

Daydreaming about good governance, a Sept 1-5 council update

52

Single family land acknowledgement, an Aug 25-29 council recap

53

Sportswashing and vibes, an Aug 18-22 council recap

54

Can you help me make Halifax a better place? An Aug 11 - 15 council update

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The party won't stop until we're bankrupt, an Aug 4 - 8 council update

56

Rerun: Hitting the gas on housing and violence

57

Halifax needs tax reform

58

Strong mayor debate highlight reel, a July 14-18(ish) recap

59

Strong mayor powers, bike lanes and sexism, a July 7 - 11 council recap

60

Halifax may become sustainable, a Jun 30 - July 4 recap

61

A programming note, not a June 23 - 27 council recap

62

Grand Parade goes to Quebec

63

All planning no results, A June 16-20 council recap

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Andy Fillmore must be stopped

65

Councillors consider killing taxi industry, May 19 - 23 council recap

66

Scooters, taxes and sidewalks, oh my! May 12 - 16 council recap

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One advisory committee meeting

68

Downtown's burden and core municipal services, April 28 - May 2 Recap

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Homework: How to fix Halifax's BRT /w HFX By Bike

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Halifax's Bus Rapid Transit is designed to fail, council update April 21 - 25

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Parking minimums and traffic planning: April 14 - 17 Council recap

72

Fiscal reform and systemic racism: April 7 - 11 council recap

73

Domestic Violence and the Green Network Plan: Mar 31 - April 4 counil recap

74

Audits, horse hearing and a beach bus: Mar 24-28 council recap

75

Halifax’s budget: a political win and fiscal failure

76

Halifax city council's making your life more expensive, a 3rd intermission update

77

Library cuts and the police tank, 2nd intermission update

78

Budget Playoffs Intermission update

79

Budget playoffs and a new era

80

Halifax's budget season is finally here

81

HALIFAX STRATEGIC PLAN EMERGENCY PODCAST

82

Five little piggies went to a public meeting

83

Councillor Cuttell and the spanner wrench

84

Committee rosters and budget preview

85

Municipal election primer

86

HFX Votes 2024: Listener Questions

87

Predicting the End of Canada's Oldest Colony.

88

HFX Votes 2024: What is risk managment?

89

HFX Votes 2024: Why do we need oversight?

90

HFX Votes 2024: How do we make our roads safer?

91

HFX Votes 2024: How do we build a better Halifax?

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HFX Votes 2024: What does the mayor do?

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HFX Votes 2024: Why do we have a property tax cap? feat. Darrel Dexter

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HFX Votes 2024: How do property taxes work?

95

The Windsor Street Sobriety Test

96

HFX Votes 2024: How to fix Halifax Transit

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HFX Votes 2024: What's up with Transit?

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HFX Votes 2024: What makes a good downtown?

99

An Emergency's Emergency

100

Hitting the gas on housing and violence

101

Moving towards cautious optimism

102

An autopsy of Halifax's IMP (2018-2024)

103

Good news, bad news and Porter's Lake

104

An idiot's guide to police reform

105

A climate emergency readiness test for the HRM

106

Corrupt....ed by ineptitude

107

Budget pre-season recap

108

The Halifax (budget) Explosion

109

Transportation Advisory Committee Bangers

110

Wasting good money on bad outcomes

111

Should Halifax de-amalgamate?

112

Why isn't the IMP working?

113

Land use doesn't stop at the curb

114

Wanderers President Derek Martin Wants a Stadium

115

More tents coming to Halifax parks

116

Robbing ourselves to pay the Irvings

117

Answering your Qs about Olivia Chow

118

Climate emergency vol 2: Floods of Bedford

119

Friends of the Common vs Wanderers

120

Full on tragedy of the commons

121

Live show: Regional plan and carbon tax

122

We're doing a live show June 27!

123

The fires in Tantallon

124

Realism of loud car mufflers

125

Regulate me like one of your French girls

126

A few bad apples

127

Budget preview: Utopian high school hockey

128

Big budget talks

129

A Grand don't come for free

130

Won't somebody think of the landlords?

131

Budget, Bike lanes, Battlestar Galactica

132

Dalhousie smack down and a trip to Ontario

133

Does Nathan Fielder make HRM policy?

134

Pizzagate but unironically

135

Spring Garden failures and secretive police