Off Script: Extended Interview with Alison Loat (SE2)
What's it like traveling across Canada to talk to former MPs about their life in politics? In last week's podcast, you heard from Alison...
Off Script: Andrew Younger – Being an Independent MLA in Nova Scotia (Special Ep....
Andrew Younger recently gave a talk to the Rotary Club in Dartmouth on the realities of being an independent MLA and candidate. The talk...
Off Script: Sexism and misogyny in Canadian provincial politics (Special Ep #15)
In this week's episode of Off Script, research lead and Carleton PhD candidate Louise Cockram speaks with Sandra Hannebohm about how the experience of...
Sitting Out Doesn’t Send a Message | Pecha Kucha Night | Hilary Beaumont
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFqbvJDSobg
Off Script: Coming up next… the 52nd Seat (Special Ep. #18)
This week, we explore some of the background for next week's episode, which explores the seat that has been reserved for Mi'kmaq people in...
The political system doesn’t need us.
Written by Mark Coffin
I’ve got good news and bad news. The bad news is, the political system doesn’t actually need any of us. The...
Mentors make stage fright less daunting
By MARK COFFIN with LOUISE COCKRAM
George Moody served in the Nova Scotia legislature for over two decades. He represented the Kings-West riding in the Annapolis...
And the nomination goes… according to political script, usually
By MARK COFFIN
There is a provincial election just around the corner.
In Nova Scotia, there are no fixed election dates, so the premier and the rare...
Spending my ‘Ivany’ Capital | Susanna Fuller @ Scene Change: Stories of #NSFilmJobs
Susanna was a Commissioner for the One Nova Scotia Commision, doesn't work in film and never has. Following the 2013 Nova Scotia budget, she...
Reform Act would make the Prime Minister First Among Equals
Written by Mark Coffin
Originally published in the Globe and Mail on December 4th, 2013.
The House of Commons is one of the most expensive and least...