We are not a box full of puppies | Pecha Kucha Night | Mike...
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Eleanor Norrie’s stories: Negotiating with Texans, telephone voting, closing the Teacher’s College and co-writing...
Eleanor Norrie shares stories about her time in politics, including her negotiations with Texan oil tycoons as Natural Resources minister, chairing the failed attempt...
Off Script: New Years Resolutions for Better Politics
Could New Year’s resolutions for better civic administration from 1921 still apply in 2017? In this week’s episode, you be the judge.
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Off Script Podcast: Starting Up
We've collected over 75 hours of recorded content, from interviews with more than forty former MLAs. This fall, we'll begin releasing a weekly audio-documentary...
Think hybrid: can we have our ranked ballots and proportional representation too?
Written by Ian Sherman
Living as I do in rural Cape Breton, my very strong feeling is that we’ll never see our largely rural...
In din of politics, constituency concerns are loudest cry
By MARK COFFIN with LOUISE COCKRAM
The period just after first being elected is one of the most important times in an MLA’s career. It’s when MLAs decide...
Political teamwork translates into speaking up privately
By MARK COFFIN with LOUISE COCKRAM
“Close the door.”
Depending on who says those words, they can invoke feelings of fear or excitement. If it’s the supervisor you...
Off Script: Basic election stuff we should all probably know about, but don’t....
There is an election happening on May 30th. In this special episode, Mark explains why writ drops are different than mic drops, how continuous...
Meet Sandra, Off-Script Co-Host (Special Ep #10)
Starting in April, Sandra Hannebohm will be a regular co-host, writer, and contributor to Off Script podcast. On this week's Off Script podcast, listen...
The opposite of representation is exclusion
Guest Blog by Antony Hodgson
Anyone who watched last year’s film ‘Selma’ about the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 will not...