Off Script: Interview with Yvonne Atwell, Former Preston MLA
Yvonne was the NDP MLA for the riding of Preston for just 18 months in the late 90s. Despite having a relatively short career...
Off Script: The job nobody else can do (Episode #11)
MLAs have a great deal of choice when it comes to the kind of work they focus on, but there is one job that...
Off Script: Party discipline is ‘political immaturity’ – Interview with Howard Epstein (Special Ep....
Howard Epstein was elected seven consecutive times to serve his constituents on the Halifax peninsula. Twice as a municipal councillor and five times as...
OffScript: How I got kicked out of province house (Nelson MacDonald)
In this week’s episode : an update on our production schedule, and a story about learning how the legislature works by protesting what happens...
Off Script: Francene Cosman ‘Three Cheers for the Lady’
Here's the first of the Off Script 'prepisodes' - short anecdotes and stories that kept us laughing, captivated, and in suspense during the interviews,...
Off Script: Francene Cosman; former Bedford MLA and Mayor
Francene has worn many political hats in her day: first Mayor of Bedford, PC Party Candidate, Liberal Party Executive Director, Liberal MLA and Minister...
Kevin Page: Better Politics and Watchdogging Parliament (Special Ep. #4)
In this week’s episode : we look back on Kevin Page’s speech from the 2016 Better Politics Awards in Halifax where he shared part...
“Corrosive – that’s probably the best word.” – Graham Steele Interview (Special Ep. #23)
Graham Steele was the Finance Minister in Darrell Dexter's NDP Government. In this podcast he talks about his personal path in and out of...
Michael MacMillan (Keynote): Former Members of Parliament Speak Out on Canada’s Failing Democracy (SE...
What do former MPs have to say about the health of Canadian democracy? Not much good news, according to Michael MacMillan. In last week's...
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...