Mark Parent's journey from Church Minister to Environment Minister (SE #22)
This week’s featured interview is with Mark Parent, a former PC Party MLA and environment minister. Mark spoke to us about a range of his experiences in public life: - his transition from being an NDP...
4 Aug 201758min
Negotiating with Texans, closing the Teacher’s College and co-writing an election platform - Interview with Eleanor Norrie
Eleanor Norrie shares stories about her time in politics, including her negotiations with Texan oil tycoons as Natural Resources minister, chairing the failed attempt at running a leadership conventio...
27 Jul 201756min
Interview with Yvonne Atwell: Former Preston MLA and Restorative Justice Activist
Yvonne was the NDP MLA for the riding of Preston for just 18 months in the late 90s. Despite having a relatively short career in elected public office, she has plenty of reflections on her time as an ...
20 Jul 201757min
#11: The job nobody else can do
MLAs have a great deal of choice when it comes to the kind of work they focus on, but there is one job that nobody but the elected MLAs can do: the creation of law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
12 Jul 201725min
Deep Democracy with Sera Thompson (SE #19)
Sera Thompson teaches and practices Deep Democracy, a psychology-based practise for resolving conflict among groups. In this special episode of the podcast, we share a conversation where she gives us ...
6 Jul 201728min
#10: You're Hired; Responsibilities for the job of MLA are negotiable
There are very few written rules that outline what is expected of MLAs once they take their jobs. But that doesn't mean that there aren't significant expectations placed on them once they take office....
28 Jun 201729min
#9: Mi'kmaq representation in Province House: The 52nd Seat
There has never been a Mi’kmaq MLA in Nova Scotia, despite the fact that a seat has been reserved for one in the House of Assembly Act since the early 1990s. This week on Off Script, Sandra Hannebohm ...
10 Jun 201726min
Coming up next... the 52nd Seat (SE #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 legislature, but has never been filled. Hosted on Acast. ...
3 Jun 20177min
