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Archives for April 2015

Defiance in the face of certain death: Morning File, Friday, April 17, 2015

April 17, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Film tax credit cut fallout “Filmmakers are suddenly facing problems acquiring permits, scouting locations and applying for funding, after Film and Creative Industries Nova Scotia suddenly shut its doors last Thursday,” reports the CBC. The problem is that the duties of Film and Creative […]

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Examineradio Episode #8

April 16, 2015 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

This week, an enormous rally surrounded Province House in Halifax to protest cuts to the Film Tax Credit program. Post-secondary students also staged a “study-in” at Finance Minister Diana Whalen’s office in opposition to the suspension of the tuition cap. Also, Halifax’s top cop unveiled a new structure for the senior brass at the Police […]

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Petulant, self-entitled brats: Morning File, Thursday, April 16, 2015

April 16, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 21 Comments

News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Protest A gigantic protest was held outside Province House yesterday. When I was there at noon, about a thousand people were demonstrating against the cuts to the film tax credit. I’m told the crowd doubled by mid-afternoon. Russell Gragg and I interviewed some of […]

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Public Enemy #1: Morning File, Wednesday, April 15, 2015

April 15, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Film tax credit Finance minister Diana Whalen met with film industry reps yesterday, but the two parties left the meeting with completely different understandings of what had transpired, reports the CBC: “They have agreed what they put forward is not workable,” Marc Almon from […]

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The S-word: Morning File, Tuesday, April 14, 2015

April 14, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Police restructuring Police chief Jean-Michel Blais announced a major shakeup of police brass yesterday at the police commission meeting. He followed it up with a press release: Halifax Regional Police (HRP) is pleased to announce a new structure for its senior management team. For […]

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The Earth is probably worth more than $600,000: Morning File, Monday, April 13, 2015

April 13, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 17 Comments

News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Shell University Last week, Stephen Thomas, who graduated from Dalhousie University’s Mechanical Engineering program in 2013, submitted an op-ed about a recent $600,000 agreement between oil company Shell Canada and Dalhousie for consideration to the Chronicle Herald. Editors at the paper were so intrigued by […]

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Examineradio Episode #7

April 11, 2015 By Russell Gragg 3 Comments

This week, the McNeil government released its 2015-16 budget which, among other things, slashed the Film Tax Credit system, lifted post-secondary tuition caps and completely eliminated the Department of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism. Trailer Park Boys’ Sarah Dunsworth weighs in on the budget’s likely effect on the province’s film industry. Also, former Halifax […]

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Justice for inebriates: Morning File, Saturday April 11, 2015

April 11, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News Views In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Finally: justice for Inebriates Overlooked in the hoopla over the Film Tax Credit is that the Liberals are repealing the Inebriates’ Guardianship Act, a discriminatory piece of legislation that denied basic civil rights to those citizens with a libation orientation. The Act declares that: When any habitual drunkard by reason of […]

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Anti-youth and anti-student: McNeil’s budget takes aim at university students

April 10, 2015 By Moira Donovan

In at 2014 poll conducted by the Nova Scotia Post-Secondary Education Coalition, 60 per cent of Nova Scotians were reported as supporting higher taxes to make post-secondary education more accessible. But you wouldn’t know it from Thursday’s budget. The budget makes changes to tuition policy, student assistance and university funding — changes that will ensure the pain provincial...

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If only everyone were paid less, we’d all be rich: Morning File, Friday, April 10, 2015

April 10, 2015 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Budget Premier Stephen McNeil presented the provincial budget yesterday. It is an austerity budget that makes radical changes, including: University tuition The three percent annual cap on tuition increases is removed for this year to “allow universities to make one-time market adjustments to tuition, […]

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