This week we speak to Senator-Designate Wanda Thomas Bernard, recently appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Bernard has a long history of social research and activism, and was the first tenure-track African Nova Scotian professor at Dalhousie.
Also, Halifax is in mourning over the loss of close to 700 children in what police describe as “the worst case of Halloween candy poisoning in modern history.” And Linda Mosher lost her ballot recount bid after accepting some dubious advice from The Dawgfather aka. Halifax’s Deep Throat. Seriously, you can’t make this shit up sometimes.
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So much chatter about diversity but not much change in Senate appointments
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/regular-canadians-hoped-to-become-senators-under-new-system-until-they-saw-the-elites-trudeau-chose