Tag Archives: public services

Radio — Campaigning for $10-a-day public child care

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Scott

Scott Neigh — Talking Radical Radio · Campaigning for $10-a-day child car Sharon Gregson works with the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and is the provincial spokesperson for British Columbia’s $10aDay daycare campaign. Scott Neigh interviews her about the importance of high-quality, affordable, … Continue reading →

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Radio — Parents fighting the cuts to public education in Ontario

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Scott

Rachel Huot is a mom of three kids and a parent organizer in the west end of Toronto. She is part of a group called West End Parents for Public Education, which has been central to the emergence of the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Cindy Blackstock’s long fight for the rights of First Nations children

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Scott

Cindy Blackstock is a member of the Gitksan First Nation, a social worker, a professor at McGill University in Montreal, and the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. She is also the most … Continue reading →

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Radio — Quebec doctors defending public health care

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Scott

Isabelle Leblanc is a family physician who works at a community clinic in Montreal. She is also the president of the group Médecins québécois pour le régime public (MQRP), or Quebec Doctors for Medicare. Scott Neigh interviews her about the … Continue reading →

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Radio — From anti-privatization to pro-public

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Scott

David McDonald is a professor of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario whose work over the years has focused on issues related to public services and privatization, mostly in contexts in the Global South and in Europe. … Continue reading →

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Radio — Defending public services during the election and beyond

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309839898-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-135-oct-142015-defending-public-services-during-the-election-and-beyond.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Wendy Goldsmith and Dru Oja Jay. They work at Friends of Public Services, a very new organization that is mobilizing people during the election campaign to fight against … Continue reading →

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