On today’s show we hear from Mount Allison politics professor Mario Levesque with his take on Blaine Higgs’ and Tim Houston’s assertion that protecting the Chignecto Isthmus is solely a federal responsibility, and also hear the latest response from federal minister Dominic LeBlanc, once again telling the premiers to apply for 50% federal funding by July 19.
Plus in news briefs: Tantramar mayor Andrew Black has called a special meeting next week to consider final approval of bylaw changes requested by developer John Lafford, a Moncton-based medical student is renewing the call for research into unexplained neurological symptoms in the province, and it’s a busy weekend in Dorchester, with a new business opening and the annual Ladysmith Manor summer market.
