Welcome to the Political Trenches Local Government At Work. We are back after a bit of travelling East to Quebec and Ontario, and today we are heading a bit further east to talk about Leadership in Atlantic Canada, ahead of the all-important Atlantic Mayors’ Congress happening next week in Saint John, New Brunswick. Today, we are honoured to be joined by two guests from Atlantic Canada, Craig Pollett of the Atlantic Mayors’ Congress, and Mayor Reardon of Saint John, New BrunswickBut before that, Ian and I will dive into some stories making the municipal headlines over the last two weeks***********************************Stories In Today's Show:Can a city councillor call people ‘idiots’ on Facebook? A judge will decidehttps://www.montrealgazette.com/news/provincial-news/article967868.htmlMetro Vancouver area councillors urge more B.C. oversight of municipal spendinghttps://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/metro-vancouver-area-councillors-urge-more-bc-oversight-of-municipal-spending/***********************************Subscribe to Show:Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3GISqEX Spotify Podcast: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoliticaltrenches Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/crossborderinterviewswithchrisbrown***********************************Follow The Political Trenches:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crossborderinterviews Website: https://www.crossborderinterviews.ca/ Website: https://www.strategicsteps.ca/The Political Trenches is Part of the Cross Border Network© 2025

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