The Grand Parade

Matt Stickland
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A Halifax city hall podcast, hosted by reporter Matt Stickland. An irreverent look at city hall, the policies they put forward and the people who decide on them for us.

  1. 2D AGO

    Killing kids to save money, a Feb 9-13 council recap

    This week is a bit of an odd one, as it had five full days of council meetings and host Matt Stickland had five full days of plague in his house. The big moves by Cleary at the end of last week's budget debate, as well as the police budgets, are not in this episode. They are in the paper this week, and will be in a later episode of the show (probably), respectively. That's all for this week as Matt fills up on fluids and heads back to bed to try and beat this fever.

    59 min

  2. FEB 9

    Eating our cake and having it too, a Feb 2-6 council recap

    Budget season rolled on last week as councillors started debating the operational budgets of the city's various business units. Before getting into that host Matt Stickland gives a dire warning about the city's fiscal future. After the ad break, Matt recaps the Board of Police Commissioners passion for violence, and also two days of budget committee meetings. If you are a subscriber and notice this episode is about 6 minutes longer, you can hear the new stuff at the 30 minute mark. As always, a reminder about the book club meeting on March 1 at 2:30 at Celtic Corner in Dartmouth. Please email matt(at)GrandParade(dot)news if you are planning to attend. I won't hold you to it, just trying to get an idea of numbers. See you next week when we talk about the bus.

    1h 6m

  3. FEB 2

    But it might work for us, a Jan 26-30 council recap

    Hello sportsfans, it was a busy week at city hall with a full meeting of council, and two budget committee meetings. Halifax is in dire financial straights and a win for bike lanes on Tuesday was caught an L on Friday as the just saved bike lanes are now back on the chopping block. Also in this show, city staff 💩🛏️ on the taxi bylaw update, there's a really greasy vote and Matt breaks down why council is probably lying (to themselves) when they say they have the political will to make change in this city.

    1h 42m

  4. JAN 26

    Do you wanna build a book club?, a Jan 19-23 ctee recap

    Budget season is back in earnest this week so RIP to all of Matt's free time and that's one of the reasons the recap part of the show is so short. But because budget season is back, we thought we'd give you a primer so y'all can get a quick reminder about how exactly past councils managed to have shot themselves in both feet, all 10 toes, the shins, knees and femurs over the past 30 years causing all of today's fiscal pain. It seems like a book club is a popular idea, so we will be reading Killed by a Traffic Engineer, by Wes Marshall and meeting to talk about it on Sunday, March 1, at 2:30 pm at Celtic Corner in Darmouth. Please email matt@grandparade.news to let us know if you are planning on coming by Valentine's day. We won't hold you to the RSVP, the pub just wants a better idea of the numbers to know where to put us.

    51 min

  5. JAN 19

    Shoes and cars and shared responsibility, a Jan 12-16 council recap

    In this show, before the ad break we go over what happened on Tuesday's council meeting, with a brief sidebar into road safety and why councillor Cathy Deagle Gammon makes her husband drop what he's doing to go pick up Matt's garbage. #sharedresponsibility In the second half of the show, we cover the Board of Police Commissioners meeting and go over Halifax's new stupid parking policy. And give Fillmore his due flowers from the debate. If you're a subscriber please note that Matt from the future did pop in at the 43 minute mark of this show and please go read Monday's paper for more details, but TL:DR, it council's fault, again (and also city staff and/or city processes as described in this episode, but I'm still digging into the story because I now think I'm missing a bit of context and have a media request in to get it. Stay tuned for updates.)

    1h 15m

  6. JAN 12

    We're back and other things to expect in 2026

    No real show notes this week as it's late and family game night. Here's the link for the suburban plan though: https://engagehalifax.ca/suburban-plan

    10 min

  7. 12/26/2025 · BONUS

    Cheese week mail bag bonus show

    Merry Christmas ya filthy animals. The newspaper will be back on Jan 12. This podcast will be back then too, maybe the week before. We'll see how she goes.

    34 min

  8. 12/15/2025

    A Purdy bad budget debate, A Dec 8-12 council recap

    Every week I fall a little bit more behind and it becomes harder and harder to do all the little things like write comprehensive show notes. So if you have questions about this episode, please, reach out and I'll get you answers. If you have questions for the mailbag show, please use the very long link below to submit them. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMPuDQyt7L2027BBCjQ2MA4_0yz-Xt2j5TwV8kFClqC_Xx_Q/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=112504436461387338909 Otherwise, have a good one and I'm gonna take a nap

    31 min
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A Halifax city hall podcast, hosted by reporter Matt Stickland. An irreverent look at city hall, the policies they put forward and the people who decide on them for us.

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  • Creator
    Matt Stickland
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    108
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2022 Listening post
  • Show Website
    The Grand Parade

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