The Grand Parade Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman

In this week’s episode of The Grand Parade podcast, Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman chat with economist Deny Sullivan about Halifax’s HAF blunders and why a labour shortage isn’t to blame for the city’s housing crisis. Plus, they delve into Halifax’s deferred plans to abandon its Strategic Road Safety Framework in favour of a new plan that is worse than the old one.

In this edition of the Grand Parade Matt tells Martin all about his interview with Halifax's CAO Cathie O'Toole and director of the Department of Public Works Brad Anguish. Matt explains why this interview left him feeling a bit like a Philadelphia 76ers fan circa 2013.


After a break, Matt gives each councillor a rating for their performance during Halifax's budget season

In this episode of the Grand Parade the boys take a break from the budget as Matt grapples with learning new information about the city's transportation planning.

In this episode Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman give 110% as they reach into their bag of sports metaphors to talk about municipal politics in a podcast of two halves.


In the first half, Matt gives Martin the lowdown on the civil unrest growing in rural parts of the HRM. Also a look into the frustrating parts of municipal planning.


Not to be all doom and gloom, in the second half, Martin learns about all the genuinely good things taking shape for Halifax's future.

In this episode Matt and Martin talk about public safety: the JustFOOD program and police reform. This show notes are abridged due to budget season.

In this episode of the Grand Parade Matt and Martin talk about stories Matt is working on.


The Macdonald bike connection is moving forward, but there are some issues with the design, and how the design came to be in the first place.


After the ad break, Matt pitches a test for local government to see if they're ready to respond to the climate emergency.