Thank-you to Sandee and Silke of Waterloo Region’s Alliance Against Poverty for the interview just now about their grassroots work around transit, housing, and other poverty issues. Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio!
Laurel Thompson is a retired teacher based in Montreal and an environmental activist with a particular interest in sustainable transportation. She is also a member of the group Trainsparence. Scott Neigh interviews her about the REM, a major new addition to Montreal’s transit system, and the group’s opposition to it. The transit system in Montreal …
Thank-you to Laurel of the group Trainsparence for talking with me just now about the unsuccessful struggle to oppose a public-private partnership building rail infrastructure in west Montreal and the current fight against the same in the east of the city. Listen in a few weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
Kari Glynes Elliott is a board member of the Ottawa Transit Riders. Scott Neigh interviews her about the city’s transit system, including its troubled light rail (LRT) project, and about her group’s advocacy to make public transit in Ottawa more affordable, accessible, and reliable. Glynes Elliott has lived in Ottawa for about 20 years, and …