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GRAY, Elizabeth

2010-0012

Sound

1 of 1

1997-06-01

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

reporter, Elizabeth Gray

Elizabeth Gray reports from Halifax, Nova Scotia on the federal election campaign. Subjects discussed include: a lack of interest in the election campaign; apathy by the general public who do not look to the government for solutions like they did in the past; unemployment; homelessness; the loss of faith in the political system; and the view that politicians are celebrities rather than being there to help the people. Interviewees include: political scientist Thérèse Arsenault of St. Mary’s University in Halifax; people at a breakfast for street people; a social worker; a man who runs a youth employment program; [Carol Ann Wright], who runs the North End Community Clinic and who has been working to keep employment centres open; and an unemployed man. <11mn 24s>

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