Ivany Report Goals To Be Discussed At CBU

by Dave DesveauxNovember 14, 2017

Municipal, Provincial and Federal officials will be meeting at Cape Breton University this evening to discuss the region’s progress in meeting the goals of the One Nova Scotia Report.

The document, also known as the Ivany Report, was penned in 2014 by a 5-member commission tasked with identifying ways to meet the province’s economic challenges.

Now Senator Dan Christmas was one of the commissioners, and tonight’s meeting comes after Christmas recently made the controversial suggestion that Cape Breton should start looking at the possibility of attaining provincehood.

CBU Political Scientist Tom Urbaniak will lead what’s been called a roundtable discussion tonight on the Ivany Report’s goals, and the event is open to the public.

It’s scheduled to take place at the Multiuniversity Room, near the entrance to the Boardmore Theatre, at 6:30.

Dave Desveaux

Dave Desveaux, a native of New Waterford leverages his experience and passion for research in The Coast 89.7 Newsroom where as the Weekday Newscaster. His foray into radio began with a research position at The Coast, which led to the production of a radio documentary on the music of the Mi’kmaq people. The program, entitled “First Nations, First Music” was co-produced with fellow Coast personality Ron Neville and released in early 2011. A graduate of Breton Education Centre, Dave went on to get a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Sociology from Cape Breton University, as well as a Master of Arts Degree in Sociology from Dalhousie University. He has worked as a teaching assistant at Dalhousie, and in various short-term customer service and research positions.

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