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In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Two of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on the event’s first live televised town hall and the Nova Scotia public’s reaction. He examines the evening’s speakers, specifically highlighting young radical David MacKinnon, and how discussions ignored marginalized voices.

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Robert Ashe

Robert Ashe is a Halifax native who has worked as a sportswriter, street columnist and crime reporter. For twenty-five years he worked as a communications specialist with the national defense research and development agency. He is the author of five books, including Halifax Champion: Black Power in Gloves, They Called Me Chocolate Rocket, Seven Days in Halifax, Even the Babe Came to Play about a New Brunswick baseball team during the Great Depression, and a collection of columns about life in Saint John entitled, Just Enough Fog to Keep It Cool. He lives with his wife Brenda in Ottawa.